Bella Heesom: Two Plays: My World Has Exploded A Little Bit; Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself
By (Author) Bella Heesom
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oberon Books Ltd
9th May 2019
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
822.92
Paperback
136
Width 130mm, Height 198mm
138g
Bella Heesom's first two plays My World Has Exploded A Little Bit and Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself grapple with feminism, grief and female desire.
Bella began her creative career as an actor. After studying philosophy at the University of Cambridge, she trained at LAMDA, and has enjoyed lead roles and ensemble work in theatre, film and TV projects. Bellas bold debut play, My World Has Exploded A Little Bit is part true story, part farcical performance lecture. An autobiographical piece exploring how we deal with grief, it mixes tender intimacy with philosophical debate and clownish silliness, not to mention an enchanting live piano score. It received acclaim from audience, industry and critics at the Edinburgh Fringe 2016, went on an ACE supported national tour, and was Highly Commended by the awards committee at VAULT Festival 2017. Following this she was commissioned by Stylist magazine to make a video on the subject of grief and invited to give a Tedx talk on the value of vulnerability.