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Thursday, July 20, 2017

How learning-disabled artists are fighting to be taken seriously by Bella Todd

How do we critique theatre by artists with learning difficulties? Are these performers regarded as less able than those with physical disabilities? Bella

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Saturday, June 10, 2017

Sweet Bird of Youth review at Chichester Festival Theatre – ‘slow-moving’ by Bella Todd

Despite starring two leading American actors and being directed by Jonathan Kent, but the standout feature of this Tennessee Williams production is

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Thursday, May 11, 2017

Endings review at Old Market Theatre, Brighton – ‘highly personal’ by Bella Todd

Love and sex generally get more stage time, but the most intimate moment we will share with anyone is likely to be

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Monday, May 8, 2017

The Life and Death of Puppet King Richard II review at the Cave, Brighton – ‘impishly creative’ by Bella Todd

This pocket epic takes place at an atmospheric new venue at the Brighton Fringe. The Cave is a tiny walled courtyard in

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Five Short Blasts review at Brighton Marina – ‘gently meditative’ by Bella Todd

Though this is the first Brighton Festival show for which sick bags have ever been provided, it also proves to be one

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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

To Belong review at Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton – ‘richly uninhibited’ by Bella Todd

Nirvana’s Come As You Are is the perfect opener for this Belgian dance piece about what it means to be part of

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Monday, March 6, 2017

Thrive review at Old Market Theatre, Brighton – ‘humorous and energetic’ by Bella Todd

Theatre has always embraced trauma. Less familiar to the stage is the subject of post-traumatic growth. Through their work with young people,

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Monday, December 12, 2016

The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan at Pavilion Theatre, Worthing – ‘plenty to enjoy’ by Bella Todd

As a 40-year-old man who made his name shouting “Bogies!” in public places, Richard McCourt is neat casting for a show about

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Monday, December 5, 2016

Beauty and the Beast review at 88 London Road, Brighton – ‘a sense of fun’ by Bella Todd

Brighton’s only professional panto for a fourth year running could hardly have been staged in tougher circumstances. In January, 88 London Road

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Friday, November 4, 2016

Edward Fox stars in Sand in the Sandwiches – review at Minerva Theatre, Chichester by Bella Todd

Edward Fox has played a number of repressed but essentially kindly aristocrats over his career. So this new one-man play about John

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Half A Sixpence, Chichester Festival Theatre by Bella Todd

Watching Cameron Mackintosh’s joyful revision of this Sixties musical, it’s possible to believe for a moment that all the world needs now is love sweet love and a shit-ton of banjos. Wit…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:50AM
Friday, June 10, 2016

Ross, Chichester Festival Theatre by Bella Todd

Thought Terrence Rattigan was a playwright of the drawing room? Think again. A day after his defining work The Deep Blue Sea opened in an acclaimed revival at the National, Chichester Festiv…

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Monday, May 23, 2016

Edward Bond: 'The most obscene thing I've seen recently is Slumdog Millionaire' by Bella Todd

In a recent event on the Brighton fringe, playwright Edward Bond discussed the horrors of being bombed, children's need for theatre – and why he's so angry about the 'Bollywoodisation' of …

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Saturday, May 7, 2016

Brighton Festival: Operation Black Antler, secret location by Bella Todd

You’ve arrived at a party in a pub, tagging along with a guy you just met. You’re attempting to catch the barman’s eye, while scouting for a friendly face. The band declares that every…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:52PM

Brighton Festival: Digging For Shakespeare, Roedale Allotments by Bella Todd

Of all the 400th anniversary tributes to Shakespeare, this ramble through an allotment just outside Brighton has to be one of the oddest, and most unexpectedly moving. Brighton Festival has …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 12:55PM
Thursday, May 5, 2016

An Enemy of the People, Chichester Festival Theatre by Bella Todd

If Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes were (a lot) more like Ibsen, our national viewing habits would be in good hands. But then, as the hero of ‘An Enemy of the People’ discovers, pr…

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Monday, May 2, 2016

Blog: Where are the artists with learning disabilities in the diversity debate? by Bella Todd

Where are the artists with learning disabilities in the debate about diversity? What does work by young people with learning disabilities have to teach the artistic mainstream? With a showca…

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Travels with My Aunt, Chichester Festival Theatre by Bella Todd

Smoking weed on the Orient Express. Drinking at a brothel in Paris. Tricking the military police in Istanbul. Smuggling a Da Vinci into Paraguay. As travel itineraries go, it’s certainly n…

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Thursday, October 29, 2015

Feature: Why are learning disabled artists under-represented? by Bella Todd

Why is the work of learning disabled artists under-represented in the wider arts world – and why does this matter? This was the question driving yesterday’s Creative Minds conference, a…

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Monday, May 25, 2015

Five stars in their eyes: can you trust unpaid theatre critics? by Bella Todd

Everyone's a critic these days - so how do you sort the wheat from the chaff? And who is reviewing the reviewers?

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Life is sweat in the theatre by Bella Todd

Performers should take inspiration from their perspiration. Sweat is a good sign that something physical is at stake

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Drawing conclusions: the fine line between theatre and art by Bella Todd

Sue MacLaine's play about Francis Bacon's muse invites the audience to bring sketchpads. What is it about painting on stage?In May, performer and playwright

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Drawing conclusions: the fine line between theatre and art by Bella Todd

Sue MacLaine's play about Francis Bacon's muse invites the audience to bring sketchpads. What is it about painting on stage?

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PM
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

The History Boys , Theatre Royal, Brighton by Bella Todd

Theatre Royal, Brighton: Alan Bennett takes great satisfaction, at the close of his comedy about the value of education for education's sake, in revealing that the eight boys go on to b…

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Monday, June 2, 2014

Brighton Fringe 2014 round-up, Various venues, Brighton by Bella Todd

Various venues, Brighton: With his new play Adler and Gibb opening at London's Royal Court this month, Tim Crouch has treated Brighton Fringe to a smaller but beautifully conceived expe…

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Brighton Festival: Much Ado About Nothing, St Nicholas Rest Garden, Brighton by Bella Todd

St Nicholas Rest Garden, Brighton: Sicilian oranges tumble across the stage and Benedick and Beatrice spar with youthful zest in this Globe Theatre on Tour production, which is likely to ear…

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Friday, May 23, 2014

Brighton Festival: Tomorrow, Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, Brighton by Bella Todd

Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, Brighton: Amid a current trend for work about old age and dementia, Glasgow's Vanishing Point startle with this show about how it feels to look after peopl…

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Brighton Festival: Perhaps all the Dragons... , The Spire, St Mark's Chapel, Brighton by Bella Todd

The Spire, St Mark's Chapel, Brighton: Inspired by the six degrees of separation theory, this UK premiere (full title: Perhaps all the Dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waitin…

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Monday, May 19, 2014

Entertaining Mr Sloane, Emporium Theatre, Brighton by Bella Todd

Emporium Theatre, Brighton: Shock value may date; human tension doesn't - so there's no reason, 50 years since its debut, why Joe Orton's black comedy of sexual manipulation s…

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Catch-22, Theatre Royal, Brighton by Bella Todd

There are echoes of Lost in the crashed B-25 bomber that fills this often brilliant production with its rusting corpse. And they’re probably intended. Joseph Heller’s cult World War Two …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:45AM
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Brighton Festival - One, Studio Theatre, Brighton Dome by Bella Todd

Studio Theatre, Brighton Dome: One is an autobiographical solo show in search of its own protagonist. Born in Iran, schooled in Paris and now based in Montreal, writer/performer Mani Soleyma…

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All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards