Rejoicing with Bella
15 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA series of podcasts exploring and celebrating female sexuality. Join Bella Heesom for some refreshingly frank, in-depth conversations about sexuality, and its impact on our sense of identity and creativity, among other things. Featuring a range of scintillating guests who enjoy over-sharing. Bella is an actor, writer & theatre maker based in London. Whilst doing research for her new show, Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself, she read loads of fascinating books about female sexuality, and talked to lots of brilliant women, and she decided we all need to talk about sex more, and one play just wouldn't cut it, so she simply must get into podcasting.
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Episodes
Podcast: Bitches, Witches and Hitler Pubes with Holly Morgan
February 22, 2019 17:29 - 1 hour - 120 MBWriter, performer, impressionist, funny woman and chanteuse Holly Morgan joins Bella for a wide ranging conversation taking as the starting point, her shows: Seven Crazy Bitches, Madonna or Whore? and Holly Morgan is a Witch: Get Her! Holly and Bella talk archetypes, Madonna, witch hunts, insecurities, laser hair removal, and how multiple orgasms are a bit like a superpower, so no wonder the men of yore were scared of us. Book to see Holly’s new show at VAULT here: https://vaultfestival.com...
Bitches, Witches and Hitler Pubes with Holly Morgan
February 22, 2019 17:29 - 1 hour - 120 MBWriter, performer, impressionist, funny woman and chanteuse Holly Morgan joins Bella for a wide ranging conversation taking as the starting point, her shows: Seven Crazy Bitches, Madonna or Whore? and Holly Morgan is a Witch: Get Her! Holly and Bella talk archetypes, Madonna, witch hunts, insecurities, laser hair removal, and how multiple orgasms are a bit like a superpower, so no wonder the men of yore were scared of us. Book to see Holly’s new show at VAULT here: https://vaultfestival.com...
Christianity, Consent & the Clitoris with Natalie Collins
April 16, 2018 23:36 - 57 minutes - 78.7 MBFor more Natalie: Website: http://www.nataliecollins.info/ Blog: https://mrsglw.wordpress.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/@God_Loves_Women or https://twitter.com/natweetalie For more Bella: Website: bellaheesom.com Twitter: twitter.com/bellaheesom Facebook: facebook.com/bheesom Links: Natalie mentioned these... The Female Price of Male Pleasure by Lili Loofbourow: http://theweek.com/articles/749978/female-price-male-pleasure
podcast: Christianity, Consent & the Clitoris with Natalie Collins
April 16, 2018 23:36 - 57 minutes - 78.7 MBFor more Natalie: Website: http://www.nataliecollins.info/ Blog: https://mrsglw.wordpress.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/@God_Loves_Women or https://twitter.com/natweetalie For more Bella: Website: bellaheesom.com Twitter: twitter.com/bellaheesom Facebook: facebook.com/bheesom Links: Natalie mentioned these... The Female Price of Male Pleasure by Lili Loofbourow: http://theweek.com/articles/749978/female-price-male-pleasure
Bella's TEDx Talk: Why it's Rational to be Emotional
March 29, 2018 17:32Last month, I was honoured to be one of the speakers at TEDx Newnham. It was great to be part of a day of inspiring talks by brilliant women (and a man!) who are in some way connected to my old college, or that area of Cambridge. The theme was Embracing Challenge, and I was particularly pleased to see a theme from my talk running through the day - the value of vulnerability. A number of speakers highlighted this in their own way. Personally, I spoke about how I had always been proud of bein...
What's Growing in the Garden of Your Sexuality?
March 01, 2018 18:17I recently had an article published in Sex+ zine. Here's an extract and a link... I would like to invite you to explore the garden of your sexuality. Over the years, seeds will have been planted in your mind – ideas about sex. They may have been planted by friends, family, teachers, magazine articles, adverts, fictional characters… the list is endless. As you have grown, these seeds have also grown, into plants, so that now, your internal sexual landscape is a verdant garden. Some of th...
The Power of Sexy Stories with Naomi Sheldon
January 31, 2018 00:33 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBFor more Bella: bellaheesom.com twitter.com/bellaheesom facebook.com/bheesom To book for Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself: http://www.ovalhouse.com/whatson/detail/rejoicing-at-her-wondrous-vulva-the-young-woman-applauded-herself For more Naomi: twitter.com/@naomisheldon1 To book for Good Girl at VAULT Festival: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/good-girl/?spektrix_bounce=true To book for Good Girl at Trafalgar Studios: http://www.atgtickets.com/show...
podcast: The Power of Sexy Stories with Naomi Sheldon
January 31, 2018 00:33 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBFor more Bella: bellaheesom.com twitter.com/bellaheesom facebook.com/bheesom To book for Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself: http://www.ovalhouse.com/whatson/detail/rejoicing-at-her-wondrous-vulva-the-young-woman-applauded-herself For more Naomi: twitter.com/@naomisheldon1 To book for Good Girl at VAULT Festival: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/good-girl/?spektrix_bounce=true To book for Good Girl at Trafalgar Studios: http://www.atgtickets.com/show...
Farewell to The Woman In The Moon for now...
September 06, 2017 18:25Thank you to everyone who came to see me in The Woman In The Moon at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe in August. I had SUCH a wonderful time. Pandora is without a doubt the most fun character I've ever played, the cast were all an utter joy to work with, and our audiences were incredibly warm and enthusiastic. There seems to be demand for a longer run, so this might not be the last you've seen of Lyly's sexy, farcical exploration of womanhood, but in the meantime, here are ...
The Woman In The Moon
August 12, 2017 08:54This August 18th & 19th The Dolphin's Back acclaimed production of The Woman In The Moon by John Lyly returns to London, this time at the beautiful candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse for a strictly limited run of 3 shows. The show is an astrological sex comedy, which inspired Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. I'll be reprising the role of Pandora; earth's first woman according ancient Greek mythology, and the largest female part in early modern theatre. I've played her twice: once at ...
Greiving For Atheists: Mindfullness, Memories & Theatre
August 03, 2017 13:54This blog first appeared on the website Bristol 24/7 in advance of the performance of My World Has Exploded A Little Bit at The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol. In the summer of 2010, I had a telephone conversation I will never forget. As I walked along a sunny London street, I called my dad, Pete, in Bristol, to check in. As it happened, he had just found out that he had a brain tumour, which was too diffuse to be operated on. I asked him what that meant. ‘Well,’ he replied, ‘I asked the docto...
A Guide To Death with Stylist Magazine
August 01, 2017 14:36I made a cheeky little video with Stylist. Check it out:
Razz Mag Interview: Death, Feminism & The Arts
June 22, 2017 17:15Anna Bonet interviewed Bella for Razz Magazine, ahead of My World Has Exploded A Little Bit playing at The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter. As well as discussing the inspiration behind the show, Bella talks about her childhood, feminism, and the importance of the arts. Losing my father was, in some ways, quite beautiful. My dad got a brain tumour at 49, and died within a couple of months of the diagnosis. Those months were kind of dream-like. Seeped in sadness of course, but also quite beautifu...
On sharing our messy, shadowy, vulnerable Insides, or: The power of autobiographical theatre
June 11, 2017 08:25I would read your diary if you let me. I would love to climb inside your mind. Just crack your skull open, clamber in, and nestle down into the secret, squishy parts of your psyche and see the world through your eyes. Sorry, does that sound creepy? I’ve always felt this way. It’s a craving for absolute understanding of the other humans I inhabit this planet with. I want to know what it is to be you. To move in your body, speak in your voice, feel your rage and pain and fear and hope and lov...
Reviews Roundup
June 05, 2017 17:13The tour of My World Has Exploded A Little Bit has started really well. Audiences have been responding incredibly warmly, and so have reviewers... ★★★★★ 'Pros: A refreshingly original production, perfectly balanced and completely absorbing. Cons: You’re probably going to cry.' - EverythingTheatre ★★★★1/2 'A touching, moving and yet surprisingly uplifting debut play from Heesom.' - ReviewsHub ★★★★ 'Don’t worry guys, it’s not all doom and gloom!... Heesom and Alexander deftly walk the tig...