The company have been resident at The Corn Exchange Newbury, Evolve program over the past year, who are now commissioning their new production of ‘The Night Time Whisperers’ to perform There on 28th October 2010 along with The Flavel Arts Centre and other South west venues in Spring 2011. B2B are working alongside choreographer Chris Marney, who has performed and choreographed principal roles with Matthew Bourne as well as his own work at The Place, London and Hotel Follies that Premiered at The Arts Theatre in the West End. Other contributing artists include composer Steven Warbeck who famously won an Oscar for composing the music to the film Shakespeare In Love, musician Sarah Homer who regularly performs at The Globe and The National Theatre, and designer Fiona Chivers who was awarded the prestigious Linbury Best Designer Award and has worked with The Bush Theatre, Liverpool Playhouse and KneeHigh Theatre.

Fast moving, poignant and full of special effects, we are taken on the journey of a boy who faces his fears through imagination where the subconscious mind is set free within dreams.

Things at home may not be harmonious but when Tom is whisked away and set free in his dreams he doesn’t realize how facing his fears could change his life for the better. The mischievous Night Time Whisperers lead this chaotic adventure by teaching him a lesson to be kinder to his toys and the people around him. Through the piece we explore delicate issues such as conflict that children have to deal with in family life.

This piece of physical theatre takes us on a journey of the evolution of the universe, sky and earth and mans temptations within it. This enchanting production is a visual feast of fantasy, music, movement and storytelling that brings to life the well-known Greek Myth, aimed at 6+ year olds.

’…hope touched the wounded places on Pandora’s and Epimetheus’ creamy skin and relieved their suffering, then quickly flew out of the open window, to perform the same gentle office for the other victims, and to cheer their downcast spirits.’
Wordsworth

B2B Theatre started the creation of this piece as part of the Young Directors Programme with Company of Angels. Belinda worked with four students at Drama Centre and Rachel Thompson who designed the piece used a combination of, physical theatre and text as well as masks and fabric that enhanced a bold and dynamic visual representation for this theatrical world that this tale set.

Belinda Directed Ruby and the Big Top in Collaboration with Bea Theatre; it toured 7 South West venues and was performed to a sell-out audience at The Robin Howard Theatre at The Place in 2006. The company collaborated with writer Hattie Naylor, Designer Fiona Chivers and composer Stephen Warbeck.

Ruby and The Big Top is a side splitting, sideways look at the hilarious performances and secretive lives of circus clowns. This piece of dance theatre captures the joy and delight that we have all experienced at the circus while portraying the darker, harsher traditions of the shadowy world of circus life. The central character Ruby, takes us on a journey as she drifts back recalling her traumatic youth in the 1930’s circus ring where pucko’s terrific laughter turns in to Ruby’s trauma. Through slapstick and physical humor Ruby and her fellow clowns show the audience how fierce the competition is to stay in the spotlight and how their on and off stage lives collide and conflict.

Ann Williams - Ballet.co Magazine 3rd February 2005
"terrific choreography, and dancing"
"I only wish there was a chance to see it again"

Bruce Marriott - Ballet.co Magazine
"Cue skits and sketches of great fun, and great pathos,
by some of the best dance-actors you will see anywhere"
"Bravo - and we must see more of them"

Lynne Lancaster-The Place Reviews
"A delightful time was had by all with Bea’s Ruby and the Big Top. This was a warm, wonderful and sometimes poignant evocation of the cruel world of slapstick comedy and circus clowns. A strong cast and excellent choreography made for a number of strong set pieces. Particularly impressive"
“more please!"

Co-directed by Belinda Chapman & Emily Piercy

The Maids is a piece of dance/physical theatre using Jean Genet’s play The Maids as a starting point. It was written in 1947 and is based on the true story of the Papin sisters who murdered their mistress and her daughter. The case became notorious in France due to its brutality and the fact that it was a crime committed by women against women. The play is darkly humorous and looks at class, madness and the strange incestuous relationship of the two sisters.

‘Nobody can claim fundamental knowledge of the complex souls of women, and especially of the serving women who each day make their way among us in silence.’ Le Bonhomme Sarthois

The work was based on the play and its history, using a combination of dance, physical theatre and text as well as puppetry. It has been inspired by the paintings of Portuguese artist Paula Rego, who painted a version of The Maids and whose paintings of women suggest a sense of oppression and underlying violence. This short piece was shown at Battersea Arts Centre and Phoenix Theatre Exeter as part of their scratch programme.