About the director, Belle Bao
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Belle Bao is a director and actor, who is originally from Beijing and is now exploring London. She was trained at The Central Academy of Drama in China and, since graduating, has directed and performed in theatre, film and television.
As a freelance director and actor, Belle has worked for a range of companies including National Theatre of China, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing People’s Art Theatre, Juyin Theatre, PengHao Theatre, DrumTower West Theatre, etc. She also worked as a part-time drama teacher in a range of student theatres, from primary school to university. One of those was as a volunteer consultant from 2012 until 2019.
Recent directing credits include: The Last Bonian Shen by Belle Bao (Beijing People’s Art Theatre), Confuciusdevised by Duoyun Student Theatre (Beijing Haidian Culture Center), Teahouse by Lao She (Beijing People's Art Theatre), Gone South by Mu Yuan (The Central Academy of Drama), Is Me Play (TV Series short film).
Belle has won the Future Star award at the STAR POWER CHINA 2019 Film Festival. The short play Depressed which was written, directed and designed by Belle, won Central Academy of Drama’s Best Short Play Award, Best Performance Award and Best Stage Design Award, and was publicly shown at the closing ceremony of Beijing Mental Health Festival.