Biography

Aidan Bell was born in Hertfordshire, England in 1964 and started his career during his teens with roles in National tours and productions of shows such as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, James and The Giant Peach and A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum, for directors including Steven Daldry and Bob Thompson.

In 1990 he joined the European touring production of Hair, as "Margaret Mead", and toured 10 countries in 13 months before settling in Vienna, Austria, where he lived until 1999. There he made his name in 1993 as "Riff-Raff" in the high-profile 20th birthday production of The Rocky Horror Show. Other productions included the hugely successful musical revue "Musical? - Oh My God..." which he also produced, Into The Woods, Freudiana, several one-man shows, an annual Christmas production, Christmas Bells, and numerous revues, concerts and personal and television appearances.

During the nineties Aidan also appeared in other productions in Germany and Austria including the roles of "Mary Sunshine" in Chicago in Stuttgart, "Chantal" in La Cage Aux Folles in Graz, "Teen Angel" in Grease and once again "Margaret Mead" in Hair in Kassel, and "Uncle Ernie" in Tommy in Lübeck. He also took time off on occasion to perform on cruise ships.

During this period he also recorded several CDs, including his solo album, Timewarp, the live recordings of "Musical? - Oh My God..." and The Best of Musicals, Christmas Bells, Musical Musical, and in London new recordings of The Rocky Horror Show (with Brian May and Christopher Lee) and Hair.

Aidan returned to England in 2000 where he toured in Warner Bros's Looney Tunes Live on Stage, appeared in Pantomime, played in Boom Bang a Bang in Lincoln and the lead in a short film. He has also continued to perform on the gala and solo circuit in Europe, as well as in theatre, such as "Annas" in Jesus Christ Superstar in the open air in Tecklenburg, Germany.

Aidan spent much of 2003 and 2004 in New Zealand, returning to the UK to perform in Pantomime each Christmas. There he worked in theatre, music and the corporate market, and one of his personal highlights was eight days work as an Orc in "The Lord of The Rings, The Return of The King".

Christmas 2005 saw Aidan on tour in England in the role of Mr Pringle in the National UK tour of the musical "Scrooge", then in 2006 he returned to New Zealand to play the lead role of Odysseus in the highly successful "Troy The Musical", returning to UK panto at the end of the year, this time in Leatherhead. He is currently still back in the UK but hopes to divide his time between countries whenever possible.

Over the past three years Aidan has developed a new side-career shooting and editing video; mostly musical theatre or theatre-based.

As a composer Aidan has completed the music to four musicals as well as songs for various productions and for artists such as Pia Douwes, Caroline Vasicek, Alexander Goebel and Aris Sas.