Term Time 10/11
The information on this page is about a previous season. For a list of upcoming productions, check out our What's On page.
Subseasons
Fringe '10
A month of Theatre from Venue 49.
Student Festival '11
Bedlam opens noon-midnight 17th-22nd January with a variety of shows, workshops and comedy. The Fat Cat Cafe will also be open all day, serving hot food and booze.
Theatre Uncut '11
Theatre Uncut: Bedlam' is part of a national theatrical debate in reaction to the governmental funding cuts proposed by the coalition. The main event is occurring on 16th - 19th March at Southwark Playhouse run by Reclaim and Meeting Point Production. Join Bedlam from 12pm till late for a day of short plays, music, comedy and debate!
Term Time 10/11 Productions:
The Improverts
Edinburgh's resident improv comedy troupe return for their third decade at the Bedlam Theatre. Hilarious games based entirely on audience suggestions, a whole different show every night.
The Fat Man
Written by Anders Lustgarten for the Theatre Uncut project spearheaded in London by Reclaim and Meeting Point Productions
Hi Vis
Written by Clara Brennan for the Theatre Uncut project spearheaded in London by Reclaim and Meeting Point Productions
A Bigger Banner
Written by Mark Ravenhill for the Theatre Uncut project spearheaded in London by Reclaim and Meeting Point Productions
Things That Make No Sense
Written by Dennis Kelly for the Theatre Uncut project spearheaded in London by Reclaim and Meeting Point Productions
Housekeeping
Written by ex-Bedlamer Lucy Kirkwood for the Theatre Uncut project spearheaded in London by Reclaim and Meeting Point Productions
Whiff Whaff
Written by Jack Thorne for the Theatre Uncut project spearheaded in London by Reclaim and Meeting Point Productions
Open Heart Surgery
Written by Laura Lomas for the Theatre Uncut project spearheaded in London by Reclaim and Meeting Point Productions
Tristan & Yseult
We are the unloved
The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams' emotionally devastating and beautifully judged family saga.
The Cherry Orchard
'And still, the whole time, every second of the day and night. my soul has been filled with a sense of things to come, an inexpressible, indescribable feeling of happiness...'
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Once upon a time there were four children... Lucy, Edmund, Peter and Susan. Lucy thought she's found a magical land... In the upstairs wardrobe.
A Dream Play
Sometimes I'm certain of something. Then it goes again. Like a dream when you wake up.
A Clockwork Orange
What’s it going to be then, eh?
The Bacchai
Gods are not vengeful, gods are, and men must accept.
Cigarettes and Chocolate
A thought-provoking play exploring the effects of one woman’s decision to stop talking.
Gaslight
Psychological Thriller staged in the heart of Edinburgh’s Underground City
The Phantom of the Panto
Love, tragedy, music and appalling deaths strike terror into the heart of the theatre at Christmas time - for the Phantom of the Pantomime is here, and he's behind you...
The Education of Skinny Spew
Still in the womb, Skinny Spew has adult wisdom, once born he drowns his parents for treating him as a moron. He then reverts to babyhood under the rigours of "proper" education.
The Strasse
Something's going on. Something new.
Amadeus
Shaffer's unique masterpiece comes to Bedlam in an all encompassing vibrant amalgamation of music and drama.
The Pitchfork Disney
A grotesque play with added punch, The Pitchfork Disney is a fascinating look at the dark side of our minds.
Dealer's Choice
Addiction, compulsion and loyalty are tested in Patrick Marber's darkly comic acclaimed debut play about the soft underbelly of the world of amateur poker.
The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)
The magic, the genius, the towering grandeur of 'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare' captured in a single theatrical experience!
Disappear
Psychological drama with a twist of romance tackling hard hitting issues. Sara has just died and yet instead of finding peace (and quiet)... she finds Bryan, a cynical and facetious angel-figure who insists that she relive both her fondest and most unpleasant memories- including the day she died. "It’s an ugly thing depression, no one really wants to look directly at it, and so you disappear" New writing by Alex Cory from Bedlam Theatre and the EUTC
Freshers' Play 2010
Fun, games, laughs and frolics from Bedlam's latest crop of actors, producers, technicians and stage managers.
Death and Taxes
Jeff thought that dying was the worst his day was going to get. Now he discovers that the afterlife has lost his paperwork and he’ll just have to make do in limbo.
Bright. Apple. Crush.
Three murders. Three explanations. Three justifications?
Sweet Gay Baby Jesus
Tempers run high when, in a sixth form centre, the LGBT student group and the Christian Union are allocated the same meeting space. A comedy on sexuality, the church and the british education system.
