The Committee oversees the running of the EUTC and Bedlam Theatre. The Committee consists of positions that run and manage everything from finances, to building maintenance, to shows coordination, to making parties awesome!
If you want to know more about what each role does, click each title below or go to the EUTC Wiki here.
President- Lauryn McGuire đ§ââïž (she/her, 3rd Year Film and Television)
Lauryn left California to get her name in lights (Bedlam Theatre credits) in the Big Apple (Edinburgh). She usually acts and directs but obviously that wasnât enough attention, so sheâs now the President too! Lauryn loves meeting all different people in the building and hearing their crazy Bedlam stories but when sheâs not chatting it up, she loves giving tired actors a bunch of notes after a long tech rehearsal! This year as President she wants to help create a healthier and more fun culture in the society. Sheâs excited to work with everyone this year, so donât be afraid to come up and have a chat!
Fact: Lauryn can make really convincing trumpet sounds.
Vice-President - Andrew More đ (he/him, 3rd Year Computer Science) - Facebook
Email is also [email protected]
Andrew is from a lovely wee town called Dalkeith, which a strange amount of people seem to know about. He is the first Bedlam vice president in 35 years, and EUTCâs first Improvert VP! One of Andrewâs first acting gigs in Bedlam was playing (Joseph)er Coolidge in Glangtivity. He is looking forward to a year of being given random side quests by Madam President, and being the committee comedic relief!
Fact: Andrew was almost âaccidentlyâ killed by his sisterâs bubble machine when she was 3.
Secretary - Kai Smolin đ (he/him, 2nd Year Mechanical Engineering) - Facebook
Kai is Bedlamâs designated Canadian, and when he isnât drowning in admin or coursework, heâs probably languishing in the purgatory of adobe illustrator. He is this years secretary because, well, it seemed interesting. Kaiâs mission this year is to get more producers in Bedlam, please. Itâs fun, we promise.
Fact: Kaiâs room when growing up had multiple walls of terrariums with reptiles in them.
Business Manager - Luke Hardwick đ¶âđ«ïž (he/him, 3rd Year Mathematics) - Facebook
Luke is this yearâs Business Manager but more importantly has inherited the role as resident ginger and Welsh on committee. He is also a self proclaimed âharlot for spreadsheetsâ (talk to him about Excel esports). He is cool (he promises) even tho he sounds boring so talk to him if you have any business questions :)
Fact: Luke had a massive overwhelming rivalry with Leon Lee two years ago which he lost by only doing 14 shows whereas Leon did 19.
Theatre Managers (joint) - [email protected]
Morgan Hazelip 𧞠(he/him, 2nd Year History and Politics) - Facebook
Hailing from Orlando, Florida, Morgan is ready to spend another glorious year freezing in Bedlam. As co-theatre manager, he loves maintenance because it makes him feel helpful. When not running around making sure the building isnât crumbling, Morgan can be found furiously typing into a word processor or drinking tea out of The Libertines mug in the Bedlam kitchenâor, rarely, both at once.
Fact: Morgan has been in the same Broadway theatre as Patti LuPone twice in one year.
Maysan Abdidayim đŠ (she/her, 3rd Year Law) - Facebook
Maysan is fromâŠtoo many places. She can often be found gossiping in the corners of Bedlam speaking far too loud and being confused by Bedlam references. While she never knows whatâs going on she does know something is (which is good enough for her). Maysan is thrilled to spend a year of her life cussing out the falling ceiling and ânegotiatingâ with EUSA.
Fact: Maysan thought she was Mexican for the first seven years of her life because she looked like Dora the Explorer. Maysan is from five different countries but Mexico isnât one.
Front-of-House Managers (joint) - [email protected]
Elise Chan Xitong â (she/they, 2nd Year Ecological & Environmental Science)
Elise hails from Singapore, though you would only be able to tell when she gets stressed or drunk and her accent slips. She decided to run for Front-of-House Manager after hearing Bedlam may be getting a coffee machine. As her friends back home used to say, Elise runs on nuts and anxiety - which was, for the most part, caffeine-induced.
Fact: Elise was Matilda in Matilda at age 11 and then never touched theatre again till she discovered the Bedlam techies. Between that, Elise did a 180 and became a sailor â” and the only reasons she isnât doing that here is because she is scared of the cold water.
Apsara Shah đż (she/her, 2nd Year History and Politics) - Facebook
Apsara is from Oxford (no, she didnât apply to uni there) and therefore enjoys cities with pretentious architecture. In her free time, she mostly eats food and drinks tea. Apsara is co-FOH manager because her dream is to engage in copious admin work for fun!
*Fact: Apsara shaved her head for Bedlamâs scav hunt last year! *
Productions Manager - Meri Suonenlahti đȘż (she/her, 3rd Year Interdisciplinary Futures) - Facebook
Meri is originally from Finland but has lived in a bunch of random places in her lifetime. After spending so much of her first year in Bedlam her phone labelled it âworkâ on maps, Meri is excited to be this yearâs Productions Manager and to help show teams. In addition to the wonderful people in Bedlam, she enjoys finding weird things in the crypt for shows and trying to not admit how cold the building is (her Finnish pride wont allow it).
Fact: A few years ago, Meri was Europeâs #1 on the Subway Surfers leaderboard for 2 weeks.
Technical Managers (joint) - [email protected]
Kiran Mukherjee đ (he/him, 4th Year Physics) - Facebook
Kiran is from Stockport (near Manchester) and is one of the two northerners holding out on committee (thatâs why he sounds like âthatâ). He is Co-Technical Manager of the theatre and is just as constantly exhausted as youâd expect from the role but still seeming to appear in Bedlam far too often for no apparent reason. Kiran is also way, way, way too enthusiastic about any tech made by Strand, especially back in its glory days (DO NOT ASK KIRAN ABOUT STRAND).
Fact: Kiran is from surprisingly close to his co-tech Zara (~20 minutes) but they both only discovered this after being elected together.
Zara Bathurst đș (she/her, 3rd Year Ecological and Environmental Sciences) - Facebook
Zara is from Manchester (20min west of Kiran to be exact). She joined Bedlam in first year when she heard you could climb ladders and never really left. Among other things she loves to make lights look pretty and finds a neat cable run extremely satisfying.
Fact: Zaraâs nickname as a kid was tree monkey because she was always up a tree. Sheâs a bit busier now, but given the chance nothing much has changed.
Set Managers (joint) - [email protected]
Ava Ausman đȘ (she/her, 2nd Year Linguistics) - Facebook
Ava is one of five people in Bedlam with that name and one of two set managers with it. As a set manager she is excited to invest in Maysan and Morganâs pulley system idea (ask them about it) and tidy up the paint closet. If you ever canât find her for long extended periods, she is most likely yapping in the Premier down the road.
Fact: In 2023, Ava got deported from Vietnam.
Ava Tumblety â (she/her, 2nd Year Fine Art)
Ava is from Edinburgh. Being an art student, she naturally loves painting, especially set. At some point she has acquired so-called carpentry skills, resulting in her now being trusted with power tools.
Fact: Ava is surprisingly good at drawing minions from memory.
Millie Franchi đŹ (she/her, 3rd Year English Literature) - Facebook
Millie promises she is Scottish but is well aware no one will believe her. Doing costume is her only personality trait and the only thing she can talk at length about (other than being dyslexic) and she loves to take things way too seriously thus gave in to peer pressure and ran for Wardrobe Manager. She is excited to no longer spend half her life waiting by stage door as she will finally have keys to bedlam :)
Fact: Millie can make an origami hat in 10 seconds (and a boat in 20 but that seemed less impressive).
Social Events Managers (joint) - [email protected]
Freya McCall đ§ââïž (she/her- 3rd Year Scottish Literature and History)
Freya is from Dumfries and Galloway, even though everyone thinks sheâs Irish (or just plain EnglishâŠsorry Scotland!). She ran for social events manager to wear matching attention seeking costumes with Ava and make any events an opportunity to try standup comedy. After two years of acting and directing in Bedlam, Freya has realised there is no casual way to be involved with theatre and decided to go full on committee.
Fact: Freyaâs cat has one and a half ears!
Ava Vaccari
Marketing Manager - Lily Murphy âš (she/her - 2nd Year Philosophy and Theology)
As with many people at Edinburgh University, Lily is from London, but often says âI lived in Leeds for a yearâ to make herself seem more interesting. Others do not find it more interesting; they just find it annoying. Lily does marketing because she loves to be on Instagram, but her normal Bedlam hobbies including listening to weird things on free sounds and plugging in microphones.
Fact: Lily is in another society called the EUTC.
Fringe Venue Manager - Dia Hunter
Subcommittees are smaller groups of members that are responsible for a particular part of running the theatre. Currently, there are six permanent subcommittees.
If you would like to know more about each subcommittee, there are a series of pages dedicated to them on the EUTC Wiki, here.
Ever wanted to dig through a pile of paper and pictures to uncover what secrets the past has? Archives is a group of people all interested in the past of the 150 year old EUTC, the 40 year old Bedlam Theatre, and anything else we find along the way. Contact us at [email protected].
We also run the longest running fully student-run library in Scotland! (Much to the pain of the librarian)
Our team:
| Archivist | James Harvey đș |
| Librarian | James Harvey đ |
Ever wanted experience being a system admin? No matter what your experience with computers are we will take you. Bedlam has a server rack which runs many different process to the website, phones, internal media servers, Internet, and even the doorbell. Contact us at [email protected]
| IT Systems Administrator | Lewis Eggeling đą |
The Workshops Subcommittee are responsible for creating, and coordinating all our workshops. Itâs a great way to bring new members into the society, and a particularly enjoyable and rewarding committee to be part of. [email protected]
| Workshops Coordinator | Bella Burgess đŠ |
New for 2024, the Facilities Subcommittee is perfect for you if you want to be a large part of developments in the building, and help keep certain areas as pristine as they can be. Plans to begin building a garden, or to decide on a suitable kitchen ordering, can be taken on by this subcommittee, so if you want to make a difference in the building, get involved. If youâd like to join them (or have gardening tips), feel free to get in touch at [email protected]
| Facilities Coordinator | Atalanta Lewis |
Our welfare contacts are there to ensure the well-being of everyone in the EUTC. Currently, our welfare contacts are:
| General Welfare Contacts | Lauryn McGuire Andrew More |
[email protected] |
| Committee Welfare Contacts | Â | vacant |
| Company Welfare Contacts | vacant | [email protected] |
Finally, we have our liberation representatives, each responsible for a minority group, who are responsible for ensuring that the EUTC is an inclusive society and addressing concerns about representation in EUTC projects.
| Anti-Elitism Rep | Andrew More |
| Disability Rep | Lucie Benninghaus |
| LGBTQ+ Rep | Louis Handley |
| Ethnic Minorities Rep | Aaron Rashid |
| Trans and Non-Binary Rep | Rose Sarafilovic and Theo Moreman |
| Womenâs Rep | Atalanta Lewis and Olivia Dale |