Bedlam Showcase

Drop in and out of any of the following performances in the BEDLAM showcase of scratch, works in progress, rehearsed readings and developed pieces

2pm: Mademoiselle F by Vanessa Oakes: Mademoiselle F can't stop thinking about polar bears. A new play exploring the links between mental health and the environment.

3pm Salvaged by Caroline Wilkes

4pm: Hear Me by Louise Stokes and Nadeem Chughtai: Myra, and her darker ‘other self’ Arym have a complex and troubled relationship. Myra suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder (D.I.D.). Her experience of life is chaotic, disjointed, patchy and often delusional, as she battles with the various aspects of herself, seeking a core self with which she may finally connect with the world.

5pm: Shifting The Dial by Lightpost Theatre Company: The latest showcase from Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s company Lightpost, a young company made of young black men between the ages of 18-26 from across the region. The company seeks to actively challenge some of the social stigmas and ideas associated with young black men, using theatre as a gateway to create new plays of social and historical importance.