Bedlam: Madness in Shakespeare

The Conway Collective presents a unique participatory performance where the audience encounter Ophelia, Hamlet, Lady Macbeth, The Jailer’s Daughter, King Lear, Cordelia, Edgar/Old Tom, Joan La Pucelle, Lady Constance and others in the Bedlam Hospital which was run by the father of Shakespeare’s actor colleague Edward Alleyn.

Performed by: Amanda Croft, Amanda Morgan, Anne-Sophie Marie, Becky Lumb, Claudia Roncallo, Deborah Mason, Declan McLaughlin, Ella Kent, Fiona McKinnon, Geoff Nursey, James Mensah, Jonathan Henwood, Lieve Carchon, Lizzie Chittenden, Louise Barrett, Marilii Saar, Natasha Jervis, Patricia Holden, Roberta Gotti, Rus Kallan, Susan Kempster. Directed by: Luke Dixon