Bedlam

Set in the notorious 18th Century lunatic asylum that gives the play its name Bedlam is the story of how a cruel and unusual institution starts to crumble after the arrival of an unassuming country girl.<br/>Nell Leyshon's new play is an anarchic tale of madness and sanity authority and incarceration and the arbitrary lines that separate them.<br/>Full of violence romance and reverie <i> Bedlam</i> will make history this September when it becomes the first ever production by a female writer to be staged at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.