ABOUT
BEDLAM–The MUSICAL
Bedlam, dark and intense, celebrates the timeless conditions of hope, redemption and love, showing glimpses of humor, both dark and light, as you meet the inmates of Bedlam, hear their stories and come to know their motives, and personal struggles of each character.
Bedlam—The Musical is based on the actual inmates and hospital staff who lived and worked in the notorious 19th century insane asylum, St. Mary of Bethlehem Hospital, in London.
It was here that the early medical profession treated the then unknown conditions such as Mania, Religiosity, Depression, and Schizophrenia with primitive and horrific treatments, such as ice-baths, early electrical shock and trepanation.
Bedlam is as timely today as it was two centuries ago as it echoes societies struggles with mental illness and the terrible toll it takes on rich and poor alike. No one is immune.