A powerful and moving new play exploring isolation, mental health (OCD) and our connection with the natural world. Mademoiselle F by Vanessa Oakes explores how the environment impacts on an individual’s search for recovery.

Audience feedback from BEDLAM Arts and Mental Health Festival showcase:

‘Mademoiselle F is a fascinating insight into a very misunderstood condition. Surreal and beguiling’

‘Miriam Edwards is spellbinding in the role’

‘I LOVED how the polar bear was linked into the story’

Mademoiselle F is suitable for ages 12+, and is performed to a socially distanced audience of 25 people at each performance.

Duration approximately 1 hour 10 minutes.

Performances on Saturday 12th June (matinee at 2.30pm and evening at 7.30pm) will be captioned. Captions are available via the Difference Engine.

EARLY BIRD TICKET OFFER

There are 20 free places available on a Writing from Lived Experience online workshop with playwright Vanessa Oakes, for two hours from 10:00 to 12:00 on Saturday 15th May for people who have purchased a ticket for the show. Once you have booked a ticket you will receive information on how to take up this offer and receive your Zoom link.

Concessionary ticket price (£8) available for over 60s, unemployed, students and young people aged between 12 and 18.

This production is covid-secure. For information about covid safety measures for this production, please click here.

For more information about Mademoiselle F you can follow the project blog.

Miriam Edwards plays Mademoiselle F (photograph by Ori Jones)

Tyrone Huggins plays Polar Bear (photograph by Kirill Kozlov)