Laura Hounsell

Projects

"Blue Kettle " by Caryl Churchill

Wednesday 23 November 2016

‘Kettle, I’d Like you to meet my Mother’ Blue Kettle is short comedic play about Derek, a con artist, who successful...

Position: Director

"Bedlam Festival 2017 Presents: Mack The Knife " by Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller

Wednesday 25 January - Friday 27 January 2017

“Oh the shark has, pretty teeth dear / And he shows them, pearly white.”

Position: Assistant Director

Salomé

Wednesday 01 February - Thursday 02 February 2017

“Donne-moi la tête d’Iokanaan.”

Position: Director

"How To Sell A War " by Robert Batson

Wednesday 29 March - Saturday 01 April 2017

Directed by Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller

Position: Assistant Director

"Welcome to Bedlam's Costume Department!" by N/A

Saturday 09 September - Saturday 16 September 2017

Come along to Bedlam Theatre to discover how our costume department works and to find out how you can get involved wi...

Position: Wardrobe Manager

Welcome Week 2017: Welcome to the Wardrobe!

Thursday 14 September 2017

Come along to Bedlam Theatre to discover how our costume department works and to find out how you can get involved wi...

Position: Costumes

"Contractions" by Mike Bartlett

Wednesday 04 October - Thursday 05 October 2017

"Why don't you take a seat"

Position: Costume

A View From The Bridge

Wednesday 25 October - Saturday 28 October 2017

“We all love somebody, the wife, the kids - every man’s got somebody that he loves, heh? But sometimes…there’s too much”

Position: Assistant Director

"Blue Stockings" by Jessica Swale

Tuesday 07 November - Saturday 11 November 2017

“In your thesis, you write that hysteria is brought on by a weakened morality, mind or will. That any woman is suscep...

Position: Wardrobe

"Tom at the Farm" by Michel Marc Bouchard

Wednesday 07 February - Saturday 10 February 2018

On a remote dairy farm in the backwaters of Canada, Tom becomes a pawn in a family’s dangerous, grief-fuelled journey...

Position: Costume

//PLAY// an exhibition 2018

Saturday 28 April 2018

A collaboration and celebration of the artists of Bedlam and ECA

Position: artist/curator

"Freshers'/Welcome Week 2018" by N/A

Monday 10 September - Sunday 16 September 2018

THHEAATTRREEE!

Position: Socials

"Bloody Wimmin' " by Lucy Kirkwood

Tuesday 06 November - Wednesday 07 November 2018

A funny and fascinating play by ex-Bedlamite exploring the lives of women who have furthered environmental causes.

Position: Director

"Bedfest 2019" by N/A

Monday 21 January - Saturday 26 January 2019

Between the 21st and 26th of January Bedlam will come alive with a huge variety of shows, workshops and one-off events.

Position: Creative

"Flock" by Laura Hounsell and Camilla Makhmudi

Thursday 24 January 2019

Flock is a brand new puppet show full of interesting and amusing characters. It features several short stories and pu...

Position: Creator and Performer

"Yerma " by Federico Garcia Lorca

Wednesday 13 March - Saturday 16 March 2019

In this bold new multi-sensory adaptation, Lorca’s 1934 age-old themes will be rendered contemporary, as the play follows a young woman driven to the unthinkable by her desperate longing to conceive a child.

Position: Co-Director (and designer)

"//PLAY// an exhibition 2019" by N/A

Saturday 04 May 2019

5-8pm. BYOB.

Position: Artist/Curator

"Blink" by Phil Porter

Wednesday 16 October - Thursday 17 October 2019

"Love is whatever you feel it to be"

Position: Set Manager

"Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off" by Liz Lochhead

Tuesday 05 November - Saturday 09 November 2019

The Edinburgh University Theatre Company Presents Liz Lochhead’s ‘Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off’. A p...

Position: Director

Bedfest 2020

Monday 20 January - Saturday 25 January 2020

Looking to the future with 2020 vision…. Celebrating 40 years of theatre to be proud of! With a total of 20 performa...

Position: Creative Director

"Rotterdam" by Jon Brittain

Thursday 23 January 2020

It’s New Year in Rotterdam, and Alice has finally plucked up the courage to email her parents and tell them she’s gay...

Position: Producer