Bedlam Theatre is the former New North Free Church was built in the 1840s and was designed by Thomas Hamilton, an architect involved in the creation of Edinburgh's New Town.
During the 1977 Festival Fringe, whilst the building was still under control of the Chaplaincy, a musical adaptation of Master and Margarita written by Richard Crane and directed by his wife Faynia Williams was presented at the venue by the University of Bradford Drama Group.