Beth Wants the D

Winner of the Mental Health Foundation Fringe Award at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, Beth Wants the D is a candid and very funny autobiographical comedy about living with bipolar disorder, written and performed by Beth May.The show is returning to Scotland as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival's Summerhall programme.

This performance will be followed by a Q&A with the creative team.Written and performed by Beth May in collaboration with Riley Rose Critchlow (director), Mahayla Laurence (stage manager), Olivia Cade (associate producer) and Alison Zatta (producer).Beth's conclusion is clear-eyed: the point is not to fix bipolar, but to learn to live with it, though even that achievement comes tinged with doubt about its permanence.

But there's a bittersweet beauty in accepting that conclusion.The Scotsman