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Madeleine Herd

MFA Professional Acting


Biography

BOVTS: Clifford/Basset in Henry VI: Days of Rebellion, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Arkadina in The Seagull, W in Lungs. Pre-BOVTS: Daisy in The Great Gatsby (Space Theatre- Adelaide Festival Centre), Ophelia in Hamlet, Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday, Queen Elizabeth in Don Carlos (Independent Theatre Company) and Honey in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Holden Street Theatre). Training: First Class Honours Degree Bachelor of Psychology (University of Adelaide), Shakespeare with Patsy Rodenburg (16th Street Actors Studio), Acting Technique (Urban Myth Theatre Company)

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The training provided by the MFA programme is superb. The depth with which we explore, paired with unyielding curiosity that is met with the most knowledgeable, passionate, expert tutors is what makes BOVTS programme one of the finest around. I feel honoured to call BOVTS my grad school. Rachel McVay, MA Professional Acting Student