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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)

It was always stressed that the contacts you make during your training are incredibly important, and your classmates are likely to end up being on set alongside you in the future. After working with a director of photography on one of the School’s short films, I was invited to work on a project with him outside of Bristol - proving that the professionals we meet via the School, may one day give us a call to action! Muir McFadden, Technical Graduate