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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)

Students developing and growing in confidence during their time here, seeing their work reaching professional standards in approach and execution; a student who intends to be a stage manager producing a wonderful sound design; a first year student making a lovely recording of a song for their recording project; tracking the careers of former students and seeing them be successful; being able to find a job opportunity for a recent graduate. Frank Bradley, Sound Tutor