Madeleine is currently the Deputy Artistic Director at The Birmingham Rep leading on Door and Studio Programming and Talent Development. Madeleine is an alumnus of The Regional Theatre Young Directors Scheme, National Theatre Directors Course 23 and Clore Leadership Pulse 24.

Upcoming Directing work includes: The return of Grimeboy – written by former Birmingham Poet Laureate, Casey Bailey and Chains – written by Rem Conway (Birmingham Rep 27)

Past directing work includes:

Woman.Life.Song Royal Philharmonic Society ‘outstanding production or overall accomplishment’ nomination (Birmingham Opera), UK Theatre ‘Best New Play’ award Swim, Aunty, Swim! By Siana Bangura (Belgrade), Beauty is the Beast (FuelFest) Grimeboy by Casey Bailey (The Rep and Barry Jackson Tour), City of a Thousand Trades (Birmingham Royal Ballet). Parklife short comedy plays by Mahad Ali, Alice Etches, Mari and Lowri Izzard and Ed Amsden and Tom Coles (The Rep). Park Bench Plays, short plays by David Edgar, Janice Connolly, Liam Steel and Lucia Deyi (The Rep and Barry Jackson Tour). Brummie Iliad by Rodrick Smith (The Rep),This is Sunday by Jade Anouka,(The show must go online), Subtitled by Michael Southern and Father family and F**kboys by Sophia Griffin (The Rep Foundry), I Am a Man by Luke Barnes and Love Liquidators by Ashley Zhangazha (North Wall Alchemy Festival), Futureopolis, Devised for new entrance opening of the Victoria and Albert Museum (Emergency Exit Arts), Check The Label by Eno Mfon and Normal by Theresa Ikoko (Talawa First), Fable by Luke Barnes in London, New York and Cape Town (Young Vic).

Past Associate work includes Migrations directed by David Poutney, (Welsh National Opera), Peter Pan Directed by Liam Steel, A Thousand Splendid Suns and Woyzeck directed by Roxana Silbert, Rebus Directed by Robin Lefevre (The Rep National Tour)  The Wizard of Oz Directed by Liam Steel, and Elephant by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Directed by Lucy Morrison (The Rep)

As a freelance practitioner and mentor Madeleine has worked across the UK and Europe. Past work includes NT Connections, NT Public Acts, Talawa TYPT, Talawa First and Old Vic Schools Projects, Emergency Exit Arts, Stratford Theatre Royal Creative Activism, and BID drama group.