THIS MIGHT NOT BE IT
by Sophia Chetin-Leuner
Bush Theatre
30 January - 7 March 2024
"Set against the backdrop of the UK's deepening mental health crisis, this timely character piece focuses on the resilient, exhausted workers keeping our underfunded NHS functioning... Madden's measured staging handles the play's serious subject matter with finesse, while teasing out every bit of its dry gallows humour." - The Stage
"The relationship between [Angela, played by Debra Baker] and Denzel Baidoo's naive, hot headed, increasingly-disillusioned Jay is beautifully drawn in Ed Madden's subtly directed production. Each tentative step they take towards each other is observed with a quiet, touching truth." - The Telegraph
"The setting is an NHS mental health clinic, but the beauty of this piece is that it speaks in a universal language about the way people find ways of co-existing in an office where space is tight and time is short. Small gestures are magnificed, resentments fester." - The Times
Design by Alys Whitehead
Lighting by Laura Howard
Sound by Max Pappenheim
Cast: Denzel Baidoo, Debra Baker, and Dolly Webb
adapted from Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre
20 - 28 October 2023
Nominated for the National Dance Award for
Best Modern Choreography
"Beg, steal and borrow to get a ticket... The manner in which the movement and text interpreted and interpenetrated one another was itself a revelation. I have never before witnessed anything of that kind and at that level of intensity." - Dance Europe
"Sam Steiner's play, set in a world of rationed speech, lends itself to movement, and the dancers here also retain the dialogue, fusing the forms with quiet grace" - The Guardian
"A deft, witty staging." - Independent
"Dialogue, dance and music fuse effortlessly as the couple ride the changes in life and love... Hayward and Campbell as you have never seen them... A super 70 minutes of theatre, dance theatre, call it what you will" - Seeing Dance
Choreography by Kristen McNally
Text by Sam Steiner
Score by Isobel Waller-Bridge
Design by Anisha Fields
Lighting by Lee Curran
Sound by Max Pappenheim
Casts: Alexander Campbell and Francesca Hayward; Jacob Wye and Hannah Rudd
THE LIMIT
OCTOPOLIS
by Marek Horn
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
15 September - 28 October 2023
"Ed Madden's superb production is sensitive to both the thrilling ideas and shifting emotions of the play." - The Arts Desk
"Marek Horn's brilliant, intellectually demanding play... Madden's production is energised... Redgrave fascinates as the bereaved academic, Miller brings fierce intelligence to his role." - The Mail
"Horn's cerebreal writing is fascinating to listen to... An engrossing night with some superbly observed performances from Redgrave and Miller." - WhatsOnStage
"It can be funny, touching, and surprising, but fascination, here, is the priority... Madden directs the piece with an intellectual creativity, turning a very on-the-page script into something living and breathing." - Broadway World
"Where better than Hampstead to watch the interplay of cutting-edge science with emotional intensity and philosophical unanswerables?" - Libby Purves
Design by Anisha Fields
Lighting by Jamie Platt
Sound by Esther Kehinde Ajayi
Cast: Jemma Redgrave, Ewan Miller
YELLOWFIN
by Marek Horn
Southwark Playhouse
13 October - 6 November 2021
Nominated for five Off-West End Awards, including for
Best New Play and Best Director.
"Ed Madden's traverse staging of Horn's interval-free text swims by beautifully... This world premiere run of the play is urgent, astute and persuasive." - The Times
"Madden's tidy production allows Horn's skilful wordplay to take centre stage... The climactic moments are superbly well constructed, leading to a delicious denouement. I guarantee you'll never look at a tin of tuna in quite the same way" - WhatsOnStage
"A rare glimpse of that vanishing species: the
play of ideas." - The Telegraph
"Sharp, tangy and truly hilarious... Much credit goes to director Ed Madden for showcasing and framing these performances with finesse, [finding] dynamism in exquisite pacing and in Pappenheim's sound world." - Exeunt
"Smart, funny, scary: an absolute bream of a play. An ace cast in a diamond production." - David Jays
Design by Anisha Fields
Lighting by Rajiv Pattani
Sound by Max Pappenheim
Cast: Nancy Crane, Nicholas Day, Joshua James, Beruce Khan
A NUMBER
by Caryl Churchill
The Other Room, Cardiff
13 Feb - 3 March 2018
"Madden's subtle production... Deftly
directed and performed." - The Stage
"A poised presentation of this beautifully
thoughtful tale" - British Theatre Guide
"More pertinent, more perceptive, and
more powerful than ever." - The Reviews Hub
Design by Carl Davies
Lighting by Joe Fletcher
Sound and Music by Tic Ashfield
Cast: Brendan Charleson and Stevie Raine
A TABLE TENNIS PLAY
by Sam Steiner
Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
1-25 August 2019
"Heartsore drama, vivid theatricality... In Ed Madden's production, every minute feels beautifully considered, and his cast smash it out of the park. " - Sunday Times
"Madden's production remains largely abstract; a perfect counter for characters that are so vividly drawn... An absolute ace." - WhatsOnStage
"In Ed Madden's beautifully judged, brilliantly acted production, a play that takes its time comes up like a bruise." - Fest
"You want to hang on to every last word." - Telegraph
Design by Lizzy Leech
Lighting by Charlotte Burton
Sound by Richard Bell
Cast: Beth Holmes, Euan Kitson and Rosa Robson
THE WORLD'S WIFE
by Tom Green and Carol Ann Duffy
Welsh National Opera and touring
15 October - 3 November 2017
"This stunning one-woman show... Skilfully
directed by Ed Madden." - The Arts Desk
"Simply staged... Amanda Forbes brilliantly turns from Medusa's fury to Anne Hathaway's tenderness to Salome's vampy vacuum cleaner cabaret." - The Times
"An intimate experience, painting the sharp wit and emotional push-me-pull-you of Duffys' poetry... Sensitively wrought." - The Stage
Design by Grace Smart
Lighting by Joe Price
Sound by Samuel Jones
Cast: Amanda Forbes and the Mavron Quartet
LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS
by Sam Steiner
Warwick Arts Centre / Zoo Southside, Edinburgh Festival Fringe / Roundabout at Summerhall / UK Tour
2015-17
"I don't even want to think about how young this company is... About as promising as debuts get." - Time Out
"Beautifully choreographed by
director Ed Madden." - The Guardian
"An intelligent, confident, beautifully formed
piece of theatrical metaphor... Madden's
subtle, effective production." - Fest
Cast: Beth Holmes and Euan Kitson