Madeleine Hutchins

Madeleine moved to London at 19 to take up a fully funded place on the 3 year Acting course at East 15 Acting School. After graduating she went into the classical theatre world, touring the States with AS YOU LIKE IT; the West End with YOU NEVER CAN TELL; and a National Tour of HAY FEVER in which she played Sorel Bliss, all directed by the late Sir Peter Hall, whose obituary in the The Times declared him “The most important figure in British Theatre for half a century.” She also went on to work with Tony Award Winner Emily Mann in Mrs.Warren’s Profession, playing Geoarge Bernard Shaw’s largest female role, Vivie (that’s a lot of lines to learn). She is an Associate Actor at the English Theatre of Hamburg, where she has performed in 7 season’s, in plays including Neil Labute’s REASONS TO BE PRETTY in which she played Steph; Gretchen in BOEING BOEING; Pamela, Margaret and Annabella in THE 39 STEPS and the lead in STONE COLD MURDER for which she won rave reviews. Other theatre includes GOD OF CARNAGE directed by Lindsay Posner (National Tour); JEANNIE directed by Nicolette Kay (Finnborough Theatre); BEFORE I SLEEP, directed by Tristan Sharps, which one the Peter Brook Ensemble Award, and many others. Her work on screen includes Indy horror NASTY which premiered at the BFI Festival, for which she won several awards including Best Supporting Actress at the Indie Film Fest and Scream Queen at the Stormy Weather Film Festival. She went to work with director Prano Bailey-Bond in CENSOR which premiered at Sundance and Fright Bites for Channel 4. Along side performing, Madeleine is also a passionate teacher and has been an acting coach since 2010, teaching in prestigious theatres and institutes including; The Rose Theatre; The Park theatre; East 15 Acting School and the Reynolds Performing Arts Academy. She has been coaching Actors at AMAW since 2017. What inspired you to become an actor? I remember when I was 5 years old I played Mary Magdalene in my Primary School Classroom, we were just acting out the Easter story and when the imagined boulder was rolled from the cave where Jesus’ body had been placed, I apparently did a great ‘shocked’ face. From then on playing out stories was the most fun I had as a kid, being quite shy, I was suddenly in my element when making up stories with friends and creating “Shows” to put on for parents or at school. It was the thing I always loved most in life and it’s continued to be my loyal obsession through adulthood.