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Ed Madden

Director

Represented by:

Jessica Stewart

Ed is a director and dramaturg, working primarily with new writing. He is from Bristol and is based in London, where he is currently Resident Director at the National Theatre Studio. In early 2025 he will direct The Habits, by Jack Bradfield, at Hampstead Theatre.

Most recently, Ed directed Sophia Chetin-Leuner’s play This Might Not Be It at the Bush. His work also includes the premieres of Marek Horn’s plays Octopolis (2023) and Yellowfin (2021), and Sam Steiner’s plays A Table Tennis Play (2019) and Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (2015-17).

He has theatre projects in development with Francesca Moody and Jessie Anand. For screen, he is co-writing original feature drama The Endling, with Tessa Ross and Sarah Esberg producing.

Credits

THEATRE - As Director
Date: 2024
Production (role):
THIS MIGHT NOT BE IT
Company:
Bush Theatre
Project details:
By Sophia Chetin-Leuner
Date: 2023
Production (role):
THE LIMIT
Company:
Royal Ballet
Project details:
Choreography by Kristen McNally
Music by Isobel Waller-Bridge
Text by Sam Steiner
Date: 2023
Production (role):
OCTOPOLIS
Company:
Hampstead Theatre
Project details:
By Marek Horn
Date: 2021
Production (role):
YELLOWFIN
Company:
Jessie Anand Productions / Walrus / Southwark Playhouse
Project details:
By Marek Horn
Nominated for 5 Off West-End Awards, including Best Director
Date: 2019
Production (role):
A TABLE TENNIS PLAY
Company:
Walrus / Underbelly Cowgate
Project details:
By Sam Steiner
Date: 2018
Production (role):
A NUMBER
Company:
The Other Room, Cardiff
Project details:
By Caryl Churchill
Welsh premiere
Date: 2017
Production (role):
THE WORLD'S WIFE
Company:
Welsh National Opera / Taliesin Arts Centre / Mavron Quartet
Project details:
Music by Tom Green
Libretto by Carol Ann Duffy
Date: 2015-2017
Production (role):
LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS
Company:
Walrus / UK Tour / Edinburgh Fringe
Project details:
By Sam Steiner
THEATRE - As Associate Director
Date: 2022
Production (role):
LEOPOLDSTADT
Company:
Sonia Friedman Productions / Longacre Theatre, Broadway
Project details:
By Tom Stoppard
Dir. Patrick Marber
Date: 2021
Production (role):
HABEAS CORPUS
Company:
Menier Chocolate Factory
Project details:
By Alan Bennett
Dir. Patrick Marber
Date: 2021
Production (role):
LEOPOLDSTADT
Company:
Sonia Friedman Productions / Wyndham's Theatre
Project details:
By Tom Stoppard
Dir. Patrick Marber
Date: 2019
Production (role):
TARTUFFE
Company:
National Theatre
Project details:
By Molière adapt. John Donnelly
Dir. Blanche McIntyre
Date: 2018
Production (role):
THE WINTER'S TALE
Company:
Shakespeare's Globe
Project details:
By William Shakespeare
Dir. Blanche McIntyre
Date: 2016
Production (role):
THE CHILDREN
Company:
Royal Court
Project details:
By Lucy Kirkwood
Dir. James Macdonald
Date: 2016
Production (role):
THE RIVALS
Company:
Bristol Old Vic / Glasgow Citizens / Liverpool Everyman
Project details:
By Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Dir. Dominic Hill
Date: 2016
Production (role):
THE IPHIGENIA QUARTET: AGAMEMNON/CHORUS
Company:
Gate Theatre, Notting Hill
Project details:
By Caroline Bird / Chris Thorpe
Dir. Christopher Haydon / Elayce Ismail

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): THIS MIGHT NOT BE IT
    Company: Bush Theatre
    Project details: By Sophia Chetin-Leuner
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): THE LIMIT
    Company: Royal Ballet
    Project details: Choreography by Kristen McNally
    Music by Isobel Waller-Bridge
    Text by Sam Steiner
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): OCTOPOLIS
    Company: Hampstead Theatre
    Project details: By Marek Horn
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): YELLOWFIN
    Company: Jessie Anand Productions / Walrus / Southwark Playhouse
    Project details: By Marek Horn
    Nominated for 5 Off West-End Awards, including Best Director
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): A TABLE TENNIS PLAY
    Company: Walrus / Underbelly Cowgate
    Project details: By Sam Steiner
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): A NUMBER
    Company: The Other Room, Cardiff
    Project details: By Caryl Churchill
    Welsh premiere
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): THE WORLD'S WIFE
    Company: Welsh National Opera / Taliesin Arts Centre / Mavron Quartet
    Project details: Music by Tom Green
    Libretto by Carol Ann Duffy
  • Date: 2015-2017
    Production (role): LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS
    Company: Walrus / UK Tour / Edinburgh Fringe
    Project details: By Sam Steiner
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): LEOPOLDSTADT
    Company: Sonia Friedman Productions / Longacre Theatre, Broadway
    Project details: By Tom Stoppard
    Dir. Patrick Marber
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): HABEAS CORPUS
    Company: Menier Chocolate Factory
    Project details: By Alan Bennett
    Dir. Patrick Marber
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): LEOPOLDSTADT
    Company: Sonia Friedman Productions / Wyndham's Theatre
    Project details: By Tom Stoppard
    Dir. Patrick Marber
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): TARTUFFE
    Company: National Theatre
    Project details: By Molière adapt. John Donnelly
    Dir. Blanche McIntyre
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): THE WINTER'S TALE
    Company: Shakespeare's Globe
    Project details: By William Shakespeare
    Dir. Blanche McIntyre
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): THE CHILDREN
    Company: Royal Court
    Project details: By Lucy Kirkwood
    Dir. James Macdonald
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): THE RIVALS
    Company: Bristol Old Vic / Glasgow Citizens / Liverpool Everyman
    Project details: By Richard Brinsley Sheridan
    Dir. Dominic Hill
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): THE IPHIGENIA QUARTET: AGAMEMNON/CHORUS
    Company: Gate Theatre, Notting Hill
    Project details: By Caroline Bird / Chris Thorpe
    Dir. Christopher Haydon / Elayce Ismail
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