Madeleine MacMahon
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Awards

'Best Supporting Actress' for Blindfold (British Independent Film Festival, '21)

Nominations

Best Solo Performance for 'Breathless' (Drama Desk Awards & Off West End Awards, '24)
Best Performance for 'This Little Girl (Exit 6 Film Fest, 22)
Best Supporting Actress for 'This Little Girl' (indiexfest, '23)
Best Actress
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​For 'This Little Girl' (Tweetfest, '22) 
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Lynn Faces
Laura Horton and New Diorama, TRP, Theatre Norwich

★★★★ "a truthful and charismatic performance" Theatre Weekly
★★★★ "BACK OF THE NET!" Neurodiverse Review
★★★★ "the image you take with you is the intense vulnerability displayed by Leah, played by Madeleine Macmahon" Broadway Baby
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Breathless
Laura Horton and Theatre Royal Plymouth

New York Times Critic's Pick
Offie Nominated 'Best Solo Performance' 2023

'effortlessly entertaining, and moving' ★★★★★ Voice Mag
'beautifully performed by Madeleine MacMahon, who embodies her character like a tailor-made dress' ★★★★ The Scotsman
'enthralling from beginning to end' Broadway World
'MacMahon is fabulous, serving up a knockout comedic performance. (...) a stellar one-woman performance. ★★★★ longstaffreviews
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'as absorbing as it is sensitive' The Guardian
'Madeleine MacMahon matches the sparkiness of the writing' The Stage
'helmed by a confident, talented, funny performer' fest

A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) 
Jon Brittain and Silent Uproar

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​'a stand-out performance' ★★★★★ British Theatre Guide
'both fragile and concrete – a rare duality' ★★★★★ Miro Magazine
'a sterling performance' ★★★★★ WhatsOnStage
'MacMahon's exquisite performance had me bawling' ★★★★ 
todolist
'brilliant performance' ★★★★★ three weeks
'aching vulnerability' ★★★★ festmag
'endearingly portrayed' ★★★★ The LIST
'relentless good humour of a quiz show host and a sharp-thinking wit to match' ★★★★ The Scotsman

Kings Oli Forsyth and Smoke & Oakum

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'​MacMahon gives an extraordinary performance' ★★★★ The Stage
'deceptive, dangerous and cunning' ★★★★ Everything Theatre
'powerful presence on stage' ★★★★ LondonTheatre1
'MacMahon’s performance is the highlight'  The Play's The Thing UK
​'true stage presence' ★★★★ thepegreview
'true swagger, inner confidence..[]..effortless energy.' Exeunt

Into The Woods All Star Productions at The Cockpit

​'MacMahon’s garish, Gold Label-swilling mother provides comic relief' ★★★★ The Stage
'consistently catches our attention and entertains in her characterisation of young Jack's Mother' ★★★★ MusicalTheatreReview
'Jamie O’Donnell and Madeleine MacMahon in stand-out performances' ★★★★ thepegreview

Collector of Tears Sean Burn and Gobscure

'best north east new play of 2014...Best Actress goes to Madeleine MacMahon for Collector of Tears' British Theatre Guide
'it was MacMahon's performance that made the show what it was' North East Reviews
'A powerhouse performance' UK Theatre Network
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​'indomitable stamina with an unfaltering command of the stage. ....carefully crafted and faithfully inhabited. She invests deeply in the emotional states...' The Reviews Hub
​Gobscure hope to re-tour Collector of Tears. For all enquiries, please contact [email protected]
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      • A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) Trailer
      • Adam in the Sky
      • Aladdin Trailer
      • AMBA
      • Ballade of the New River Path
      • Barclays Lifeskills
      • Becoming Danish
      • The Gay in the Attic
      • Hush Now
      • Keepsake
      • Ladies
      • Latent
      • New Beginnings
      • NHS Training
      • Offensively Good Taste
      • Pearson Advert
      • The Tale Of White Cottage
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