Madeleine Brettingham

Madeleine Brettingham is a writer-performer working across stage, page and screen.

After years of writing behind the scenes, she’s recently become one to watch on the stand-up circuit, scooping a string of competition wins including winning the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny 2025 and taking silver in Funny Women, a unique double. 

In the same year, she also won Bath New Act of the Year, West End New Woman Comedian of the Year, Beat the Frog World Series and took silver in West End New Act of the Year, an unprecedented sweep.

She’s been praised for her “distinctive worldview” (Chortle), “tight and gag-packed” writing (Bruce Dessau), and “knack for blending offbeat observations with pacey, unexpected punchlines” (The List). Chortle says she has “a suffer-no-fools attitude that owns the stage, a formidable gag rate and a precision with language that conjures up the perfect images.”

Her solo work-in-progress has appeared at the Leicester, Machynlleth, Brighton, Camden and Edinburgh comedy festivals. 
She’ll be debuting in Edinburgh in 2026.