Madeleine Brettingham - Work in Progress

Madeleine Brettingham is a writer and rising star on the stand-up circuit, who’s recently scooped a string of competition wins including winning the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny 2025 and taking silver in Funny Women in the same year, a unique double. 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' (List).

Join her at the Pleasance to see her work-in-progress of her debut show.

A suffer-no-fools attitude that own the stage, a formidable gag rate and a precision with language that conjures up the perfect images’ Chortle