"Madison Chippendale is a strong performer- expressive eyes, complete and utter belief in her situation, a style just beyond naturalism but never painfully larger than life. This quality of performance never quivered, and in a piece this unusual, that must be credited." - SUDS Reviews, Sept 2025
"Madison Chippendale‘s performance as Verity, our narrator, has us hooked." - Sydney Theatre Reviews, 2025
Firehawk images courtesy of Jamie Simmons, Sydney Fringe, 2025.
"Madison Chippendale wrenches on the audience’s heartstrings as Gladys Smith, the heartbroken and loyal widow of Jim Smith. Her physicality and mannerisms when playing Miss Allie, the owner of the cottage that becomes crucial in the investigation, are delightful to watch." - The Scoop, August 2025
"Other cast members, including Madison Chippendale as Gladys Smith / Miss Allie (...) gave near faultless performances, with strong and commanding presences through tense scenes." - Theatre Travels, August 2025
"Actor Madison Chippendale plays Lou with convincing emotional intensity" - Suzy Goes See, January 2025
"For me, the standout performances were Madison Chippendale and Suz Mawer. (...) Chippendale had incredible comedic timing, but was also able to break hearts in her monologue. (...) It was a strong cast, but those two stood out the most to me." - Theatre Travels, January 2025
"(...) suffice to say that every single person is on their a-game. This show is absolutely worth a watch. 3.5 Stars. " - Stage Door Pod, 2025
"Madison Chippendale as Lou explores the slightly unhinged grieving mother and her amusing wombat adopter persona. (...) A pleasing and intriguing evening. 4 Stars." - Sydney Arts Guide, 2025
Wally images courtesy of Amelia Gilday, KXT on Broadway, 2025.
"Madison Chippendale brings a gloriously wistful quality to the work. As a performer she has real mystery. (...) her personal quality and the final speech gave “Hemlines” a real charge and a call to action." - Disrupting Stages, Sydney Fringe, September 2024.
"Original, unabashed, and above all deeply sincere – this is an evocative devised piece that asks us to question our relationship to the garments we don, the big moments in our lives, and the contributions of women to history. Moon Bureau’s highly distinct voice uplifts the voices of the women in the history of our civilisation and asks us to ask ourselves to look deeper into the fabric of family, femininity, and identity." - Binge Fringe, Prague Fringe, May 2025
Hemlines images courtesy of Jamie Simmons & Amelia Gilday, Sydney Fringe 2024.
"(...) The climax of this came as Chippendale broke into a manic laughter that riddled you with anxiety and made me shift in my seat, such was the control of her energy thrown into the space." - Justin Clarke, Theatre Thoughts, October 2022
"Oddities and imperfects have never seemed so delightful, with Where Shall We Meet? acting as a showcase not only of the top-notch artistic capabilities of the theatre-makers involved, but also as an empathy machine. All performers brought singular stories and bore personalities distinct to them, but all throughout the work we can directly relate to the emotional context and heed the jubilant call for self love. Harness Ensemble’s newest outing is a warm hug of a production and a wonderful sign of the gifts these emerging artists hold." - Theatre Travels, October 2022
Harness Ensemble images courtesy of Clare Hawley, Shopfront Arts Co-Op 2022.
"What unfolds in this piece is at once tragic, brilliant, captivating and deeply personal. The piece, Maddie is Hamlet, is exactly that. Maddie is Hamlet." - Payin' The Arts, October 2018.
Maddie is Hamlet image courtesy Mitch Lee, This Is Not Art at Crack Theatre Festival 2017.
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