Madelyne Leite
Madelyne Leite
Lighting Design & Tech, Production Assistant
Madelyne is a multidisciplinary artist across screen and stage with experience in acting as well as stage management, producing, and directing. Her work focuses on supporting emerging artists especially telling queer stories.
Biography
Madelyne Leite (she/her) is an actor and filmmaker based in Brisbane and Sydney, currently in her final year of a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) at QUT. Most recently, Madelyne played Betty and Young Wanda in Big Hair in America (QUT), Lily in Greenlit (Exit Ghost Productions), and Lampito in Lysistrata (TheatrePunkCo.). She's currently in production for two short films and the premiere production of Joan Must Die: I Never Liked Her Anyways directed by Wesley Enoch. Madelyne is a proud queer artist, passtionate about telling dynamic, diverse and new stories for the stage and screen.
Ad Astra Plays
Upcoming Plays
Past Plays
Other Theatre
2023 - Blood Sisters (Film), Muraya Moore, Actor - Dellz
2023 - Joan Must Die (Theatre), QUT, Actor - Catherine
2023 - After Juliet (Film), Exit Ghost Productions, Actor - Sarah
2023 - Pizza Fright (Film), QUT, Actor - Felicity
2023 - Pallas Sister Rising (Theatre), Theatre Punk Co, Actor - Athena
2023 - Big Hair in America (Theatre), QUT, Actor - Betty
2023 - Barriers (Theatre), Theatre Punk Co, Stage Manager & Sound Operator
2023 - Lysistrata: The Bitch Myth (Theatre), Theatre Punk Co, Actor - Lampito
2023 - Call Girls (Series), Exit Ghost Productions, Director & Producer
2022 - Call Girls (Theatre), Brisbane Fringe, Stage Manager & Operator
2022 - Punk Rock (Theatre), QUT, Actor - Lilly
2022 - Greenlit (Series), Exit Ghost Productions, Producer & Actor - Lily
2021 - That Face (Theatre), QUT, Actor - Mia
2021 - Sundown (Film), Exit Ghost Productions, Actor - Sarah
2020 - DNA (Theatre), Young Actors Assembly, Actor - Richard
Training
2021-2023 - Queensland University of Technology, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting), Andrea Moor
2019-2020 - TAFE, CERT III Live Performance and Entertainment, Ashley Knight
Representation
Freelance
Reviews
Madelyne Leite's lighting and Tommi Civili's sound complement each scene, designed to highlight the emotional undercurrents as the characters’ lives unravel.
Stage Buzz Brisbane | Read Review Here
The creatives Chelsea Jewell, Maddy Leite and Tommi Civili, emphasised the focus on the action, by designing a minimalistic set, around the onstage narrative, which served to support an electrifying but memorable performance and kept the audience awake and wondering.
Lilian Harrington - Absolute Theatre | Read Review Here
“Michelle Carey’s production is first class and engages the audience from the get go.”
David Kary | Sydney Arts Guide | Read Review Here
“Led by Director Michelle Carey there’s a lot going on in this intense production. Toy Symphony explores bullying, substance abuse, death and grief. At times this play is uncomfortable to watch but it’s also a compelling look at creativity and human response.”
Natasha Ciesielski | Sydney Scoop | Read Review Here
“Clearly this play sent me off into the night with a bundle of questions.”
Paul Gilchrist - Theatre Red | Read Review Here
“Lively direction by Michelle Carey keeps us invested in the storytelling”
Suzy Wrong - Suzy Go See | Read Review Here
“It is fitting that the first production in the space is from one of the giants of Australian playwriting. Michael Gow’s “Toy Symphony” reminds us that we should embrace creativity and difference with compassion and patience. And that there can be a little bit of magic in everyone!”
Kate Gaul - Theatre Travels | Read Review Here
‘Madelyne Leite’s portrayal of Athena is grounded yet timid with a complexity of emotions. Her depiction of grief is raw and vulnerable; it’s not just sadness, it’s anger and pain that is far from beautiful. Leite delivers a particularly heartbreaking monologue that sees her character break down entirely and it’s impossible not to sob along with her.’
Annabel Gilbert - Theatre Haus | Read full review
‘I applaud Madelyne Leite for her performance, which felt incredibly natural and assured.’
Eleanor Swan - ATYP | Read full review