Madeleine Brettingham
Stand-up comedian · London, UK

Madeleine Brettingham

Who Madeleine Brettingham is

Madeleine Brettingham is a British stand-up comedian and comedy writer based in London, whose television writing credits include Frankie Boyle's New World Order, Would I Lie To You?, Have I Got News For You, That Mitchell and Webb Look and Horrible Histories. In 2025 she won So You Think You're Funny? at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Bath Comedy Festival's New Act Competition, and took silver at the Funny Women Stage Awards.

She previewed her debut hour at the 2026 Machynlleth Comedy Festival and was on the 2026 Bath Comedy Festival programme, and the show, Legend, played a sell-out run at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe, where it was shortlisted for Best Newcomer at the Comedians' Choice Awards and long-listed for Best Newcomer at the (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Her play Dear Martin premiered at the Arcola Theatre in 2025 and earned an Offie Assessors' Choice.

At a glance

Based in
London, UK
On screen
Frankie Boyle's New World Order, Would I Lie To You?, Have I Got News For You and 2 more
Official site
madeleinebrettingham.com ↗

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: madeleinebrettingham.com ↗.

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →

Specials, shows and podcasts

On screen

Comedians like Madeleine Brettingham

Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.

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Questions and answers

Where is Madeleine Brettingham performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: madeleinebrettingham.com ↗.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Frankie Boyle's New World Order, Would I Lie To You?, Have I Got News For You, That Mitchell and Webb Look and Horrible Histories.

Where are they based?

London, UK, as their record gives it.

Who are some comedians like them?

Kiri Pritchard-McLean (also in Would I Lie To You?), Rhod Gilbert (also in Would I Lie To You?), Susie McCabe (also in Frankie Boyle's New World Order), Alasdair Beckett-King (also in Would I Lie To You?) and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd (also in Frankie Boyle's New World Order).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 6 October 2026