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Winner of the House of Oz Purse Prize
Shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award
★★★★★ What’s The Show 
★★★★★ Stage Whispers
★★★★★ Fifty+SA
★★★★ The List UK
"One of the best single-actor shows... her comic timing is impeccable." Theatre Travels

sitting, screaming

Shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award
Longlisted for the Griffin Award
★★★★★ Stage Noise
★★★★ Suzy Goes See
★★★★ Sydney Arts Guide
★★★★ Spot on Sydney
“Brilliantly crafted... It’s deeply moving and intensely inspiring.” Theatre Red
“…One of Australia’s finest writers.” Australian Arts Review

CACTUS

Winner of the ATYP Rebel Wilson Theatre Maker Scholarship
Shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award
Nominated for an Australian Writer’s Guild Award
Shortlisted for the Natural Born Writer’s Award

“Vivid and touching and effortlessly funny.” Sydney Morning Herald
“A brilliantly written work.” Australian Arts Review
“Incisive and hard-hitting.” Stage Whispers
“Whip smart.” The Blurb
“Funny, heartbreaking and captivating from start to finish.” Theatre Travels

Cactus - concept film

A short concept film adapting Cactus for the screen.

plays for young people

Madelaine has written a number of award winning plays for young people with a focus on ensemble casts. You can read or request the rights to perform her work.

The Chapel, The Fire and the Dead Cat
Winner ATYP Foundation Commission
Nominated for an Australian Writer’s Guild Award.

SAAM
Winner of the Martin Lysicrates Prize
Winner of the Australian Writer’s Guild Award

Summer at Suspended Stone Camp
Winner of the Eldersee Commission
Nominated for an Australian Writer’s Guild Award

Unicorn Girl
Shortlisted for the Martin Lysicrates Prize

Bin Chicken
Selected for ATYP National Studio 

kinder suRprise

A competitive comedy about a middle-aged mum and her 21-year-old daughter discovering they are pregnant at the same time. A nine-month duel ensues. 

Kinder Surprise was originally written for Melbourne Theatre Company’s Cybec Electric Program. It then went on to be picked up by ABC Radio National and was produced as a radio play for ABC RN’s Room Series.

Writer: Madelaine Nunn
Cast: Madelaine Nunn, Heidi Arena, Glenn Shea
Series producer: Fiona Pepper
Sound Recordist: AJ Bradford
Sound engineer: Richard Girvan
Composer: James Brown
Duration: 23min 11sec Broadcast: Sat 17 Oct 2020, 1:05pm

Three birds theatre

Three Birds Theatre is an independent theatre company established in 2015 by Madelaine Nunn, Candace Miles, and Anna Rodway (graduates of the VCA). TBT strives to make visually striking, bold pieces of work that showcase the multi-talents of a female-driven ensemble.
Three Birds Theatre’s work include:
Garage Girls
Enter Ophelia
Will This Show Take Off?
LadyCake
Three Birds One Cock