Madeleine Brettingham has rapidly emerged as one of the most distinctive new voices in British stand-up.
Following an extraordinary string of competition wins including So You Think You’re Funny in 2025, her Edinburgh debut this year, Legend, played to sell-out audiences, transferred to London’s Soho Theatre and received widespread critical acclaim.
The Scotsman described it as a “swaggeringly confident and clinically executed debut… an absolute killer onstage”, while Rolling Stone selected it as one of its 12 standout shows of the Edinburgh Fringe, saying she “deserves to rocket to stardom”.