Maddie Hansen: Cow/Ensemble
Training: BA Actor-Musician course Guildford School of Acting and Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Her main instruments are the Trumpet and Flugelhorn which she previously studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Most recently she made her professional stage debut as Gloria in Brassed Off at Gala Durham.
Credits while training include: Kitty Butler in Tipping the Velvet (GSA); Therese in The Bakers Wife (GSA); Jacque De Boys in As You Like It (GSA); Rosaline in Brass (NYMT); Actor-Musician/Ensemble in Lulu (GSMD).
Maddie is thrilled to be doing her first Pantomime in Leeds and fulfilling her childhood dream of being half of a panto cow!
Panto instruments: Trumpet and Piano
Festive favourites. We asked our panto cast members their favorite things about Christmas:
Panto: Mother Goose because who could refuse a dancing goose
Musical: Gypsy
Thing: My family’s annual argument over whether the Christmas tree will fit through the front door… optimistic Mum always wins
Present you have ever received: A toy electric piano and a Belle dress from Beauty and the Beast when I was five
Film: Die Hard – it is a Christmas film!
Food: Pigs in blankets
Carol: Coventry Carol
New Year’s resolution: To stop eating so many snacks!
