Madeline Taylor is a freelance wardrobe coordinator, designer and realiser. She has 9 years experience working in theatre, both classic and modern dance, opera, circus, contemporary performance and film around Australia and in the UK. Recent design credits include Miracle in Brisbane, a contemporary opera adapted from a Giorgio Battistelli composition which performed a sellout season and Bright Lights, Big City in London. She has been involved with productions for the Queensland Theatre Company, Queensland Ballet, Opera Queensland, Kite Theatre Company, and La Boite Theatre Company and worked as Expressions Dance Company's Wardrobe Coordinator for several years, as well as numerous other independent and festival projects. Equally comfortable behind a sewing machine, sourcing and shopping, building something outrageous or balancing a budget other career highlights include A Christmas Carol for Queensland Theatre Company, BoomBah! for Windmill Theatre Company and The Little Green Road To Fairyland for Queensland Music Festival. After completing an internship at the V&A Museum in the Research department, she is currently developing a thesis on contemporary costume practice and has begun teaching at QUT.