“Two rats with a dream...”
We’re back with another hard-hitting interview with thE 2025 HUB Residents. This time, we’re chatting to HUB Resident DUO, MadELYNE LEITE, and Ada LUKIN.
Quick, who are you? The people want to know.
We’re Maddy and Ada. We make theatre that’s a bit unhinged, a bit heartfelt, and definitely not normal. Maddy’s an actor and producer who loves building shit from the ground up and throwing herself into characters that are deeply messy and alive. Ada’s a writer who likes breaking things—form, rules, and occasionally hearts—with big, weird, emotional stories. We’re just two rats with a dream: make something so feral and electric that it sticks under your skin.
And through your 2025 HUB Residency, you are working on a play called Katie is a Marker Sniffing Lesbian. Sounds feral and electric to me. Tell us more.
A marker-selling empire, a ghost, and one very gay Catholic schoolgirl trying to keep it all together before everything explodes.
Classic coming-of-age tale. Now, we’ve been asking all our HUB Residents to cast their minds to the future. Imagine your audience are walking out of your Opening Night Performance, what are they saying?
MADDY AND ADA GETTING CAUGHT BY THE PAPARAZZI
“Sorry, one sec, I need to call my high-school therapist.”
And to wrap up this very serious journalistic interview, what are you looking forward to in your residency?
We’re so grateful to have the space, time, and support to bring something this wild and ambitious to life. The opportunity to develop our practice on-site with an incredible team, to workshop without limits, and to build connections with other fearless early-career artists is absolutely pivotal—and we honestly can’t wait to get stuck in.
