Love&Madness was formed by Neil Sheppeck in 2000 with the aim of bringing Classical Theatre to a younger and wider audience,
presenting great theatre in fresh and accessible productions.

It's production of Macbeth, set in sixties, gangland London,
performed in promenade in the cellar of the Finborough Arms, Earl's Court, was a sell-out and led to the company being invited to revive the show at The Edinburgh Festival 2001.

The success of Macbeth encouraged co-directors Sheppeck and Kim Gilchrist to take a production of Othello set during the Falkland's Conflict to the following year's festival. Performed in rep with Sheppeck's own play, Sweetness Follows, Othello gained both critical and audience acclaim.

In 2003, Love&Madness tried it's hand with touring an apocalyptic
production of Romeo and Juliet. This 5 week tour established the
company as one of the UK's leading mid-scale touring companies.

Catriona Craig joined the company in 2004 to direct it’s first
specially commissioned novel adaptation, Hard Times by Charles
Dickens. This dramatisation by Richard Hurst extended it’s usual
Shakespearean repertoire enabling it to develop as a touring
Repertory Company.

2005 introduced Love&Madness as an ensemble touring company
presenting Twelfth Night and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights (in a new dramatisation by Alys Torrance), and 2006 saw the company develop in this direction with a tour of Henry V and J.M.Synge’s Playboy of the Western World.

2007 brings their most ambitious season to date. Jack Shepherd, veteran actor and director has come onboard to direct The Tempest; and after a year of workshoping, Associate Director Catriona Craig has adapted Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, to be directed by Love&Madness Artistic Director, Neil Sheppeck.

2008 welcomes Amy Taylor as General Manager, allowing Love&Madness to grow further. In addition to its annual tour of La Ronde and Oliver Twist (adapted by David Cottis, directed by Abigail Anderson), L&M will also be presenting the world premiere of Magic Mirror Market Tales by Chantal Schaul, at Riverside Studios in December.

Love&Madness is a company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales no: 06607368
Registered Office: 1c Hamilton House, Atherfold Road, London SW9 9LL Registered charity number: 1125298