Maxime Waladi (°1989) graduated in 2011 as a bachelor in secondary education Dutch and History at the Department of Teacher Training of the Catholic University College of Leuven. He continued his studies and graduated from LUCA Drama (Leuven) in 2016.

As a student Maxime plays/ dances at fABULEUS in Kasimir and Karoline and in Sueños. He founds the temporary collective NTP (as part of the Onderstroom of fABULEUS) and participates in the performance Faces. He also plays in the PALEIS production De zaak van de dieren tegen de mensen.

During his final internship at Action Zoo Humain he helps with the dramaturgy of the production Join the Revolution (2015). He is noticed and Zouzou Ben Chikha coaches Maxime in completing his master's thesis Le Chicon (2016). This production will be further developed into a school performance in 2017. Le Chicon premiered at the Gentse Feesten in July 2018 and will tour Flanders in the 2018-2019 season.