Training
2008-2009
Postgraduate Directing Course, Drama Studio London
1994-1997
1st Class Honours Degree: Acting, Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds
Directing Credits (Full Productions)
2023
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical (Seabright Productions)
Gilded Balloon at the Museum & Wilton's Musical Hall
Director/Choreographer
2022
The Grotto (Toby Hampton Productions)
Drayton Arms Theatre
Director
2022
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CSF)
Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
Director
2022
Persephone (Arrows & Traps)
The Jack Studio Theatre
Movement Director
2022
Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story (JST)
Jermyn Street Theatre
WINNER Best Director: Musicals & Best Production Nominee OFFIE Awards 2023
Director
2021
Vinegar Tom (OVO Theatre)
The Maltings Theatre, St Albans
Director
2021
Trestle (OVO Theatre / The Jack Studio Theatre)
The Jack Studio Theatre
Best Director: Plays & Best Production Nominations OFFIE Awards
Director/Choreographer
2021
The Comedy of Errors (OVO Theatre)
Roman Theatre, St Albans
Director
2021
Trestle (Live Stream / OVO Theatre)
The Maltings Theatre, St Albans
OnComm Nomination
Director/Choreographer
2020
Henry V (OVO Theatre)
The Maltings Theatre, St Albans
Director/Choreographer
2020
CONNECT: A Filmed Theatre piece (Jack Studio)
Online
Director
2020
Henry V (OVO Theatre)
Roman Theatre, St Albans
Director
2019
The House Of Yes (The Hope Theatre)
The Hope Theatre
Best Director Nomination OFFIE Awards & WINNER of Outstanding Theatricality at the Standing Ovation Awards
Director
2019
Thrill Me: the Leopold & Loeb Story (The Hope)
The Hope Theatre
Director
2019
Taro (Arrows & Traps)
The Jack Studio Theatre
Movement Director
2018
The Lesson (The Hope Theatre)
The Hope Theatre
Best Director Nomination OFFIE Awards
Director
2018
Brainville At Night (The Dot Collective)
UK Tour
Director/Choreographer
2018
Foul Pages (The Hope Theatre)
The Hope Theatre
Director/Choreographer
2017/18
Thark (MSP)
Drayton Arms Theatre
Best Director Nomination OFFIE Awards
Director/Choreographer
2017
Brimstone and Treacle (The Hope Theatre)
The Hope Theatre
Best Off West End Show Nominee, Break A Leg Awards
Director
2016
Her Aching Heart (The Hope Theatre)
The Hope Theatre
Best Director Nomination OFFIE Awards
Director
2016
Steel Magnolias (The Hope Theatre)
The Hope Theatre
Winner: Best Off West End Show, Break A Leg Awards
Director
2016
Sea Life (The Hope Theatre)
The Hope Theatre
Best Director Nomination OFFIE Awards
Director
2016
Antigone (Tales Retold)
The Hope Theatre
Director/Choreographer
2015
Lovesong of the Electric Bear – West End (THT)
The Arts Theatre
Director/Choreographer
2015
Lovesong of the Electric Bear (The Hope Theatre)
The Hope Theatre
Best Director Nomination OFFIE Awards
Director/Choreographer
2014
The Cherry Orchard (DogOrange)
The Jack Studio Theatre
Director/Choreographer
2014
Brainville At Night (First Draft)
Old Red Lion
Director
2013
A Scent of Flowers (DogOrange)
The Jack Studio Theatre
Director
2013
Brainville At Night (First Draft)
The Jack Studio Theatre
Director
2012
Mary Rose (DogOrange/Midnight 12AM)
Riverside Studios
Director
2011
The Possibilities (Red Line)
Tristan Bates Theatre
Director/Choreographer
2011
A Date To Remember (First Draft)
Phoenix Bar
Director
2011
Mary Rose (DogOrange)
Jack Studio Theatre
Director
2011
Ward No.6 (DogOrange)
Camden People's Theatre
Time Out Critics Choice
Director/Writer
2010
A Woman Alone (DogOrange)
Jack Studio Theatre
Director
2010
Two (Dispense Theatre)
Dirty Dicks, Bishopsgate
Director
2010
The Late Edwina Black (Sheringham Rep)
Sheringham Little Theatre
Director
2010
The Killing Of Sister George (Goodmann)
Etcetera Theatre / UK Tour
Director
2009
Ward No.6 (DogOrange)
C Cubed, Edinburgh
Best Ensemble Nominee, The Stage Awards 2009
Director/Writer
Assistant/Associate Directing Credits (Full Productions)
2014
Entertaining Mr Sloane (London Classic Theatre)
UK Tour
Director: Michael Cabot
Asst. Director
2012
Twelfth Night (Chester Performs)
Grosvenor Park Open Air
Director: Alex Clifton
Asst. Director
2012
Masters Are You Mad? (Chester Performs)
Grosvenor Park Open Air
Director: Robin Norton-Hale
Asst. Director
‘Scratch’ Production Credits for First Draft (directing new writing & devised work) 2010 to present
Directing in Education Credits (productions with actors in training)
2018
The Angelic Aspiration (Drama Studio London)
New Diorama
Director
2017
Thark (Drama Studio London)
Camden People's Theatre
Director/Choreographer
2016
100 (Drama Studio London)
New Diorama
Director
2015
The White Cat (Drama Studio London)
Schools Tour (Pantomime)
Director/Choreographer
2015
Tests (Drama Studio London)
New Diorama
Director
2014
Dick Whittington ((Drama Studio London))
Schools Tour (Pantomime)
Director/Choreographer
2014
How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found (Drama Studio London)
New Diorama
Director/Choreographer
2013
Beauty and the Beast (Drama Studio London)
Schools Tour (Pantomime)
Director/Choreographer
2013
The Arabian Nights (Drama Studio London)
New Diorama Theatre
Director/Choreographer
2012
Snow White (Drama Studio London)
Schools Tour (Pantomime)
Director/Choreographer
2012
The Provok’d Wife (Drama Studio London)
Grange Court Theatre
Director
2011
The Possibilities (Drama Studio London)
Camden People's Theatre
Director/Choreographer
2010
Pinocchio (Drama Studio London)
Schools Tour (Pantomime)
Director/Choreographer
2009
Peter Pan (Drama Studio London)
Schools Tour (Pantomime)
Director/Choreographer
Matthew has facilitated workshops and seminars for Equity, the Musical Theatre Academy, Mountview, Trinity Laban, University of East London and Drama Studio London where he was a long-standing Faculty Member, visiting director and teacher of various theatrical techniques including Stagecraft, Creating Character from Physicality, Audition Technique and Text Into Performance.
Other Credits
In addition to the productions choreographed whilst directing, as detailed above, Matthew has worked as a Choreographer or Movement Director on numerous occasions including for Arrows & Traps Theatre Co and various Christmas shows at The Jack Studio Theatre. In addition Matthew was the regular choreographer for cabaret act Scales of the Unexpected from 2007-2016, including their show at the Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh 2012.
Masterclass Experience
Practical Directing (Edwina Dorman), Shakespeare’s Verse (Chris Pickles), Stage Picturisation (Crispin Harris), Screen Directing (David Tucker), Directing for Radio (Jilly Bond), Stage Combat (Philip d’Orleans)
