Matt is a freelance director and Artistic Director of Engine House Theatre.

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Credits include: Touched by Stephen Lowe, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols; Diary of a Football Nobody (Premiere) by William Ivory for Nottingham Playhouse; Bomber’s Moon (Premiere) by William Ivory for the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and Nottingham Lakeside Arts (plus West End transfer to Trafalgar Studios); Oleanna by David Mamet for Engine House and Nottingham Lakeside Arts; 4000 Days (Premiere) by Peter Quilter for Park Theatre; Zero (Premiere) by Chris O’Connell for Theatre Absolute; Red Riding Hood (Premiere) by Mike Kenny for Engine House and Nottingham Lakeside Arts - National Tour; Beauty and the Beast by Mike Kenny for Lawrence Batley Theatre; Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown (adapted by Mike Kenny) for Engine House and Nottingham Lakeside Arts - National Tour; Grandad’s Island (Premiere) by Benji Davies (also adapted by Matt) - for Engine House and York Theatre Royal - National Tour in 2018 and 2019; The Storm Whale by Benji Davies (also adapted by Matt) for Engine House, York Theatre Royal, Little Angel and the Marlowe, Canterbury; Sleeping Beauty and Aladdin by Mark Chatterton and Sarah Nixon for Theatre Royal Wakefield; Cinderella - The Panto with Soul by Peter Rowe for Theatr Clwyd; Sleeping Beauty - The Rock and Roll Panto, Aladdin - The Rock and Roll Panto, Cinderella - The Panto with Soul (all by Peter Rowe) for Leeds City Varieties; Sleeping Beauty by Berwick Kaler (co-director) for York Theatre Royal; Robin Hood by Anthony Spargo for Greenwich Theatre; Sleeping Beauty by Chris Hannon for Theatre Royal Wakefield; Cinderella by Chris Hannon for Theatre Royal Wakefield; The Snowflake (Premiere) by Benji Davies (also adapted by Matt) for Birmingham Rep.

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During his time at Nottingham Lakeside Arts Matt’s credits included Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett; A Visit From Miss Prothero by Alan Bennett; A Who’s Who of Flapland by David Halliwell; The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde; The Retirement of Tom Stevens (Premiere) by William Ivory, The Kiss (Premiere) by Glyn Cannon; Smile (Premiere) and Empty Bed Blues (Premiere) by Stephen Lowe; Twinkle Little Star by Phillip Meeks (Co-Production with York Theatre Royal).

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Through lockdown Matt produced and curated two outdoor ‘Park Bench Theatre’ seasons in York. As part of the Summer 2020 season in Rowntree Park. He directed First Love by Samuel Beckett, co-wrote and directed Teddy Bears’ Picnic and wrote the premiere of Every Time A Bell Rings. In 2021 he directed the premiere of The Park Keeper by Mike Kenny as part of the park’s 100th Anniversary celebrations.

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Matt’s projects for 2025 include the premiere of Reception - A musical inspired by the music of semi-legendary indie band The Wedding Present and Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea - a show for young people and their families inspired by the song of the same name.

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Matt received the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award for the Encouragement of New Writing for his work on Lakeside’s Production of Stephen Lowe’s Smile.