Matt
gained a BA (Hons) in Lighting Design at Rose Bruford
College.
Recent Theatre Lighting Design credits include: What Does It Take?
(Albany Deptford), Mud (The Gate Theatre), The Pool (Arts Theatre
London), Lovely & Misfit (Trafalgar Studios), Sorcerer's
Apprentice (Kazzum UK Tour), The Yalta Game/Ode to the Sea,
Treehouses, The Liar, Mary Stuart & The Country Wife (Drama
Centre London, Cochrane Theatre), Ana In Love (Hackney Empire),
We'll Gather Lilacs (Bridewell), Four Knights in Knaresborough
(Riverside Studios), I Have Before Me…(Finborough Theatre),
Starless Sky at Midnight (BAC), Noel & Gertie (Grace) and
Orpheus Descending (BAC).
Recent Opera Lighting Design credits include: La Colombe &
L'occasione fa il ladro (Guildhall), The Sofa/ The Departure
(Independent Opera/ Sadlers Wells), A House on the Moon (English
Touring Opera/ Wolverhampton Grand), Le Nozze di Figaro (RCM),
Orfeo (English Touring Opera/UK Tour), Cosi Fan Tutte(Classical
Opera Company/ Sadlers Wells/UK Tour & Italy), Tolomeo
(RCM/ETO/London Handel Festival/UK Tour), Tobias & the Angel
(Young Vic/ETO UK Tour), Garrett (Hoxton Hall), and A series of Ned
Rorem Shorts (Bridewell).
Architectural & Site Specific projects: Dido, Queen of Carthage
(Kensington Palace), Sea Tongue (Launch Commission - The Shout/De
La Warr Pavilion), Interactive Lighting Commission (ECOS Stones
Somerset), Encounters (Greenwich & Docklands Festival, Royal
Naval College, Greenwich) along with consultancy work specialising
in aircraft interiors.
Matt regularly recreates and revives other Lighting Designer’s work
for many companies including the National Youth Theatre &
English Touring Opera. He was recently Season Lighting
Co-ordinator/ Designer for the ETO's Baroque Season touring four
early operas throughout the country. He has recently completed
co-writing the manual for the Wholehog III, a sophisticated new lighting control
system.
Biography