About Matthew
Set and Costume Designer
Matthew is a London based Set and Costume Designer. He trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School where he obtained an MA in Performance Design, specialising in Set and Costume Design. He graduated from the University of Malta with a BA (Hons) in Performing Arts. He also spent a year studying Theatre and Drama at the University of Lincoln.
Matthew’s artistic repertoire in production design is an array of different works with various established Maltese and British companies in a variety of different sectors. His skills range from designing sets, costumes, and props to coordinating productions from the artistic side of things.
Latest credits include: Picnic at the Hanging Rock (Wardrobe Theatre), Catastrophe Bay (Bristol Old Vic Theatre), On The Other Hand, We’re Happy (Theatre Next Door), Made in Dagenham (Broadway Theatre Barking), Kipps (Broadway Theatre Barking), Beauty and the Beast the Panto (Manoel Theatre).
Matthew is currently working as a design assistant to Morgan Large Design Studio. Assisting credits include: Newsies (Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre), Wicked (Teatro Santander, São Paulo, Brazil), Frank and Percy (Theatre Royal Windsor/Bath), Alone Together (Theatre Royal Windsor/Bath), Shanxingdui (Chengdu, China), Vallora - A Pirate’s Quest/Fiera (Princess Cruises), Sister Act (Dominum Theatre), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK Tour), Sunset Boulevard (Sydney Opera House/Melbourne Princess Theatre).
Upcoming work: Rapunzel - A Tangled Panto at Manoel Theatre (2024/25)
Design Work:
Beauty and the Beast the Panto, Manoel Theatre (2023/24) - Set Designer, dir Chiara Hyzler
Kipps, Broadway Theatre Barking (2023) - Set Designer, dir Kieran Jay
Made in Dagenham, Broadway Theatre Barking (2023) - Set Designer, dir Leigh Anne Stone
On The Other Hand, We’re Happy, Theatre Next Door (2023) - Set and Costume Designer, dir. Chiara Hyzler
Ovation, Broadway Theatre Barking (2023) - Set Designer, dir. Joanne Darnell
L’Amour, Broadway Theatre Barking (2023) - Set Designer, dir Claire Cassidy
Time, Broadway Theatre Barking (2023) - Set Designer, dir Paul Saunders
In Other Words, Theatre Next Door (2023) - Set Designer, dir. Chiara Hyzler
Wilda and the Winter Whirlwinds, Theatre in Education (2022) - Set and Costume Designer, dir. Liz Felton
Catastrophe Bay, Bristol Old Vic Main Stage (2022) - Set and Costume Designer, dir. Derek Bond
Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Wardrobe Theatre (2022) - Set and Costume Designer, dir. Lowri Mathias
The Red Shoes & Other Stories, Theatre in Education (2022) - Set and Costume Designer, dir. Toby Hulse
Il-Qtates ta’ max-Xatt, Malta Maritime Museum (2019) - Costume Designer, dir. Denise Mulholland
System, Spazju Kreattiv (2018) - Costume Designer, dir. Jean Marc Cafa
Baxx Baxx, Manoel Theatre (2018) - Costume Designer, dir. Antonella Mifsud
Il-Bierah l’Quddiem, Spazju Kreattiv (2017) - Set and Costume Designer, dir. Antonella Mifsud
After Medea, Amphitheatre L-Gharusa tal-Mosta (2017) - Set and Costume Designer, dir. Laura Wyatt O’Keeffe
Sweeney Todd, Salesian Theatre (2017) - Set and Costume Designer, dir. Stephen Oliver
Assisting Work:
Sunset Boulevard, The Sydney Opera House/Melbourne Princess Theatre (2024) - Set Design Assistant to Morgan Large Design Studio, dir. Paul Warwick Griffin
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, UK Tour (2024) - Set Design Assistant to Morgan Large Design Studio, dir. Thom Southerland
Sister Act, Dominum Theatre, West End (2024) - Set Design Assistant to Morgan Large Design Studio, dir. Bill Buckhurst
Fiera, Princess Cruises (2024) - Set Design Assistant to Morgan Large Design Studio, dir. Danny Teeson
Vallora - A Pirate’s Quest, Princess Cruises (2024) - Set Design Assistant to Morgan Large Design Studio, dir. Danny Teeson
Sanxingdui, Chengdu China (2023) - Set Design Assistant to Morgan Large Design Studio, dir. Thom Southerland
Alone Together, Theatre Royal Windsor/Bath (2023) - Set Design Assistant to Morgan Large Design Studio, dir. Sean Mathias
Frank and Percy, Theatre Royal Windsor/Bath (2023) - Set Design Assistant to Morgan Large Design Studio, dir. Sean Mathias
Wicked, Teatro Santander, São Paulo, Brazil (2023) - Set Design Assistant to Morgan Large Design Studio, dir. John Stefaniuk
Newsies, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre (2022/23) - Set Design Assistant to Morgan Large Design Studio, dir. Matt Cole
Little Mermaid the Panto, Manoel Theatre (2019) - Costume Design Assistant to Denise Mulholland, dir. Chris Gatt
We Will Rock You, Mediterranean Conference Centre (2019) - Costume Design Assistant to Denise Mulholland, dir. Chris Gatt
Sleeping Beauty the Panto, Manoel Theatre (2018/19) - Costume Design Assistant to Denise Mulholland, dir. Chris Gatt
Us/Them, The Splendid (2018) - Assistant Set Designer to Late Interactive, dir. Chiara Hyzler
Hush, Manoel Theatre (2018) - Set Design Assistant to Romualdo Moretti, dir. Denise Mulholland
My Fair Lady, Mediterranean Conference Centre (2018) - Costume Design Assistant to Denise Mulholland, dir. Denise Mulholland
Patience, Salesian Theatre (2017) - Set Design Assistant to Christopher Hone, dir. Tama Matheson