Matthew Coulton

Hailing from Yorkshire, Matthew Coulton is a London-based actor, director and movement director with a specialism in devised and physical performance. His work as an actor and deviser includes Complicité; English National Opera; Chester Storyhouse; Theatre by the Lake; Leicester Curve; and BBC TV & Radio - as well as international projects in Ukraine and Italy. He has puppeteered for Lyric Hammersmith and Slot Machine Theatre amongst others, and movement directed several Off-West-End 2020 Award and Standing Ovation 2020 nominated productions. Matthew has also worked as a director, a producer of shows and festivals, a dramaturg, and as an acting/movement teacher (inc. The Actors Centre). He is interested in play; craft; ensemble; skewed, striking imagery; and cross-cultural dialogue. Matthew is associate artist for So It Goes Theatre, A New Diorama Emerging Company 2020.

Credits

LECOQ TEACHER, The Actors Centre, 2016 - present
ACTOR | DRAMATURG, Break Her New, RCSSD PhD Programme, 2 weeks, 2020
CO-DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | ACTOR, Made From Love, Camden People's Theatre, 4 weeks 2020
AUDITION PANEL, Guildford School of Acting, 4 weeks, 2020
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Moby Dick, Brockley Jack / So It Goes, 2 weeks, 2019
(Off-West-End 2020 & double Standing Ovation 2020 nominated production)
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Dockyards, 2 weeks, 2019
CO-DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | ACTOR, Made From Love (R&D), Barbican, 1 week, 2019
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Richard III: My Other Self, Cockpit Theatre, 2 weeks, 2019
*(Off-West-End Off-Fest nominated production)
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Pendley Shakespeare Festival, 3 weeks, 2019
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Macbeth, Pendley Shakespeare Festival, 3 weeks, 2019
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Partenope, Jackson's Lane, 3 weeks, 2019
*(Off-West-End 2020 nominated production)
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Fatal Eggs, Barons Court Theatre / So It Goes, 3 weeks, 2019
CO-DIRECTOR | CO-PRODUCER | PUPPETEER, Lillhjartat och Gosedjuren, Varberg Festival Sweden, 4 weeks, 2018
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Richard III, Pendley Shakespeare Festival, 3 weeks, 2018
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Dante's Divine Comedy, Barons Court Theatre / So It Goes, 7 weeks, 2017
CO-DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | ACTOR, This Might Be It, Theatre N16, 4 weeks 2016
CURATOR | PRODUCER, The Studio Festival, RCSSD, 3 years, 2014 - 2016
VISITING TUTOR & WORKSHOP LEADER, RCSSD, 2013 - 2016
DIRECTOR, Perfect Ghost, Camden Fringe Festival, 4 weeks, 2015
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, The Mess, Barons Court Theatre / So It Goes, 3 weeks, 2013

For performance CV, please see https://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/1/M178258.html or www.matthewcoulton.co.uk

Training

The Actor & Film, Gothenburg Academy of Music & Drama, 2020
BA (Hons) Acting: Collaborative & Devised Theatre, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, 2011 - 2014
Playing Identities: Acting, The Self & Society, Performing Heritage International Erasmus Programme, 2013
'Creative Pathways' Leadership & Workshop Training, National Youth Theatre, 2013
PCert. LAM Certificate in Speech & Drama, 2011