Matthew Barker is known for Merlin (2008), National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010) and Peak Practice (1993).
Dementia is a scary prospect. The fate of many and incurable, it’s inevitable and painful for the patient and their family. Featuring interviews with professionals in the field of aged care and real-life stories, The Fish Bowl is a compassionate piece of theatre.
Matthew Barker - who played Joe Gascoyne in Husbands and Sons, the National Theatre's acclaimed adaptation of three D H Lawrence dramas - will play Joe's older brother Luther Gascoyne in The Daughter-in-Law.
Matthew Barker - who played Joe Gascoyne in Husbands and Sons, the National Theatre's acclaimed adaptation of three D H Lawrence dramas - will play Joe's older brother Luther Gascoyne in The Daughter-in-Law.
We Are Here Productions announces the off-Broadway cult sensation musical Heathers to benefit the Canadian Mental Health Association. Generously supported by Solar Stage and Canadian Actor's Equity Association, We Are Here aims to raise $15,000 in support of CMHA's services over three shows. With staging, choreography, a full band and a cast of Toronto's hottest emerging musical theatre talent, 'Heathers In Concert' will push the boundaries of what an 'In Concert' show can be.
We Are Here Productions announces the off-Broadway cult sensation musical Heathers to benefit the Canadian Mental Health Association. Generously supported by Solar Stage and Canadian Actor's Equity Association, We Are Here aims to raise $15,000 in support of CMHA's services over three shows. With staging, choreography, a full band and a cast of Toronto's hottest emerging musical theatre talent, 'Heathers In Concert' will push the boundaries of what an 'In Concert' show can be.
In four weeks, the critically acclaimed production of Things I Know To Be True arrives in Chester, featuring a fantastic cast including Chester born Cate Hamer and Liverpool actor John McArdle.
In four weeks, the critically acclaimed production of Things I Know To Be True arrives in Chester, featuring a fantastic cast including Chester born Cate Hamer and Liverpool actor John McArdle.
Images of Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company South Australia's critically acclaimed Things I Know To Be True have been released today. The show's second UK tour began in Oxford last week and opens at The Lowry in Salford tomorrow. Check out a first look at the show below!
Full casting has been announced for Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company South Australia's critically acclaimed Things I Know To Be True ahead of its visit to Storyhouse in Chester from 7 November 2017.
Full casting has been announced for Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company South Australia's critically acclaimed Things I Know To Be True ahead of its return to the UK from 27 September 2017.
Two of America's leading stage and screen actors come to Chichester this summer for Tennessee Williams' SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH, directed by Jonathan Kent. Celebrated Oscar and Tony Award-winning actor Marcia Gay Harden makes her UK theatre debut as Alexandra, and Brian J. Smith plays Chance. The production runs at Chichester Festival Theatre now through 24 June, with a press night on Friday 9 June. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the stars onstage below!
Full casting has been announced for Tennessee Williams' SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH, directed by Jonathan Kent, running at Chichester Festival Theatre from 2 - 24 June, with a press night on Friday 9 June.
'You've both discovered something important that you really care about. It's just not together.' (Kiri-Lyn on 'Notice Me Horton')
After a hugely successful world premiere in Adelaide in May followed by an equally acclaimed season in Canberra, Things I Know To Be True opened its UK season in London on Friday night to an engaged audience, who gave the cast a cheering and whistling standing ovation. In a first ever international collaboration, State Theatre Company jointly commissioned and coproduced the play with UK's Frantic Assembly - who have been hailed by UK's The Times as 'the most innovative and progressive company around.' Andrew Bovell, Things I Know To Be True was recreated by its Australian and UK creative team with a British cast that premiered at the Lyric Hammersmith in London.
Gary Naylor sees a play with plenty of emotional torment on display but a dubious political message that sits ill with its venue.
Production photography is now available for the UK premiere of Things I Know To Be True, an exciting international co-production betweenFrantic Assembly and State Theatre Company of South Australia. The play is currently in previews at Lyric Hammersmith and opening night will be Friday 16th September, ahead of its tour to Oxford, Warwick, Liverpool, Salford and Chichester.
Andrew Bovell's Things I Know To Be True, a Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company of South Australia co-production, opened earlier this year in Adelaide and is now playing at London's Lyric Hammersmith, led by Imogen Stubbs. Scott Graham, co-founder of Frantic Assembly, and Geordie Brookman, artistic director of State Theatre Company, discuss collaborating on this unique project.
Frantic Assembly's Things I Know To Be True, an exciting international co-production between Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company of South Australia is in rehearsal and BroadwayWorld has your first look.
After a hugely successful and critically acclaimed world premiere season in Adelaide, Andrew Bovell's Things I Know To Be True will have its UK premiere in September this year, for which the full cast has been announced.
Full casting has been announced for Andrew Bovell's Things I Know To Be True, an exciting international co-production between Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company of South Australia. Matthew Barker, Natalie Casey, Richard Mylan, Kirsty Oswald, Ewan Stewart and Imogen Stubbs will star in the play's UK premiere at the Lyric Hammersmith from 10th September until 1st October 2016 before embarking upon a UK tour.
Matthew Barker has not appeared on Broadway.
Matthew Barker has appeared on London's West End in 3 shows.
Matthew Barker's first West End show was 13 which opened in 2011
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