MATTHEW WHITE

Writer / Director – Theatre

Matthew studied English at Cambridge University before becoming an actor and subsequently a theatre director and writer. He has taught and directed at many of the leading theatre schools in London, including The Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall, and Mountview. Directing credits include: WEST SIDE STORY June 2016 Kilworth House Theatre THE PRODUCERS Adam Spiegel Productions UK Tour

**** The Guardian: ‘…a charming, gleefully disrespectful steamroller of a production.’

CANDIDE Menier Chocolate Factory Winner: What’s on Stage Awards – Best Actress in a Musical

**** Mail on Sunday: ‘Undoubtedly the best of all possible productions’ **** The Guardian: ‘Outstanding’ **** Sunday Times: ‘Thrillingly sophisticated’

**** Telegraph: ‘Exquisite’ TOP HAT UK Tour & West End (Aldwych) Winner: Best New Musical, Choreography & Costume Design - 2013 Oliver Awards (7 nominations) Winner: Best Night Out Audience Award – 2012 Evening Standard Theatre Awards

***** Sunday Telegraph: ‘The most sublimely performed and choreographed musical in 25 years’

**** The Times: ‘A West End treat’ **** Daily Mail: ‘Delicious tuneful escapism’

**** The Independent: ‘A divine daffy night. Irresistible. Go’

SWEET CHARITY Menier Chocolate Factory & West End (Haymarket) Nominated: Three 2011 Olivier Awards including Best Revival of a Musical

***** Whatsonstage: ‘The Menier’s revival…is a Christmas cracker’

**** Financial Times: ‘Matthew White’s production is superb…the ensemble delivers tremendously’

**** The Times: ‘We’ve a Sweet Charity well worth transferring to the West End’

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Menier Chocolate Factory & West End (Duke of Yorks) Nominated: Three 2008 Olivier Awards nominations including Best Revival of a Musical

THE MAGIC FLUTE British Youth Opera Peacock Theatre, London THE LAST FIVE YEARS Menier Chocolate Factory MARIA FRIEDMAN – BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Donmar Warehouse CLOSER THAN EVER Jermyn Street Theatre, London MR STINK Leicester Curve & National Tour CAROUSEL Blackpool Grand & National Tour RENT & CABARET English Theatre, Frankfurt THE WOMAN IN BLACK & PERFECT WEDDING English Theatre, Vienna THE DEMON HEADMASTER Churchill Theatre, Bromley & National Tour FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD Watermill Theatre LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS StageWest, Toronto Theatre adaptations include: Top Hat (West End & UK Tour); Far From The Madding Crowd (Samuel French Ltd); Jack and the Beanstalk; Little Red Riding Hood; The Three Little Pigs (A&C Black/Bloomsbury); Orpheus; Mr Stink.

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THE PRODUCERS

UK Tour

TOP HAT

West End & UK Tour (extended to Japan) Winner: Best New Musical – Olivier Awards

Sunday Telegraph: ‘The most sublimely performed and choreographed musical in 25 years’

The Times: ‘A West End treat’ Daily Mail: ‘Delicious tuneful escapism’ The Independent: ‘A divine daffy night. Irresistible. Go’

CANDIDE

Menier Chocolate Factory

Mail on Sunday: ‘Undoubtedly the best of all possible productions’ The Guardian: ‘Outstanding’ Sunday Times: ‘Thrillingly sophisticated’

The Telegraph: ‘Exquisite’

SWEET CHARITY

Menier Chocolate Factory & West End

Whatsonstage: ‘The Menier’s revival…is a Christmas cracker’ Financial Times: ‘Matthew White’s production is superb…the ensemble delivers tremendously’

The Times: ‘We’ve a Sweet Charity well worth transferring to the West End’