Matthew Forbes

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Theatre credits: Disney’s The Lion King (UK & Ireland tour), Sleeping Beauty (Mercury Theatre), The Little Gardener (UK tour, Kew Gardens), Kiki’s Delivery Service (Southwark Playhouse), The Wizard of Oz (UK tour), The Witches, Beauty & the Beast (Dundee Rep), Alice’s Adventures Underground (Les Enfants Terribles), War Horse (West End), War Horse – The Prom (Royal Albert Hall), Permission to Play (Shakespeare’s Globe), Boy A (Embassy Studios), Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Embassy Theatre). 

 

Film credits: Hot Fuzz (Working Title Films), The Silent Cormorant (Passion Pictures). 

 

TV credits: Robin Hood (BBC). 

 

Other credits: Boyster (Disney), The Fashion Priest (MyDaily), SoulBoy(Soda Pictures), Snap (MTV). 

 

Matthew trained as an actor at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, specialising in collaborative and devised theatre. He works internationally as an actor and director, with a strong focus on puppetry, object manipulation, and physical theatre.

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