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MATT ASTONMatt is a freelance director who combines a busy career with the Artistic leadership of his company - Engine House - which he formed in 2010.
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Freelance directing credits include Kiss Me - East Ridings Theatre, Touched (featuring Vicky McClure) by Stephen Lowe for Nottingham Playhouse; A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols (with Mark Benton) for Nottingham Playhouse; Zero (Premiere) by Chris O’Connell for Theatre Absolute - National Tour; Bomber’s Moon (Premiere) by William Ivory for the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and Nottingham Lakeside Arts; Seance on A Sunday Afternoon (Premiere) by Stephen Lowe for Nottingham Lakeside Arts; Return to the Forbidden Planet by Bob Carlton for the Castle, Wellingborough; Diary of a Football Nobody (Premiere) by William Ivory for Nottingham Playhouse; Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers (which Matt also adapted for the stage) for Ga Ga Theatre company; Austen - The Musical by Rob Winlow for Old Hall Theatre Company and East Ridings Theatre; 4000 Days (Premiere) by Peter Quilter for Park Theatre and Covent Garden Productions.
Pantomimes
He has directed Engine House productions of Grandad's Island adapeted from Benji Davies' book, Oleanna by David Mamet (with Alistair McGowan and Clare Foster), Red Riding Hood (Premiere) and Beauty and the Beast by Mike Kenny, Bomber’s Moon by William Ivory (with James Bolam and Steve John Shepherd) - including West End Transfer in Spring 2015; Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown (adapted for the stage by Mike Kenny) and Snow White by Mike Kenny in association with Lip Service Theatre Company.
During his time as the Producer and Programmer at Nottingham Lakeside Arts his directing credits included Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett; A Different Way Home by Jimmy Chinn; A Visit From Miss Prothero by Alan Bennett; A Who’s Who of Flapland by David Halliwell; The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (adapted by Annie Wood); The Retirement of Tom Stevens (Premiere) by William Ivory, The Kiss (Premiere) by Glyn Cannon; Smile (Premiere) by Stephen Lowe; Twinkle Little Star by Phillip Meeks (Co-Production with York Theatre Royal) and Empty Bed Blues (Premiere) by Stephen Lowe.
In 2008 Matt was awarded the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award for the Encouragement of New Writing for his work on Lakeside’s Production of Stephen Lowe’s Smile.
Pantomimes
- CINDERELLA by Peter Rowe – City Varieties Leeds. December/January 2018-19
- ALADDIN by Peter Rowe – City Varieties Leeds. December/January 2017-18
- SLEEPING BEAUTY by Peter Rowe – City Varieties Leeds. December/January 2016-17
- CINDERELLA - THE PANTO WITH SOUL by Peter Rowe - Theatre Clwyd, December / January 2015 - 2016
- SLEEPING BEAUTY by Mark Chatterton and Sarah Nixon for the Theatre Royal Wakefield 2014-2015
- ALADDIN by Mark Chatterton and Sarah Nixon for the Theatre Royal Wakefield 2013-2014
He has directed Engine House productions of Grandad's Island adapeted from Benji Davies' book, Oleanna by David Mamet (with Alistair McGowan and Clare Foster), Red Riding Hood (Premiere) and Beauty and the Beast by Mike Kenny, Bomber’s Moon by William Ivory (with James Bolam and Steve John Shepherd) - including West End Transfer in Spring 2015; Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown (adapted for the stage by Mike Kenny) and Snow White by Mike Kenny in association with Lip Service Theatre Company.
During his time as the Producer and Programmer at Nottingham Lakeside Arts his directing credits included Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett; A Different Way Home by Jimmy Chinn; A Visit From Miss Prothero by Alan Bennett; A Who’s Who of Flapland by David Halliwell; The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (adapted by Annie Wood); The Retirement of Tom Stevens (Premiere) by William Ivory, The Kiss (Premiere) by Glyn Cannon; Smile (Premiere) by Stephen Lowe; Twinkle Little Star by Phillip Meeks (Co-Production with York Theatre Royal) and Empty Bed Blues (Premiere) by Stephen Lowe.
In 2008 Matt was awarded the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award for the Encouragement of New Writing for his work on Lakeside’s Production of Stephen Lowe’s Smile.
GRANDAD'S ISLAND for ENGINE HOUSE THEATRE
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"This beautifully acted, lovingly presented bundle of fun is a real theatrical treasure." -Arts York [full review]
ALADDIN for LEEDS CITY VARIETIES
"Action-packed, bawdy and brimming full of mirth, merriment and magic, Aladdin is a compact collection of non-stop hits which will appeal to all ages." -Entertainment Focus [full review]
KISS ME for EAST RIDING THEATRE, BEVERLEY
"Matt Aston's direction pulls the strings as skilfully as a puppeteer, taking the audience this way and that; his cast of Lenkiewicz's progressive Stephanie and Cole's clinical chancer Dennis adding to the intrigue with each new shock wave, as they move been closeness and distance in ever-changing patterns." -York Press [full review]
TOUCHED at NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE February 201
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“A true homecoming for a landmark home front drama.” -The Times
“Vicky McClure is vital and expressive in the part [of Sandra]” -Whatsonstage
“Exquisite… A beguiling journey into the past” ★★★★ -Daily Mail
“Vicky McClure is vital and expressive in the part [of Sandra]” -Whatsonstage
“Exquisite… A beguiling journey into the past” ★★★★ -Daily Mail
