Having trained at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Matt has been working in the Lighting profession for over 30 years, in a variety of roles as a Lighting technician, in both a regional and freelance capacity, a Lighting Designer for over 70 professional theatre productions & corporate events and a Lighting Tutor at both RADA and LAMDA, as well as previously being LAMDA’s Technical Director.

Matt is a member of the ALPD Wellbeing working group, a previous mentor on the International Fred Foster Mentorship Program for ETC, as well as involvement with the Save Stage Lighting/Ecodesign campaign and an early contributor to the Theatre Green Book. He is also a member of the ABTT.

Matt was the former Head of Lighting at the Royal Court Theatre and is currently the Head of Lighting at the National Theatre.