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Matthew Forrest
Key details:
- Department:
- Drama
- Year of Graduation:
- 2023-24
Biography
Height 5’7”
Eyes Blue
Hair Black/White
Nationality Irish
Natural accent Irish
Productions at Guildhall
John Reed/Ensemble in Jane Eyre (dir. Victoria Moseley)
Matt in Bookshop (dir. Helen Iley)
Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (dir. Chelsea Walker)
Jack in Maytag Virgin (dir. Breman Rajkumar)
Sean/Bouncer in Days of Significance (dir. Monique Touko)
Projects at Guildhall
Dionysus in The Bacchae (dir. Patsy Rodenburg)
The Father in A Respectable Wedding (dir. Katie Bonna)
Tom in Succession (dir. Henry Blake)
Earnest in SEXY (written/dir. Matthew Forrest)
B in Crave (dir. Topher Campbell)
Trofimov in The Cherry Orchard (dir. Polina Kalinina)
Eliot in Mercury Fur (dir. Kirsty Housley)
Solo Work
Ferg in Clowns to the Left of Me (written/dir. by Matthew Forrest and Noah Weatherby)
Professional Experience
Drake in If I Should Fall From Grace With God (written/dir. Patrick Fogarty), short film 2023
Other Experience
The Lir Academy (Foundation diploma)
National University of Ireland Galway (BA Arts with Performing Arts)
Z in Zugzwang (written/dir. Patrick Fogarty) Bank of Ireland Theatre, NUI Galway
The Everyman Youth Theatre
Skills
Gaelic football, hurling, golf, swimming, soccer
Gaeilge (Irish) language (conversational), German language (conversational)
Barista skills, cocktail skills etc.
Training in Motion Capture
Show Reels
Voice Reels
Voice Reel - Commercial
Voice Reel - Narrative
Voice Reel - Drama
Spotlight
Guildhall Scholar