Matthew’s directing credits include: Top Hat (Aldwych Theatre, three Olivier awards), Sweet Charity (Theatre Royal, Haymarket, three Oliver nominations), Little Shop of Horrors (Duke of Yorkʼs Theatre, three Oliver nominations),

Songs From The Stage (Royal Albert Hall), The Addams Family (Festival Theatre, Edinburgh/UK tour, WhatsOnStage award), The Boy Friend, She Loves Me, Candide and The Last Five Years (Menier Chocolate Factory), The Producers (Churchill Theatre, Bromley/UK tour), West Side Story and Kiss Me, Kate (Kilworth House Theatre), The Magic Flute(Peacock Theatre), Maria Friedman - By Special Arrangement (Donmar Warehouse), Mr Stink (Curve Theatre, Leicester/UK tour), Carousel (Grand Theatre, Blackpool/ UK tour), and Far From The Madding Crowd (Watermill Theatre).

International work includes; Top Hat (Theatre Orb, Tokyo), Little Shop of Horrors (StageWest, Toronto), Cabaret and Rent (English Theatre, Frankfurt), and The Woman In Black and Perfect Wedding (English Theatre, Vienna).

Matthew’s acting credits include: Ragtime (Piccadilly Theatre, Olivier nomination for Best Supporting Actor), Les Misérables (Palace Theatre), Chicago (Adelphi Theatre), Phantom of the Opera (Her Majestyʼs Theatre), Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Shaftesbury Theatre), Children of Eden(Prince Edward Theatre), Cinderella (Old Vic Theatre), Awaking Beauty(Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough), The Glee Club (New Vic Theatre, Stoke), and Bat Boy and Company (Southwark Playhouse).

Alex graduated from Birmingham University in 2012 with a BMus Honours degree in music.

His musical director credits include: Mame (Hope Mill Theatre/Tour), The Color Purple (Curve), My Left/Right Foot (National Theatre Of Scotland), Hairspray, Sweet Charity (Pimlico Opera), Barnum, The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (Menier), Wonderland (UK Tour), A Little Night Music 40th Anniversary Concert (Palace), South Pacific (Cadogan Hall), Merrily We Roll Along, Sunset Boulevard, Follies (Yvonne Arnaud), The Whatsonstage Awards 2015- present (Prince Of Wales). His assistant and associate musical director credits include West Side Story, On The Town (BBC Proms), Les Miserables (Queens and Dubai Opera), Stephen Ward (Aldwych), The Pajama Game (Minerva) and Soho Cinders (Soho).

Alex produced and served as the musical supervisor to the London premiere of Stephen Sond- heim’s Putting It Together at the St. James Theatre in 2013. He was also the musical supervisor for the London premiere of Working at the Southwark Playhouse in 2017.

As a composer, Alex has written five musicals with his writing partner Katie Lam. These include AmDram, All Aboard, The Railway Children and After You. After You has recently been filmed at the London Coliseum and will be available online to stream from October 2020. They have recently completed their new musical Henrietta commissioned by National Youth Music Theatre, and are also writing a musical adaptation of David Ebershoff’s book The Danish Girl.