Programme Leader, BA (Hons) Acting

Matt Grey

Matt Grey Diploma in Performance
  • MA Arts Pedagogy and Practice, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
  • BA (Hons) Theatre, Surrey University, UK
  • LGSM Teaching Licentiate, Guildhall School of Music and Dance, UK
  • Acting Diploma, Guildford School of Acting and Dance, UK
  • Licentiate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (Acting), UK

 

Matt Grey is an award-winning actor and educator with over forty years of industry experience. He has acted, directed and taught acting internationally in Australia, Britain, France, India, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. He specialises in acting and voice training and has been managing the Diploma in Performance at LASALLE since 2015. Matt has developed the programme to educate artistic practitioners, who are socially responsive, critically engaged and independently creative.

In addition to his programme leadership and teaching practice, Matt acts regularly for Singapore's leading theatre companies. His acting debut was in British television at the age of sixteen. He later trained at the Guildford School of Acting conservatoire and has continued to perform ever since. In 2013, he was awarded 'Best Actor' in the 13th Life Theatre awards for his portrayal of Sigmund Freud in Freud's Last Session. 

Matt's research interest is in the integration of acting with voice and speech training. Over the last 25 years, he has assimilated established pedagogies into a process that promotes the actor's authenticity and credibility in realistic and stylised acting. Working in a multicultural context, his research enables his students to work across different modalities and develop a wide and flexible range of artistic responses in their work.

In a search for an ideal process, Matt is undertaking PhD research into the cognitive activities that influence both everyday behaviour and performance.

Read More

  • The Estill Voice Model as a Tool for Vocal Character Design, published on ResearchGate (2017)

  • Best Actor Award, 13th Straits Times Life Theatre Awards, Singapore (2013)

  • MA Research into Voice and Character, Goldsmiths/LASALLE College of the Arts (2017)

Performances

  • E.M. Forster in The Prose and the Passion, Haresh Sharma and Chong Tze Chien, SIFA (2024)
  • Drona in Kingdoms Apart, Chong Tze Chien, Esplanade (2022)
  • Tony in Muswell Hill, Pangdemonium Theatre (2022)
  • Lieutenant Holmes in This Land is Mine, Weiyu Films (2021)
  • Clive Cunningham in Dragonflies, Pangdemonium Theatre; Singapore (2018)
  • Peter Timms in Chinglish, Pangdemonium Theatre; Singapore (2015)
  • Royce in Two Houses, Lim Yu Beng/Tan Kheng Hua; Singapore (2014)
  • Salarino in The Merchant of Venice, Bruce Guthrie with Singapore Repertory Theatre, Singapore (2014)
  • Robert in Proof, NAFA Theatre; Singapore (2014)
  • Danforth in The Crucible, Toy Factory Productions; Singapore (2013)
  • Larry in Company, Dream Academy Productions; Singapore (2012)
  • Freud in Freud’s Last Session, Sam Scott-Blackhall/Blank Space; Singapore (2012)
  • Dame Cherie in Frost in Space, Centre Stage/Dan Jenkins; Singapore (2010)
  • Joe in All the Answers, Paul Lucas/Short and Sweet Festival; Singapore ( 2010)
  • Toddy in Victor Victoria, Zebra Crossing Productions; Singapore (2009)
  • Sound designer, 4.48 Psychosis, The Theatre Practice; Singapore (2009)
  • Director, AV designer and set designer, Asian +Woman+ Emancipated =Alive, NAFA, Singapore (2009)
  • Lane in Importance of Being Earnest, Buds Theatre Company; Singapore ( 2009)
  • Director, Scrooge, Singapore Repertory Theatre; Singapore (2007)
  • Egeus, Starveling in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Barry Kyle with Singapore Repertory Theatre; Singapore (2007)
  • Lucky Eric in Bouncers, Centre Stage Prods; Singapore (2006)
  • Dame Margery Norbutter in A Right Rubbish Christmas, Centre Stage Prods; Singapore (2004–2005)
  • Geof in Daddy’s Girls, Mediacorp TV; Singapore (2004)
  • Mr Bussot in Living With Lydia, Mediacorp TV; Singapore (2003)
  • Matt in Relationships Apocalypse, Moving Gallery Theatre; Singapore (2003)
  • Carter in True Files, Mediacorp TV, Singapore (2002)
  • Matt in Four Sides to a Ring, Mimeunlimited; Singapore (2002)
  • Songster in Play Club TV, Julia Gabriel’s Pte; Singapore (2001)
  • Yuri Yellow Bear in The Play Club Bears, Julia Gabriel’s Pte; Singapore (1998)
  • Dr Cunningham in Tiger’s Whip, River Films/Victor Khoo; Singapore (1998)
  • Charles Ackroyd in Rough Justice, WCH Theatre Co, Australia (1997)
  • Martin in Web, Junction Theatre Co; Australia (1996)
  • Black Jack the Pirate in Jack and the Box, Wigan Pier Theatre Co; UK (1995)
  • Master of Ceremonies in Wigan Pierrots Music Hall, Wigan Pier Theatre Co; UK (1994–1995)
  • Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Wigan Pier Theatre Co; UK (1994–1995)
  • Albert Makinson in Acting on Impulse, Wigan Pier Theatre Co; UK (1994)
  • Jack Ashcroft in Waiting for the Storm, Wigan Pier Theatre Co; UK (1994)
  • Walter Atherton in The Next Best Thing, Wigan Pier Theatre Co; UK (1994)
  • Alf Liddle in The Black Sheep, Wigan Pier Theatre Co; UK (1994)
  • Stan Hurst in Divided Loyalties, Wigan Pier Theatre Co; UK (1994)
  • Jo Gibson in Buckingham Place, Holloway Films/Gordon Urquart; UK (1992)
  • Simon Hunt in Children of the North, BBC TV; UK (1991)
  • Chief Inspector Allen in Public Eye, BBC TV; UK (1991)
  • Olly in Cock Robin, McDermotts Theatre Co; UK (1991)
  • Jimmy in Bread, BBC TV – John B Hobbs, UK (1989)
  • Franz Kafka in Kafka’s Dick, ART Theatre Co; UK (1989)
  • Nice in Nice and Pleasant, Alternative cabaret/stand-up; UK (1988–1990)
  • PC Chris Caten in Too Much Punch for Judy, Ape Theatre Co; UK (1988)
  • Terry in One Summer, Yorkshire TV/Gordon Fleming; UK (1983)


Current research and practice

  • Regular commercial voiceover work for radio and television
  • Regular theatre acting

  • Developing voices and speech for Singapore theatre
  • Relationship between thought and annunciation
  • Influence of diaphragmatic breathing upon imagination
  • Centralisation of the larynx as the primary organ of vocal placement
  • Heightened text as convincing conversation