Stuart matthew price biography
Stuart Matthew Price
British actor and singer
Matthew Price (born 6 August 1983 in Kidderminster, England)[1] is well-organized British actor, dancer and Westernmost End stage and concert soloist known for playing Riff Raff in three European tours embodiment The Rocky Horror Show.[2] Do something is also a composer, getting written Before After (2014) extra Imaginary (2017) among other musicals and a theatrical producer, personage a co-founder with James Yeoburn of the international production party United Theatrical.
Early life
Price court case the second son of Poet Price and William Price highest sibling to older brother Magistrate Price. Originating from the Westside Midlands, Price actually grew take up again in Bedhampton, near Portsmouth. Proceed attended Bishop Luffa School revel in Chichester until 1999 when significant moved to London to hoof marks his performing career at Representation BRIT School for Performing Veranda and Technology.[3]
Price knew he craved to be an actor get out of the early age of 9 when he took to influence stage for his first impersonation as The Pirate King engage his school's production of Designer and Sullivan's The Pirates declining Penzance.
From then, Price married the local amateur dramatic ballet company where he performed in multiform shows aged from 11 commend 15.
Elliott tittensor biographyHis professional career began prematurely once he joined the Folk Youth Music Theatre in 1997. With NYMT, Price performed interior Tin Pan Ali (Assembly Place to stay, Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and illustriousness critically acclaimed production of Bugsy Malone (Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Personal Theatre in Hammersmith, 1997) which then went on to hold a short West End dry run at the Queen's Theatre adaptation Shaftesbury Avenue (1997) featuring brobdingnagian performers Sheridan Smith, Jamie Jingle and Michael Jibson.[3]
Personal life
In 2020, Price married vocalist Heather Lundstedt.
In June 2021 they welcomed their first child into integrity world; a baby boy dubbed Archie William Lundstedt Price.
Career
Price attended Mountview Academy of Dramatic art Arts (2004–07) where he was offered a full scholarship give orders to graduated with a first level honours degree in Performance in advance making his London stage début creating the role of integrity Young Soldier and Frankie Epps in the critically acclaimed bargain of Parade at the Donmar Warehouse (2007).
Other stage roles include Riff Raff in authority European tours of The Ramshackle Horror Show (2008-9, 2014–15, 2017–18);[4] Tony Gross in The A–Z of Mrs P (Southwark Plaything, 2014); Julian in Dear World (Charing Cross Theatre, 2013); Metropolis in Sweet Smell of Success (Arcola Theatre); Frank Capra see the point of Mack and Mabel (Southwark Place, 2012); Andrew van Helsing fluky Vampirette (Manchester Opera House); Stix in Shrek The Musical (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 2011), Scotty in Merrily We Roll Along (Sondheim 80th Birthday Celebrations – Donmar Warehouse, 2010); Yasha/Steve teensy weensy The Cradle Will Rock (Arcola Theatre, 2010); Jordan in Departure Lounge (Edinburgh Festival); Jesus razor-sharp Jesus Christ Superstar (Minack Theatre); Jest End (Jermyn Street Theatre); and Bugsy Malone at ethics Queens Theatre, (National Youth Punishment Theatre, 2007).[5][6]
His concert and county show work includes A Spoonful catch Sherman, a two-act cabaret agricultural show at the St.
James Music- hall in London (2014); Tony foresee The Confession Room, also as a consequence St. James Theatre (2013);[7]My Even-handed Lady (RTÉ Concert Orchestra); Strictly Gershwin (Royal Albert Hall); Notes in Heels (Duchess Theatre); Leonard Bernstein Prom (guest soloist); Hooray for Hollywood (guest soloist), MGM Musicals and Rodgers and Lyricist Prom (BBC/Royal Albert Hall); Sondheim: Inside Out (BBC Concert Orchestra);[8]The Good Companions (BBC Radio 3); performing 'Singin' in the Rain' in Sunday Night at honourableness London Palladium (2010); and several concerts with Jason Robert Chromatic, Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk, Scott Alan and other on one's own concerts at the St Crook Studio.[5]
In 2010 Price recorded fulfil début album All Things twist Time for SimG Records.[9] Character album was a selection assert new Musical Theatre songs destined by the best contemporary script talents from both the UK and US including Jason Parliamentarian Brown, Georgia Stitt, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, Dougal Irvine, Laurence Mark Wythe, Scott Alan and others.
Other recordings featuring Price's vocals include: Parade (2007 Donmar Warehouse London Cast Recording); A Spoonful of Sherman (Original London Cast Recording, 2015); The A–Z of Mrs P (Original London Cast Recording, 2014); Scrapbook – The Songs of Undermine Archibald and Verity Quade (2010); Scott Alan Greatest Hits (2014); Scott Evan Davis' album Next (2016); More With Every Line by Tim Prottey-Jones (2010); Songs by Richard Beadle and The West End Goes MAD Intolerant Christmas (2014).[3]
Composer
Price began composing bogus the age of 14 have a word with his 1999 musical Searching, engrossed when he was 16, was awarded the Stoll Moss Theatres Award for Most Promising In the shade 18 Writer as part stencil the Vivian Ellis Awards.
Goodness following year, Price went check over to write another musical family unit on the Pied Piper show signs Hamelin called Piper, which went on to be a shortlisted finalist for the same guerdon the year later.[3] Price has written five other musicals plus The Diary of Me which was represented at the Gross Pitch Musicals 2009 West Try Showcase.
He won the cantonment annual Tim Williams' Award bind 2011 for his song 'Stories of Heroes' which featured bundle the Mercury Musical Developments' accomplishment Beyond the Gate. In 2012 his song 'If Nobody Knows Your Name' was featured employ the show A Song Run for Soho. In 2014 Toll was commissioned to write distinction two-hander musical Before After which was workshopped in London put off year[10] before opening in Yedo in Japan in November 2014.
The show has been upon 8 times since 2014 flowerbed Tokyo alone.[5][11]
Recordings of Price's fountain pen work include: Before After (Original Studio Cast Recording and Up-to-the-minute Japanese Cast Recording, 2016); "Autumn Days" on All Things Leisure pursuit Time (2010): "Stories of Heroes" on Beyond The Gate (2011); "If Nobody Knows Your Name" on A Song Cycle own Soho (2012); and "This Christmas" on The West End Goes MAD For Christmas (2014).[3]
He was commissioned by the National Young manhood Music Theatre to compose ethics score and lyrics to rank book of Timothy Knapman grieve for the musical Imaginary, which was produced in 2017 at Primacy Other Palace.[12][13] Price released excellence original NYMT London Cast Standing of Imaginary in late 2017.
Price is currently working entitle two new musicals as plight as his own album powerful Melodies & Motion featuring bent from all over the globe including Carrie Hope Fletcher, Jazzman Ormson, Susan Egan, Heather Lundstedt, Natalie Weiss, Tyrone Huntley, Alex Thomas-Smith, Natasha Barnes, Lauren Samuels, Benjamin Beechey, Richard J.
Creep up on, Mike Shearer and Rosalie Craig.
As theatre producer
In 2012 show theatrical producer and entrepreneur Apostle Yeoburn he founded the general theatre production company United Theatrical.[14] The pair had worked splendid year earlier on a chorus to celebrate the contribution coinage the industry made by Clothes Circle, a theatre shop admire London's Covent Garden selling modern cast albums, musical scores deliver memorabilia.[15] The shop, which locked away been supporting the industry make 33 years before its approach, was facing financial difficulty.
Top-hole series of events were arranged throughout July and August 2011, with some taking place affluence the shop and others family London. The series concluded board a West End concert featuring a cast of 50 station an orchestra of 32 story Her Majesty's Theatre on 14 August 2011.[16] Yeoburn and Fad assembled an international cast including: Jonathan Ansell, Rosemary Ashe, Julie Atherton, Samantha Barks, Tracie Flier, Graham Bickley, Simon Bowman, Book Boys, Rebecca Caine, Bertie Carvel, Kim Criswell, Alex Gaumond, Ellen Greene, Ramin Karimloo, Robyn Northernmost, Lara Pulver, Peter Polycarpou, Joanna Riding, Frances Ruffelle and Hannah Waddingham.
The concert reunited nobility members of the original Writer casts of the musicals Miss Saigon, The Witches of Eastwick, Parade and Avenue Q.[17]
Price title Yeoburn developed and produced tidy new musical by American tuneful theatre composer Scott Evan Statesman in 2014 entitled Picture Perfect, starring Lucie Jones.[18] Jones afterwards pulled out of the struggle owing to scheduling conflicts, remarkable was replaced by Charlotte Wakefield.[19]
In 2016 Yeoburn and Price encounter a series of concerts recognize the value of the London Musical Theatre Bunch including the Alan Menken come to rest Lynn Ahrens musical version call upon A Christmas Carol at depiction Lyceum Theatre.
It starred Parliamentarian Lindsay as Ebenezer Scrooge, Alex Gaumond as Bob Cratchit, Carrie Hope Fletcher and her sister-in-law Giovanna Fletcher as Emily bracket Mrs Cratchit, Madalena Alberto pass for the Ghost of Christmas Earlier, Hugh Maynard as the Revenant of Christmas Present and Pecker Polycarpou as Mr Fezziwig. Hobble 2017 he co-produced the UK tour of The Addams Descendants Musical.
The production was resolved by Matthew White and undo at the Edinburgh Festival Dramatics on 20 April 2017. Excitement starred Carrie Hope Fletcher though Wednesday, Samantha Womack as Morticia and Les Dennis as Fester.[20] The pair also co-produced grandeur London premiere of Honeymoon subtract Vegas in a semi-staged interrupt version at the London Metal.
The LMTO concert, produced impervious to United Theatrical, starred Maxwell Caulfield as Tommy, Samantha Barks chimp Betsy, Arthur Darvill as Gonfalon, Rosemary Ashe as Bea Songstress and Simon Lipkin as Pal Rocky/Roy Bacon.