Matthew Duggan

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Everyone’s lost something. A pair of glasses. That pencil you got free at a festival a couple of weeks back and quite wanted to hang onto. The love of your life.

On Saturday 19th September, Upstart Theatre are returning to the Tristan Bates Theatre as part of Midnight Matinee with a labyrinthine installation piece devised by Tom Mansfield, Laura Casey, Kate McGregor and Dan Usztan. Come along and get lost in the maze…

They’d love to find out things you’ve lost – let them know here.

Doors open at 11.55 pm on Saturday 19th September; tickets £5 on the door.

This was a great night that I was a part of last time around. Go along and see it! Plus, it’s always interesting to go to the theatre at midnight!

Here’s what happened last time:

And here’s a fun clip from Trafalgar Square very late (or very early) after the last Midnight Matinee:

And later still…

With Oh Well Never Mind Bye now closed (pending a second run at a larger theatre), I’ve had more time to scan and upload the lovely things that various reviewers had to say about the production.

The image on the left is taken from Time Out London (June 25th – July 1st 2009) and features a photo of yours truly along with a glowing recommendation from their reviewer Andrew. To view the image full size and to zoom in on it, simply click the image.

Andrew also wrote a lovely review of the show which you can read by clicking here.

 

 Episode One - Upstart Theatre Interview [53:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Over the past few months I’ve been doing a fair bit of work on Resonance FM, both with my own radio show (entitled Smoke & Mirrors) and as a guest on other shows.

Most recently, Upstart Theatre – the company behind ‘Oh Well Never Mind Bye’  – and I put together a radio show all about the play we’re currently doing which runs until 4th July 2009 at The Union Theatre.

The result is the first episode of The Matthew Duggan Podcast, an occasional podcast hosted by me. In this episode, I chat with writer Steven Lally, director Tom Mansfield and assistant director Laura Casey about the themes of the play, the creative process and the genesis of the play and the events of July 2005.

Here you can listen to the first episode and all the episodes will also be featured on iTunes. Just type in ‘Matthew Duggan’ into the iTunes Store and look under podcasts.

Enjoy the show and why not leave a comment below or on iTunes if you enjoy it?

Whatever you may think of London’s free papers, virtually all publicity is good publicity when you’re in fringe theatre.

To that end, our lovely press ladies got us into a number of publications including the London Lite, a free newspaper which runs listings for upcoming shows.

If you’ve seen the play, you can now let Upstart  Theatre know what you think of Oh Well Never Mind Bye by Steven Lally simply by clicking the link below:

Write a review of Oh Well Never Mind Bye

I’ll update the blog shortly about Press Night and the joys of sitting opposite Michael Billington from The Guardian while he reviewed the show we’re were performing.