Matthew trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and upon graduation joined the tour of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.

Matthew can most recently be seen in Happy Birthday Peter Rabbit at The Old Laundry Theatre. 

Other theatre credits include; long-running comedy sketch show NewsRevue at The Canal Cafe Theatre and The Choir of Man on NCL, where he played The Barman. Prior to this, he played Killjoy Silk in UKIP The Musical at Waterloo East and Sweeney Todd for David Adkin Productions at the Twickenham Theatre. Matthew played Fleshcreep in Jack and the Beanstalk at The White Rock Theatre Hastings and undertook a UK Tour of Jane Austen's Persuasion for Theatre6.

Matthew has been involved in the development of the new production of Paper Hearts The Musical that enjoyed success at the Edinburgh Festival before transferring to the Gate Theatre in London.