ABOUT MATT FEERICK

Matt Feerick is a director, performer, and movement specialist who has spent over two decades creating immersive, movement-led theatre across the UK and internationally.

Matt Feerick is an interdisciplinary artist who’s work crosses, physical theatre, clown, improvisation, adaptations of text, immersive theatre, street arts and touring mid-scale theatre. A producer, director, actor and creator of strange, eccentric worlds. He founded and ran International touring theatre company Wet Picnic (wetpicnic.com) for 15 years.

Matt’s work has been performed in museums, train stations, historic buildings, and theatres across the world — with audiences of over one million people worldwide. He has collaborated with institutions including the National Theatre, the RSC, and Told by an Idiot, and created work for cultural landmarks such as the Louvre, the Natural History Museum, and the World Expo in Shanghai. His work was also part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

Trained at École Jacques Lecoq in Paris, Matt’s practice is rooted in physicality, presence, and story. He works across theatre, film, and body-based coaching — with a growing focus on the relationship between movement, the nervous system, and how the body communicates tells a story.

Key Achievements

Cultural Olympiad - London 2012 Olympic Games
Guest Artistic Director National Arts Centre, France
Creative animation of the World Expo Shanghai
Guest Artistic Director National Centre for Street Arts, France
Artist in residence for ZEPA - International European Union cultural project
Immersive theatre taking over the Louvre, Paris and The Natural History Museum, London
Work toured to Europe, Russia, North America, Asia.

Theatre Maker

THE BALL | DIRECTOR & ACTOR

A large scale outdoor evening show about greed. The piece is for 3000 people a night.

Commissioned by Stockton International Festival, Appetite Stoke and Bournemouth Festival. funded by Arts Council England

CRIME SCENE LIVE | DIRECTOR & ACTOR

An immersive take over of the Natural History Museum, London, which fuses theatre with forensic science. For 600 people per night, audiences solve a real case working with real forensics experts animated with theatre, installations and digital trails

HAMLET | ACTOR

A two man version of Hamlet, exploring mental health in young males and the psychosis within Hamlet.

Supported by The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Nuffield, Southampton and Arts University Bournemouth, funded by Arts Council England

THE DINNER TABLE | ACTOR & ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

A street theatre show about eating etiquette. Originally made for an audience of 250 people the show has toured Europe, Russia, China and North America, reaching audiences much larger - including 5000 people in trafalgar square.

Commissioned by Winchester Hat Fair, Henley Festival, Salisbury Festival, funded by Arts Council England

I'D BE LOST WITHOUT IT | DIRECTOR

An immersive show focussing on the psychological effects of technology on the brain. The piece is delivered on headphones and recorded with binaural sound.

Funded by the Wellcome Trust, Arts Council England and Hampshire County Council.

THE APERITIF | DIRECTOR & ACTOR

A sister show to ‘The Ball’, ‘The Aperitif’ uses headphones to guide audiences through a 220 person choreography, that culminates in a ritual sacrifice. The piece explores revolution, the servant and the master using dark comedy to deliver a macabre end.

Commissioned by Stockton International Festival, Appetite Stoke and Bournemouth Festival. funded by Arts Council England

THE LIFT | DIRECTOR

A small scale street theatre show, that plays on the eccentricity of the every day. 3 audience members at a time are invited inside a Lift on wheels and asked to pick a floor. While inside the lift the rest of the audience constructs the floor that they step in to.

‘The Lift’ has toured Europe, the UK and Canada.

Commissioned by Without Walls, Winchester Hat Fair, funded by Arts Council England

SUITCASES | DIRECTOR & ACTOR

A street theatre show that explores public shaming and how easily we are pulled along by the crowd. The show brings in an audience member (who is later revealed to be a member of the cast) and the audience are encouraged to publicly shame him. A darkly comic piece that gives a physical form the online world of bullying.

Commissioned by Birmingham Hippodrome, Winchester Hat Fair, Wales Millennium Centre, funded by Arts Council England.

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY | DIRECTOR & ACTOR

A street theatre show about loneliness. The show took place around a moving table and told the story of Malcolm alone on his 40th birthday haunted by his past, as he looks to confront his future.

Commissioned by ZEPA, Le Fourneau, Culture Commune, Atelier 231, Winchester Hat Fair, Salisbury Festival, Brighton Festival, funded by Arts Council England.

DOMINO THEORY | DIRECTOR & ACTOR

A one night event that took over the RAF Museum, London. 600 people split in to three nations battled it out in a cold war themed game, culminating in a party headlined by DJ Yoda.

CLUB SHED | DIRECTOR & ACTOR

An immersive clubbing experience that lasts 12 minutes. Audiences wear headphones and experience one of 8 possible nights out. From the queue, to the toilets, to kebab before home, the audience dance together throughout the whole experience; culminating in a ceilidh.

Commissioned by Shop Front Festival, funded by Arts Council England.

DEATH AND GARDENING | DIRECTOR

A mid-scale show about death and grief, ‘Death and Gardening’ toured the UK and the Edinburgh Festival.

Commissioned by The Point, Eastleigh, Winchester Theatre Royal, South Hill Park Arts, Newbury Corn Exchange and Jacksons Lane, funded by Arts Council England

DEPTH CHARGE | DIRECTOR & ACTOR

An immersive take over of Gunwharf Quays, large outdoor shopping centre in Portsmouth. The show told the story of Gunwharf Quays history as a World War 2 launch pad for the navy and its history as a bomb disposal site.

TIME FOR TEA | DIRECTOR

A small scale street show about being British and the correct way to make a cup of tea. The show was commissioned by the British Council as part of the World Expo, Shanghai.

Supported by Winchester Hat Fair, ZEPA, funded by Arts Council England.

Consultant & MEntor

TIT FOR TAT | OUTSIDE EYE

Skills workshops, rehearsal direction and producer mentoring for a small scale circus show.

PESTIFEROUS | DIRECTOR

Director of multiple shows, mentor to artistic director. Contemporary dance and clowning.

CHALKLINE THEATRE | OUTSIDE EYE

Mentor to artistic director, rehearsal direction and outside eye support. Street theatre show

Z'arts Up & Le Fourneau

Guest artistic director, responsible for programming and directing new work at both - The National Arts Centre, France and National centre for Street Arts, France

FUN IN THE OVEN | OUTSIDE EYE

Outside eye for development phase of new devised work

Emerge & Neu Now

Guest Director of two festivals which commissioned and mentored emerging artists. Responsible for programming and working in as an outside eye for developing work

Teacher

Subjects Covered Include

- Movement/Physical theatre
- Devising through character
- Mask: Neutral to Clown
- Using sound to devise
- Ensemble creation
- Voice and Text
- Street theatre
- Theatre in non-traditional spaces
- Producing your own work
- Fundraising and funding

Guest Lecturer

- Currently work across the UK and France in over 25 universities and colleges and schools
- Regular guest Lecturer at Arts University Bournemouth, Winchester University, University D’Artois, LIPA

Key Projects

- Cross border devised project with university students from France and the UK. Created a 30 minute street theatre show that toured France and the UK for 6 months

- Heritage Lottery Funded projects across multiple years with 16-18 year olds, Jane Austen, Anarchy and Winchester Then and Now

Lecoq Summer Schools

Lecoq summer schools with AUB and the University of Michigan, 4 weeks during the summer holidays taking students through the basic principles of the Lecoq programme.

Professional Development

2 Weekly Workshops for professional actors and theatre makers, exploring new ideas, training, practicing and offering a space to support each other as a community.

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