Matthew is an actor, director and photographer. He was a founding member of the Acting Collective and currently part of Crossfade Productions. He has performed and directed at Howick Little Theatre as well as The PumpHouse. He has also worked on short films
As well as theatre performance Matthew was introduced to intimacy coordination and direction at a workshop by Jennifer Te Atamira Ward-Lealand in 2019. Matthew realized at that point how vital and effective this work is and since then he has provided intimacy advice to short films and stage plays and introduced the practice to other theatre groups.
Matthew will talk about what intimacy coordination is and how it is used in the arts.