Career Pathways
Head of Children and Young People
Listen to Matt
“The brilliant thing about theatre is there are no rules it can be anything to everyone..…we need everybody, of all ages, all backgrounds, all ethnicities, all sexualities, all ability levels, all experience levels……unlike any other industry it has the capacity to welcome people with open arms…"
Matt Hawksworth
Matt is currently Head of Children & Young People's Programme at Chichester Festival Theatre. He trained at Mountview (Sir John Mills Scholarship) and with the National Youth Music Theatre.
He has worked as a performer in music theatre, opera and commercials, including at Birmingham Rep, Glyndebourne, Kilworth House, Riverside Studios and in the London 2012 Olympic Ceremony. Matt has taught & choreographed for leading UK drama schools, NYMT and directed West Side Story for the 120th anniversary at Birmingham Hippodrome, the first main-stage youth production at the venue, bringing together young people from across the West Midlands.
Matt taught the Perse School, Cambridge for nearly 6 years and was recently Young People's Producer for Pavilion Dance South West.
Further Education links:
Level 1 UAL Diploma in Music, Performance & Production Arts – Chichester College
BA (Hons) Teaching of Musical Theatre (TMT) – Chichester University
MA Theatre for Community and Education - Mountview
MA/MFA Actor Training and Coaching – Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
PGCert Performance Teaching – Guildhall
