Matthew Hobbs
Matthew Hobbs
Actor
Matthew has been performing and directing in amateur theatre for over 35 years with over 30 productions on the Brisbane stages.
Biography
Theatre companies he has worked with including Ad Astra, Nash, St Lukes, Centenary, and Villanova players. Learning and plying his craft from the ground up. He has performed in a broad range of plays in both comedies and dramas and is always looking for the next challenge.
Ad Astra Plays
Upcoming Plays
Past Plays
Other Plays
St Luke's theatre
1984 - Wind of Heaven - Actor - Child
1987 - Salad days - Actor - Policeman
1989 - The shop at sly corner - Actor - Shop boy
1990 - The truth about Cinderella - Actor - Choir
1990 - Carnival of thieves - Actor - Policeman
1991 - What did we do wrong - Actor - Woody
1991 - You too can have a body - Actor - Policeman
1991 - Paris is out - Actor - Roger
1993 - My Giddy aunt - Actor - Jeremy
1998 - Dear Charles - Actor - Walter
2008 - Harvey - Actor - Lyman Sanderson
2008 - Me and thee - Actor - Paul Carter
2009 - Lord Aurther Savile’s crime - Actor - Lord Arthur
2009 - Over my dead body - Actor - Mark
2010 - Darling i’m home - Actor - Cleaner
2010 - A murder is anounced - Actor - Patrick
2011 - Pardon me prime minister - Actor - Rodney Campbell
2011 - The Hollow - Actor - Edward
2012 - My friend Miss Flint - Actor - Albert
2012 - Seasons greetings (Director)
2013 - Holiday for lovers - Actor - Henri Berchat
2015 - Cat's cradle - Actor - Sam Fletcher
2016 - A month of Sundays - Actor - Father
2018 - Private lives - Actor - Charles
2019 - Twelfth night (Director)
2022 - Much ado about nothing (Director)
2022 - The unexpected guest - Actor - Michael Starkwedder
Villanova Players
2016 - Rough crossing - Actor - Alexi Gal
2017 - Much Ado About Nothing - Actor - Dogberry
2020 - An ideal husband - (Director)
Nash Theatre
2018 - As you like it - Actor - Duke Frederick
2021 - Spiders web - Actor - Inspector Lord
Ad Astra Theatre
2018 - The complete works of William Shakespeare - Actor - Multiple roles
Representation
Freelance
Reviews
“Opening with a leadership coup in Australia that is oh so familiar, the villainous Duke Frederick played by Matthew Hobbs keeps the contemporary Australian theme alive by being a not-so-subtle wink to our own ex-PM Tony Abbott. Eating raw onions, ranting about dual-citizens, terrifying his entourage, and other perfectly timed jokes, Matthew Hobbs portrayal of Duke Frederick is both fantastically funny, and menacing at the same time.”.
Matthew Power - West End Magazine | Read full review
“Best of all however was Matthew Hobbs as a charismatic Sergeant Trotter, who arrives on skis. Suave and personable, he stole the play.”
Peter Pinne - Stage Whispers | Read full review
“Sergeant Trotter, played by Matthew Hobbs, was pleasingly gruff and, with a constant business-like demeanour, rounded out the ensemble cast nicely. Hobbs’ energy was steady and well-paced – he made sure the audience had as much information as they should have, gave them time to understand it, and then drove the central plots forward so that the play never felt as though it lagged. His performance in the final scenes was masterful, and easily was some of the best acting of the night.”
Shane Webb - Theatre Haus | Read full review
“Directed by Matthew Hobbs, ‘Twelfth Night’ embraced classic ideals of Shakespearean theatre. From the modern dress, through to a simple, but appropriate set design, Hobbs let the weight of the production sit on the actors and their use of the language. Overall a soundly directed piece, the production kept moving forward and cleverly allowed the actors to bring plenty of themselves onto the stage.”
Kiesten McCauley - Stage Whispers | Read full review
“Hobbs has done a fine job in encouraging comedic risk-taking in his cast. The blocking is well balanced and makes good use of the clever, versatile set designs”
Beth Keehn - Stage Whispers | Read full review
“As the rakish Elyot Chase, Matthew Hobbs thrives on the flippancy that the script insists is so essential to survive the boring conventions of the day. Hobbs adds a pinch of Pythonesque frustration to Chase’s usual roguish scoundrel.”
Beth Keehn - Stage Whispers | Read full review