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Pandarus

Pandarus

Matthew Kelly as Pandarus

Troilus and Cressida (2009)

Matthew Kelly

Matthew trained at Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre.

His theatre credits include: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? (Trafalgar Studios), Victory (Arcola), Endgame (Liverpool Everyman), Oh What a Lovely War & Blue Remembered Hills (Octagon, Bolton), Forgotten Voices (Edinburgh Festival & Riverside Studios), Amadeus (Wilton’s Music Hall), Of Mice and Men (Savoy - Olivier award, best actor 2004), Mirandolina (Royal Exchange, Manchester), Don Quixote (Birmingham rep), Twelfth Night & Season’s Greetings (UK tours), Funny Peculiar (West End), Kafka’s Dick (York) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Young Vic), The Pied Piper (National Theatre Tour), Waiting for Godot (Oxford Playhouse), Rough CrossingThe Cabinet of Doktor Caligari (Salisbury), (Nottingham Playhouse and Lyric, Hammersmith).

His film credits include: Gabrielle and the Doodleman, Showreel, Snot, Tribute. His television credits include: Cold Blood, Bleak House, Egypt, My Family at War, Forensic Casebook, Where The Heart Is, Miss Marple, City Hospital, Stars in their Eyes, You Bet, Relative Strangers.

Actor's Bulletins

Rehearsal Notes: Tech Week

This is Matthew's sixth blog post about rehearsals, where he talks about teching the play in the theatre itself in preparation for previews. ...

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Rehearsal Notes: Week 4

This is the fifth rehearsal update in Matthew's blog. ...

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Rehearsal Notes: Week 3

This week, Matthew [Kelly, Pandarus] writes about getting the play on its feet and discovering his relationships with Troilus and with Cressida. ...

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Rehearsal Notes: Week 2

In this week's blog entry, Matthew [Kelly, Pandarus] talks aboutworking with the script, the time line of the play and the different interpretations of Pandarus' sexuality. ...

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Rehearsal Notes: Week 1

This is the second blog entry from Matthew Kelly (Pandarus), in which he discusses early rehearsals, the read-through and circuit training. ...

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