Matthew Goodgame
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Matthew Goodgame is a professional actor, singer and dancer from Kent
.
Goodgame has just finished playing Steven Kodaly in 'She Loves Me' at the Chichester Festival Theatre, after playing the role of Danny Zuko in the West End production of GREASE The Musical.Matthew closed the West End Production of Grease.
He recently created a Glamorous Trio called THE SPINETTES (http://www.thespinettes.co.uk) and is Managing them as they break through into the Entertainment industry.He made his professional and West End
debut in November 2004 playing Billy Flynn in Chicago
at the Adelphi Theatre
, after winning the Channel 4
series Musicality. Goodgame went on to record his debut album Musicality - The Winners Album with EMI. Since then Goodgame has reprised the role of Billy Flynn on visits to both Singapore and Las Vegas, with the Cellophane Company. Goodgame was asked to perform at Stephen Sondheim
's 75th Birthday Gala at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
, and also at Gordon Ramsay
's 40th Birthday celebrations. Goodgame recently spent eight months out of the country performing as the lead production vocalist for Costa Cruise Lines, in the Caribbean and Europe, and on his return to the UK played the lead role of Jack in the workshop of a new musical, Waiting for the Dawn at the Arts Theatre
, London.
Matthew Goodgame has recently performed in the German tour of Cats
, playing the lead role of Munkustrap
.
Matthew Goodgame is currently starring in The Thorn Birds (A New Musical)
, playing the lead role of Father Ralph de Bricassart
, which Richard Chamberlain
played in the iconic television miniseries
. This is the concluding production of Wales Theatre Company under the direction of Michael Bogdanov
. This 16 week tour goes to: Poole, Swansea, Aberystwyth, Malvern, Plymouth, Bradford, Hull, Windsor, Birmingham, Llandudno, Wolverhampton and concluding with a week in Cardiff at the Wales Millennium Centre in July 2009.
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
.
Goodgame has just finished playing Steven Kodaly in 'She Loves Me' at the Chichester Festival Theatre, after playing the role of Danny Zuko in the West End production of GREASE The Musical.Matthew closed the West End Production of Grease.
He recently created a Glamorous Trio called THE SPINETTES (http://www.thespinettes.co.uk) and is Managing them as they break through into the Entertainment industry.He made his professional and West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
debut in November 2004 playing Billy Flynn in Chicago
Chicago (musical)
Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal"...
at the Adelphi Theatre
Adelphi Theatre
The Adelphi Theatre is a 1500-seat West End theatre, located on the Strand in the City of Westminster. The present building is the fourth on the site. The theatre has specialised in comedy and musical theatre, and today it is a receiving house for a variety of productions, including many musicals...
, after winning the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
series Musicality. Goodgame went on to record his debut album Musicality - The Winners Album with EMI. Since then Goodgame has reprised the role of Billy Flynn on visits to both Singapore and Las Vegas, with the Cellophane Company. Goodgame was asked to perform at Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
's 75th Birthday Gala at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is a West End theatre in Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster, a borough of London. The building faces Catherine Street and backs onto Drury Lane. The building standing today is the most recent in a line of four theatres at the same location dating back to 1663,...
, and also at Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay
Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....
's 40th Birthday celebrations. Goodgame recently spent eight months out of the country performing as the lead production vocalist for Costa Cruise Lines, in the Caribbean and Europe, and on his return to the UK played the lead role of Jack in the workshop of a new musical, Waiting for the Dawn at the Arts Theatre
Arts Theatre
The Arts Theatre is a theatre in Great Newport Street, in Westminster, Central London. It now operates as the West End's smallest commercial receiving house.-History:...
, London.
Matthew Goodgame has recently performed in the German tour of Cats
Cats (musical)
Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot...
, playing the lead role of Munkustrap
Munkustrap
Munkustrap is a Jellicle cat, named in T. S. Eliot's poem "The Naming of Cats". He is a principal character in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats.-The musical:...
.
Matthew Goodgame is currently starring in The Thorn Birds (A New Musical)
The Thorn Birds Musical
The Thorn Birds is a musical adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by Colleen McCullough.It starred Matthew Goodgame as Father Ralph de Bricassart, Helen Anker as Meggie Cleary and Peter Karrie as Cardinal di Conti-Verchese...
, playing the lead role of Father Ralph de Bricassart
Father Ralph de Bricassart
Father Ralph de Bricassart is a fictional priest in The Thorn Birds, a 1977 best selling novel by Colleen McCullough, an Australian author. Set primarily on Drogheda, a fictional sheep station in the Australian outback, the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1920 to 1969...
, which Richard Chamberlain
Richard Chamberlain
George Richard Chamberlain is an American actor of stage and screen who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare .-Early life:...
played in the iconic television miniseries
The Thorn Birds (TV miniseries)
The Thorn Birds is a television mini-series broadcast on ABC between 27 and 30 March 1983. It starred Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Richard Kiley, Bryan Brown, Mare Winningham, Philip Anglim and Jean Simmons...
. This is the concluding production of Wales Theatre Company under the direction of Michael Bogdanov
Michael Bogdanov
Michael Bogdanov , is a British theatre director known for his work with new plays, modern reinterpretations of Shakespeare, musicals and work for Young People.-Early years:...
. This 16 week tour goes to: Poole, Swansea, Aberystwyth, Malvern, Plymouth, Bradford, Hull, Windsor, Birmingham, Llandudno, Wolverhampton and concluding with a week in Cardiff at the Wales Millennium Centre in July 2009.
External links
- Matthew Goodgame at Channel 4's Musicality web site
- Matthew Goodgame at Grease The Musical Website