Tutor

Matthew Heywood

Matthew Heywood

Stage actor in Little Shop of Horrors and The Book Thief

Teaches here

  • Meisner technique
Biography

About

Matthew Heywood is a London-based actor, musician and theatre maker who trained at the Manchester School of Theatre and has spent around ten years working across stage, screen and voice. His theatre work includes Little Shop of Horrors, a co-production between four regional theatres, the world premiere of The Book Thief at Bolton Octagon, and Zorro at Charing Cross Theatre. At The Actors Gym he teaches the Meisner technique.
On screen

Selected credits

Little Shop of Horrors (Bolton Octagon, The New Wolsey Ipswich, Theatre by the Lake and Hull Truck Theatre); The Book Thief (world premiere, Bolton Octagon); Alice in Wonderland (Marylebone Theatre); The Borrowers (The Dukes, Lancaster); Zorro (Charing Cross Theatre)

What you get

What a membership gives you from Matthew

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Live sessions coming upIncluded in your membership

  • Thu 19 Nov 2026, 7:00pm UK

    Introduction to the Meisner Technique

  • Thu 26 Nov 2026, 7:00pm UK

    Meisner in Practice - 1.5 hours

  • Thu 3 Dec 2026, 7:00pm UK

    Meisner in Practice - 1.5 hours

  • Thu 10 Dec 2026, 7:00pm UK

    Meisner in Practice - 1.5 hours

Recordings in the libraryIncluded in your membership

  • Meisner in Practice30 Apr 2026 · 1 hour 1 minMembers only
  • Meisner in Practice23 Apr 2026 · 1 hour 5 minMembers only
  • Meisner in Practice2 Apr 2026 · 59 minMembers only
  • Introduction to the Meisner Technique26 Mar 2026 · 1 hour 7 minMembers only