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“Matthew Warchus’ direction (and resident direction of Matthew Rowland) remains the beating heart of the piece.”

★★★★★PalatinateOn his resident direction, UK & Ireland Tour

“Matthew Rowland and Emily Squibb, who play Matilda’s repugnant parents, are a delight throughout”

The National

“Mr Wormwood, portrayed by Matthew Rowland, shines with his physical comedy”

Honeycombers, Singapore

“Their comedic timing is impeccable; Rowland’s Mr Wormwood is suitably ridiculous”

SG Magazine

“Mr Wormwood and Mrs Wormwood, played by Matthew Rowland and Emily Squibb respectively, were deliciously awful.”

GirlStyle Singapore

“Matthew Rowland has enormous fun as posh headmaster Gordon Shakespeare”

★★★★★The Stage

“Matthew Rowland is like a pantomime baddie he is so mean – and he also gives a great performance as a glam rock King Herod.”

★★★★★WhatsOnStage

“The standout performance of the show was Gordon Shakespeare, played by Matthew Rowland.”

★★★★★Redbrick

“Matthew Rowland’s Gordon Shakespeare is pure stage camp, with a stage presence that fills the entire stage…”

★★★★★All That Dazzles

“There was one performance that took my breath away.”

★★★★★#BrumHour

“Mr. Shakespeare is a wonderfully interactive character and is fantastically executed by Matthew Rowland.”

★★★★★West End Best Friend

“Rowland was easily the best individual I have seen in this role and naturally funny.”

★★★★★Theatre and Tonic

“Matthew Rowland is deliciously devious and unlikable as Mr Shakespeare”

★★★★★North West End

“…a delight as the obsessed Shakespeare, turning nastiness into an art form.”

★★★★★Behind the Arras

“Matthew Rowland is hilariously funny as Mr Shakespeare, who is almost a perfect pantomime style baddy…”

Fashion-Mommy

“His rival Mr Shakespeare is played by Matthew Rowland, who you just love to hate.”

BirminghamLive

“Rowland does an excellent job portraying the typical villain for the audience to frown upon.”

The Reviews Hub

“Matthew Rowland as Mr Shakespeare was bloody brilliant.”

The Amazing Adventures of Me

“Matthew Rowland’s quirky and brilliantly exuberant ‘Ned’…”

Spark Sunderland

“Matthew Rowland is equally charismatic as the real Ned Schneebly”

BroadwayWorld

“Matthew Rowland earns many a laugh as rock musician turned nerd Ned Schneebly”

Plymouth Live

“Matthew Rowland is great as supportive yet under the thumb pal Ned Schneebly…”

Beyond the Curtain

“What a party, what a night. Matthew Rowland’s choreography is every bit as subtle as Alastair Knights’s direction.”

★★★★★The Times

“Matthew Rowland quite simply IS Boy George.”

The Public Reviews

“The star of the show is, rightly, George (Matthew Rowland, who has real poise and real cheekbones)”

London Evening Standard

“The standout performance of the whole evening however is Matthew Rowland. What a professional debut!”

LastMinuteTheatreTickets

“Rowland, as the seemingly soft-hearted but steely Boy George, stops things getting too schmaltzy.”

★★★★Time Out London

“Matthew Rowland as George is the Boy to the manner born.”

Reviewsgate

“Matthew Rowland is spot on as Boy George who, he asserts, needs to be a star because he can’t be a man.”

Londonist

“Another new talent was Matthew Rowland, who is fresh from his training at The Arts Educational School.”

ARTINFO

“…a lively cor-blimey chorus led by Matthew Rowland’s Alf”

The Stage

“Mention too for Matthew Rowland, who this reviewer saw only recently as Boy George in Taboo.”

What’s Hecuba To Him?

“Matthew Rowland as Frank singing the aforementioned ‘Excalibur93’ is most definitely a highlight on the recording…”

BroadwayWorld

“Matthew Rowland’s ‘Let Me Walk Among You’ from Bat Boy: The Musical is so emotional…”

The Public Reviews