MEDIA

Highlights from Matt’s directing portfolio - from opera and music theatre to contemporary performance.

[Full Production Credits]

Wundig wer Wilura | WEST AUSTRALIAN OPERA & PERTH FESTIVAL | Image by West Beach Studio

Caretaker | BREAKSEA & UWA MUSIC | Image by Edify Media

Thunderstorm | BREAKSEA | Image by Nic Duncan

Thunderstorm | BREAKSEA | Image by Manolo Media

Hansel & Gretel | WEST AUSTRALIAN OPERA & PERTH FESTIVAL | Image by Base Imagery

The Nightingale | WEST AUSTRALIAN OPERA | Image by James Rogers

La Boheme | WEST AUSTRALIAN OPERA | Image by West Beach Studio

Fairy Queen | BREAKSEA | Image by Nic Duncan

Magical Weedy Seadragon | BREAKSEA | Image by Nic Duncan

Caretaker of Lost Selves | BREAKSEA | Image by Bob Symonds

Hansel & Gretel | WEST AUSTRALIAN OPERA & PERTH FESTIVAL

Koolbardi wer Wardong | WEST AUSTRALIAN OPERA | Image by James Rogers

Magical Weedy Seadragon | BREAKSEA | Image by Johannes Reinhart

Our Little Inventor | WEST AUSTRALIAN OPERA | Image by Rebecca Mansell

Production Credits

WUNDIG WER WILURA

Presented by West Australian Opera in association with Perth Festival

Director - Matt Reuben James Ward
Writers & Composers - Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse
Arrangement & Orchestration - Dr Chris Stone
Conductor - Aaron Wyatt
Choreographer - Ian Wilkes
Set Designer - Matt McVeigh
Costume & Cultural Props Designer - Peter Farmer Designs
Costume & Cultural Props Associate Designer - Rae Cottam
Lighting Designer - Mark Howett
Sound Designer - Jeremy Turner
Digital Content Creator - Roly Skender
Repetiteur - Joshua Haines

CARETAKER

Presented by Breaksea

Director - Matthew Reuben James Ward
Composers - Jonathan Brain & Sabrina Ives
Lyrics - Jonathan Brain & Matt Reuben James Ward
Script - Rachael Colmer, Tim Dunn, Matt Reuben James Ward, Jessica Ruggera, Jen Mitchell
Conductor - Pia Harris
Costume Designer - Michelle Ward
Digital Content Creator - Roly Skender
Lighting Designer - Luke Simpson, Erik Loew

FAIRY QUEEN

Presented by Breaksea & UWA Music

Director - Matt Reuben James Ward
Script - William Shakespeare
Composer - Henry Purcell
Conductor - Alan Lourens
Costume Designer - Michelle Ward
Digital Content Creator - Roly Skender
Artists - Sue Codee, Jane Davies, Sanjiva (Margio Giovanni)
Lighting Designer - Erik Loew
Chorus Master (regional) - Sue Findlay

HANSEL & GRETEL

Presented by West Australian Opera & City of Perth in association with Perth Festival

Conductor - Chris van Tuinen
Lead Artist - Sohan Ariel Hayes
Stage Director - Matt Reuben James Ward

THE NIGHTINGALE

Presented by West Australian Opera with the AWESOME Festival, Co3 Contemporary Dance, WA Youth Orchestras and WA Young Voices

Director - Matt Reuben James Ward
Composer - Imant Raminsh
Librettist - James Tucker
Conductor - Leanne Puttick
Lighting Designer - Michael Rippon
Movement Director - Alice Kell
Chorus Master - Perry Joyce
Chorus Master - Katie How
Repetiteur - Adrian Soares

OUR LITTLE INVENTOR

Presented by West Australian Opera in association with the AWESOME Festival

Director - Matt Reuben James Ward
Composer & Co-librettist - Emma Jayakumar
Author & Co-librettist - Sher Rill Ng
Conductor - Kate McNamara
Set & Costume Designer - Matt McVeigh
Lighting Designer - Kristie Smith
Sound Designer - Jeremy Turner
Choreographer - Scott Elstermann
Digital Content Creator - Roly Skender
Children’s Chorus Master - Perry Joyce
Children’s Chorus Master - Katie How
Repetiteur - Adrian Soares

LA BOHEME

Presented by West Australian Opera & Opera Queensland

Director - Matt Reuben James Ward
Composer - Giacomo Puccini
Librettists - Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Conductor - Christopher van Tuinen
Assistant Director - Laura Hansford
Set and Costume Designer - Charles Davis
Lighting Designer - Christine Felmingham
Chorus Master - Christopher van Tuinen
Repetiteur - Tommaso Pollio

KOOLBARDI WER WARDONG

Presented by West Australian Opera in association with the AWESOME Festival

Director - Matt Reuben James Ward
Composers - Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse
Arrangement & Orchestration - Dr Chris Stone
Conductor - Aaron Wyatt
Tour Music Director and Repetiteur - Adrian Soares
Bendat Family Foundation Artist Movement Director - Olman Walley
Set and Costume Designer - Matt McVeigh
Lighting Designer - Mark Howett
Sound Designer - Jeremy Turner

THUNDERSTORM

Presented by Breaksea

Director - Matthew Reuben James Ward
Composers - Jonathan Brain & Matt Reuben James Ward
Book - Matt Reuben James Ward
Conductor - Pia Harris
Costume Designer - Michelle Ward
Digital Content Creator - Roly Skender
Lighting Designer - Erik Loew

MAGICAL WEEDY SEADRAGON

Presented by Breaksea

Creator - Matt Reuben James Ward, Pia Harris & children of the Great Southern
Director - Matthew Reuben James Ward
Composers - Jonathan Brain
Lyrics - Matt Reuben James Ward
Music Director - Pia Harris
Costume Designer - Michelle Ward
Set Artwork - James Walmsley
Lighting Designer - Erik Loew