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Matthew Robins is an artist and musician from Cornwall, although he lives in London at the moment. He has recently performed his work at the V&A, the De La Warr Pavilian, the Blackpool Tower Ballroom, the National Theatre, the Roundhouse and the Barbican, and has made shows for Duckie, Stranger than Paradise, and is now a record breaker, having been one of 851 ukulele players at the London Ukulele festival.

His most recent work, The Death of Flyboy, was recently seen at Twisted Christmas at the Barbican in London, and he returns to the National Theatre this summer for Watch This Space, performing Matthew Robins’ Science Fiction Double Feature in which he will premiere eight new shows, before embarking on his own first tour.

Visit www.sadlucy.com for to find out more about Matthew’s work

March 2010

  - Matthew collaborates with composer Brian Irvine and writer John McIlduff
  to make live animations for Rain Falling Up, a modern oratorio for children.
  Premiere performance at the Waterfront, Belfast, with the Ulster Orchestra.

  - Matthew plays guitar on stage for first time ever, at Duckie, watch the video here . . .

February 2010

  - Matthew and his band perform at the Manipulate festival in Edinburgh,
  as part of puppet grinder cabaret

  - Matthew and his band perform at Duckie's Valentine's ball at B.A.C.
 
  - Matthew creates two new shows for the Yarn Festival; Biscuit Jurassic Park
  for Movies in Minutes, and chapters 11 & 12 of The Odyssey,
  for Four Stories High.

December 2009

  - Matthew is in residence at Battersea Arts Centre, and begins work on a
  new show, Sad Lucy - A Fish Opera, lyrics by Viviane Schwarz.
  see a video here of The Deal.

-18/12/2009 at Battersea Arts Centre - Matthew’s new Christmas Show
 

-19/12/2009 at Battersea Arts Centre - Matthew’s new Christmas Show
 

October 2009

  - Matthew and his band open the Bath International Puppet Festival
  performing The Death of Flyboy and Other Stories

September 2009

  - Matthew performs episodes from The Death of Flyboy at Wilton's Music Hall,
  for Stranger than Paradise's 6th birthday celebration shows

August 2009
 
  - World premiere of the Sarah Alexander Arts commission Cabin Doors To Manual

  - Matthew Robins' Science Fiction Double Feature continues at the National Theatre.
  new shows each week include:

  Nosferatu & Me
  Flyboy and the Haunted Horse
  Walter Knitty
  Cabin Doors to Manual
  Mothboy goes to the Moon
  The Eyeders

  as well as
 
  The Wicker Cat
  Flyboy goes to the Butchers
  Flyboy and the Pigeons
  The Frozen Wolf

  - performs Flyboy and the Robot at Clumber Park, for the House of Fairytales

July 2009

  - opening night of Matthew Robins' Science Fiction Double Feature at the National Theatre;
  Matthew screens the first performance of Flyboy and the Robot.

  - remakes films and screens them at Duckie's Gay Shame goes Girlie . . . watch them here:

  Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
  The Wizard of Oz
  The Little Mermaid

May 2009

  - performs new songs written with TIm Spooner for Tim's new show, Teddy and Kitty - a tragedy, at Utrophia
 
  - performs The Death of Flyboy at the Tate Modern, as part of their May long weekend

April 2009
 
  - Matthew writes and records new music for the video soundtrack of Viviane Schwarz reading her
  own book, There are Cats in this Book. you can view it on youtube . . .
 
  - Matthew and Charmian Hughes perform at Tate Britain, playing Ruth Ewan's giant accordion,
  as part of Altermodern Have a look here . . .

  - performs The Death of Flyboy at Duckie and the Mystery Jets' Madhouse
 

March 2009

  - Liz Bentley's Perverse Verse, Leicester Square Theatre
 
  - The Death of Flyboy at The House of Fairytales' Candlelit Matinee at Shunt Vaults

February 2009
 
  - Flyboy goes to the Butchers: Duckie presents The Big Bexhill Weekend; and Tim Spooner and Matthew Robins create local homespun courtly sideshow art.
 
  watch video here or look at photos by Peter Fingleton here

  - Things to Make and Do - part three: Marmalade

December 2008

  - Flyboy and the Haunted Snowman. Performed at the Barbican for Twisted Christmas.
 
  Also performed at Duckie, and Stranger than Paradise.
 
  read Twisted Christmas reviews here . . .

  - Matthew creates back-drops for Twisted Christmas
 
  - new film by Matthew Robins - A Rough Day, with Paul Spooner and Will Connor

  - Captain Ross, ("The British Stage in Miniature") at the Traveller's Club - harmoniumist.

November 2008

  - Captain Ross, at the Scott Polar Research Institute

October 2008

  - Halloween Special at Stranger than Paradise

  - The Death of Flyboy for the House of Fairytales at the ZOO Art Fair
  - Things to Make and Do - part two: Baking

September 2008

  - Matthew performs Peg Entwhistle & Me for Peachy Coochy Nites at Toynbee Studios.

  - The Death of Flyboy at the National Theatre, Watch This Space

August 2008

  - Things to Make and Do - part one: Urban Beachcoming
July 2008

  - Matthew exhibits "The Discovery of Logboy" at the group exhibition "Dust Jacket, a cover for
  "The Voyage of the Beagle" at The Museum for Objects of Vertu.

  - "Matthew Robins and Tim Spooner present Punch & Judy Bible Stories" at The National Theatre see video

  - Horse Racing, Donkey Derby and Greyhounds at Duckie's Gay Shame, the Coronet.

February 2008

  - Matthew sings Love Songs at Duckie

  - "Punch and Judy Bible Stories" at Westminster Reference Library

  - "Punch and Judy Bible Stories" at VauxhallVille

  - "Punch and Judy Bible Stories" at the V&A Friday Late

October 2007

- Matthew writes music for Strangeworks' Halloween Parade StrStandard