Matthew Xia

Matthew Xia is the award-winning Artistic Director of ATC (Actors Touring Company). He was previously Associate Artistic Director at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, (where he established OPEN EXCHANGE, an artist development scheme for over 400 next generation theatre-makers); Director-in-Residence at The Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse; and Associate Director at Theatre Royal Stratford East. He was Associate Artist at the Nottingham Playhouse alongside James Graham and Amanda Whittington. Matthew was also founding member of Act for Change and his directing work includes Tambo & Bones (ATC/Theatre Royal Stratford East) and the Olivier Award-winning Hey Duggee – The Live Theatre Show.