Matt Bannister

Matt trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, having first graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Social Psychology.

Matt has created and run workshops for corporate clients as diverse as IBM, Harbour & Jones and innocent, and is passionate about helping people to unlock their creativity and potential. He is also currently the course director of the Introduction to Improvisation course at RADA.

Matt was the Artistic Director of Stripped!, a monthly site specific theatrical experience in central London. As a director, his work includes Hamlet, and The Arabian Nights for the RADA Company on board the Queen Mary 2, and the comedy show Jessica Pidsley’s I Can Make You Thin(K).

As an actor, he has performed widely on stage, including Prospero in The Tempest (Lord Chamberlain’s Men); television, including Silent Witness (BBC); radio (as part of the team of improvisers who created the Sony Award nominated A Time to Dance for BBC Radio 4).