

Television: Leslie in Donnatelegrams (ABC), Laid (ABC), It’s a Date (ABC). Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Belvoir Street Theatre) simultaneously Seymour/Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors (Luckiest Productions/Tinderbox Productions) Once – Seoul Tour (Once UK) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Svec in Once (Gordon Frost Organisation) The Director in Jerry’s Girls, Sergeant of Police in The Pirates of Penzance, Leo Bloom in The Producers (The Production Company) Jesus Christ in Dreamsong (MICF) Bernard (x3) in A Number (Perth Theatre Company) Maria in Twelfth Night (Bell Shakespeare Company) Cassius in Julius Caesar (Cry Havoc) Lonny in Rock of Ages (New Theatricals) The Distance From Here (Griffin Theatre Company) Composer for Risky Lunar Love (504 Productions) The Happy Ending (Cry Havoc) Improviser with The Big HooHaa (Cut Snake Comedy). Theatre: Dewey Finn in School of Rock (GWB Entertainment/Really Useful Group) The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Mel Stanwick in Chimerica (Sydney Theatre Company) Lord Goring in An Ideal Husband, Ben in Vivid White, Chip in The Speechmaker (Melbourne Theatre Company) Matt/Homer in Mr. Training: Curtin University, Bachelor of Arts (Performing Arts), 2004 Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (Acting), 2008 École Philippe Gaulier (Le Jeu), 2013. Matu is a proud member of MEAA since 2004.

Concerts: Shanghai New Zealand Ball Hong Kong New Zealand Ball Frankfurt Bookfair New Zealand Rugby World Cup France Rugby World Cup Japan Rugby World Cup. Television: Wayne Harris in Shortland Street (South Pacific Pictures) Mikaere in Korero Mai (Cinco Cine Film Productions Ltd) Taonga (Greenstone Pictures) Constable Lemalu in Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (Gibson Group). Theatre: Othello in Othello (Centrepoint Theatre) Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Downstage Theatre) Koro in Two Worlds (Modern Maori Quartet) Guildenstern in Hamlet (Pop-Up Globe) Macduff in Macbeth (Pop-Up Globe) Angelo in The Comedy of Errors (Pop-Up Globe) Disney’s The Lion King (Disney Theatrical Group) Nga Bro E Wha (Modern Maori Quartet) Benedict in Tu (Circa Theatre, Tawata) Tawera in Te Awarua (Te Rehia Productions) Achilles in The Maori Troilus and Cressida (Globe Theatre, London) Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters in PSA (Circa Theatre). Training: Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting Major) 2003. Awards: Sydney Theatre Award Nomination for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical – Hamilton, 2021 Īkina is a proud member of MEAA since 2008 Concerts: Invictus Games – Aloe Blacc (Backing vocals) Australian Olympic Committee Quarantine Entertainment. Television: The Voice Australia (Nine Network). Theatre: Janelle Woods in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Michael Cassel Group) Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act (NPOS) Featured Ensemble/Understudy Gary Coleman and Christmas Eve in Avenue Q (Arts Asia Pacific) Dynamite/Understudy Motormouth Maybelle in Hairspray (Dainty) Ensemble/Understudy Nala and Sarabi in Disney’s The Lion King (Disney Theatrical Group) Queen Dido in Aeneas Workshop (Madeleine Hale) Toto in Little Black Bitch (Tuatara Collective) The Show Must Go On (New Zealand Tour). Training: Les Chantery Masterclass ongoing and Screen Acting, 2017- currently Richard Sarell Masterclass Screen Acting, 2011-2014 NASDA (National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Arts), Bachelor of Performing Arts (Music Theatre), 2008 Singing – Rosie Harris & Peter Rutherford.
