In the first half of 2010 Matt has  composed music for three plays: Alice in Wonderland (Southampton, Basingstoke and Guildford),  Star of Wormwood (for a Performing Arts College in Melbourne),  and Lord of The Flies for a young people’s company in Cornwall.  He has also been working as musical director in Perth (WA) and London [...]

Silent Night, a musical play by Theatre in the Quarter, in the Forum Theatre on Tuesday, told the story of the Christmas truce in the trenches during the Second World War. Matt Baker wrote the musical scores for this masterpiece.

TWO NEW PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS FOR THIS YEAR;
JAMES and FORGOTTEN FORTRESS
Theatre in the Quarter is Chester’s leading professional theatre company. Founded in 2005, it has gained a strong reputation for commissioning highly acclaimed unique and original musical productions, engaging with professional actors, musicians, directors and designers from Cheshire and the North West, as well as over [...]

Now in their tenth year,  A Handbag of Harmonies go from strength to strength.  With an enviable legacy of exciting performances, television appearances and large outreach programme, A Handbag of Harmonies are launching into their second decade with unbounded vigour.
Latest review snippets:
“If your experience of this exuberant choral company is bite-sized performances during their [...]

Probably for the first time ever, the Chester Mystery Plays left Chester for two performances in our Cathedral on the evenings of 10th and 11th October. The performance in the Cathedral was an abridged version of both parts and was colourful, at different times highly amusing and highly moving, and all set to the most [...]