"With extraordinary contortions of torso and vocal cords, Matthew Bugg’s Gollum makes a formidable case for the superiority of Equity members over CGI."

 

The Guardian on Lord Of The Rings

 

"it is Matthew Bugg’s Gollum who is the most transformative – he contorts and bends his body, hanging off the Watermill’s structure in the shape of a tangled spider. As his inner turmoil begins to surface, his conflicting feelings are spat out like gunfire."

 

The I on Lord Of The Rings

 

“Matthew Bugg’s Gollum climbing the timbers of the theatre, is a triumph”

 

Mail On Sunday on Lord Of The Rings

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"Matthew Bugg's golden Ariel - as riveting as Peter Brook's trapeze-borne Midsummer Night's Dream - is visual rapture, with every sliding and wheeling move conveying magic and meaning. The final exchange ("I would sir, were I human") was perfect; so was the final flight to freedom.” 

 

The Independent on The Tempest

 

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"A Blitzy wartime romance of gin gents and garter belts. The book is good, the story is absorbing, the songs are terrific" 

 

The Times on Miss Nightingale

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“Miss Nightingale is a showcase of enormous talent and a fantastic display of new writing.”

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Musical Theatre Review on Miss Nightingale

 

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“Tremendous music by Matthew Bugg”

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The Independent on The Secret of Sherlock Holmes.

 

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“Matthew Bugg's sound... suggesting bondage of both a sado-masochistic and pschological kind, and a sense of imminent cracking open”

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​The Times on The Father