Born and raised in Perth Western Australia, Matthew Marshall is a graduate of the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) Production & Design course in 2000. With 25 years of experience his work has been seen on the international stage and throughout Australia, and he is in demand for his lighting designs for theatre, opera, events and dance.
Recent design credits include The Fairy Queen for Pinchgut Opera, Dido & Aeneas for Opera Queensland, The Barber of Seville for Seattle Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera, Carmen for Oper Leipzig, The Ring Cycle for Opera Australia, Velvet Rewired for Organised Pandemonium, Ballet at The Quarry and Goldberg Variations for West Australian Ballet, A Winters Journey with Musica Viva, Dark Mofo Night Mass for Darklab, James Galea’s Best Trick Ever for Sydney Opera House, City of Lights at Perth Festival, Tim Minchin’s The Absence of You music video, Cinderella for Seattle Opera, a new full length ballet Tchaikovsky for Tulsa Ballet, La bohème the outdoor Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour for Opera Australia, American Idiot’s Australian National Tour for Shake & Stir/Qpac and La Cenerentola for Oper Leipzig and San Diego Opera.
Matt has been a judge for the Australian Production & Design Guild Awards from 2017–2025.