1. Matt Roper has toured the character internationally, giving performances in Australia, Argentina, the Philippines, Iceland, South Africa, and across Europe and the United States.
14 Facts About Matt Roper
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At the 2012 Edinburgh Festival, Matt Roper appeared opposite Phil Nichol in a one-off performance at the Traverse Theatre for Theatre Uncut's season of radical playlets, playing an advertising executive representing a global corporation in Indulge by the Icelandic playwright Andri Snaer Magnuson.
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In 2015, Matt Roper accepted the Malcolm Hardee Award for Cunning Stunt of the Year, awarded to a group or individual annually for performing elaborate publicity stunts to promote their festival appearance.
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Matt Roper had gained access to a social media account belonging to Kate Copstick, head comedy critic of the influential Scotsman newspaper, writing a glowing review of his talents under her name.
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On 14 April 2016, it was announced that Matt Roper was to play Chico Marx, eldest of the Marx Brothers, in I'll Say She Is: The Lost Marx Brothers Musical, opening Off-Broadway at the Connelly Theater in New York City.
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Matt Roper made his directorial debut with Ashley Blaker's stand-up comedy Goy Friendly, opening for three weeks Off-Broadway at New York's Soho Playhouse.
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Matt Roper makes appearances under the guise of characters at the Slipper Room, a variety theatre in Manhattan's Lower East Side.
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Matt Roper is a member of the Save Soho movement, a collective of artists who oppose the ongoing closure and demolition of music venues and independent businesses within the London neighbourhood, adding his signature to a letter to Boris Johnson in 2014.
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Matt Roper is a long-time supporter of the British Labour Party and many of its causes.
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Matt Roper is a son of the late British comedian George Roper.
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On his paternal side, Matt Roper is a great-grandnephew of brothers Johnnie Cullen and George Sanford, two early 20th century stars of the British Music Hall stage, and a great-nephew of the BBC wartime singer Jeannie Bradbury.
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On his maternal side, Matt Roper descends from the Groves family of actors and performers, which includes Martha Bigg, Fred Groves and Walter Groves.
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Matt Roper is a completely different character every time I ever see him perform.
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Matt Roper didn't act or play roles, apart from brief moments in his jokes when he would do a character.