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Matsena Productions

Award winning creative company led by Anthony Matsena and Kel Matsena The home of thought-provoking creativity.

Matsena Productions is led by co-directors Anthony Matsena and Kel Matsena.

14/06/2026

This is where it all began.

Two years ago, we stepped into the Richard Burton Theatre with an idea, a group of brilliant collaborators, and a lot of questions. BOY-ISH was just an R&D then.

Tomorrow, we come back with a full production.

The journey from those first explorations to opening night has been filled with laughter, doubt, friendship, chaos, discovery, and countless conversations about what it means to grow up as boys and become men.

Returning to the place where the seeds were first planted feels incredibly special.

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📍 Richard Burton Theatre, Cardiff
🗓️ Tomorrow & Tuesday

Come and see where the journey has led us.

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01/06/2026

Introducing our final BOY-ISH cast member, EMMANUEL OLUSANYA as Gabriel.

Don’t miss BOY-ISH on tour: Bangor 7th June, Aberystwyth 11th June, Cardiff 15-16th June! Tickets in bio.

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Emmanuel Olusanya trained at LAMDA. His work in theatre includes Pericles and Henry V at the RSC, Midsummer Nights Dream at Holland Park Theatre; Phaedra at the National Theatre; Lark Rise to Candleford and The Snow Queen at the Everyman Theatre; Flashbang at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre;The Trumpet and the King for Terra Nova; and Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens at the King’s Head. TV includes Eastenders. Audio includes Iron Anthology: The Door, The Lock and Morgan: Metal Detective

30/05/2026

Introducing our next BOY-ISH cast member, HARRISON CLAXTON as Byron.

A show you don’t want to miss, ticket links in bio.

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Harrison Claxton
Training: Foundation Diploma at Northern school of contemporary dance 2017.
Bachelors at London Contemporary dance school 2019.

Theatre credits include:
Doc Giles/Crocodile/Shadow in Wendy and Peter Pan (RSC-Barbican);
Arianrhod acolyte in Olion (Pontio theatre);
Principle performer in story of Untold Wajda; Blokowisko (Southbank Centre)
Performer in productions
Shades of blue, Vessels of Affliction, Tsutseka, Simuka (Matsena productions- Sadlers Wells, U.K.Tour.)

Screen credits include:
Stag attendee in Slow Horses (Apple TV)
New years eve party attendee in Red White and royal Blue (Amazon
Studios); Student in Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny(Lucas Film);
Jock and ballet teacher in Silent Twins (Universal pictures).

Other:
Performer in Eurovision U.K. 2024 (Malmö Arena);
Performer in Brit awards 2021 with Elton John & Olly Alexander (O2 Arena).
Assistant choreographer & rehearsal director for Matsena productions
2023- commissioned by the Korean National Contemporary dance company in Seoul.

29/05/2026

Next up in our BOY-ISH announcements is LUKE RHODRI as Noah. BOY-ISH is one you don’t want to miss, tickets in bio for tour.

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Luke Rhodri is proud to be part of ‘BOY-ISH’ and to be touring the show across Wales, having been involved in the project’s original R&D process in January 2024. Seeing the piece grow from those early stages into a full show makes this a particularly special project to return to.
Since graduating from Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2017, Luke has built a varied career across theatre, television, film and audio drama. Like many actors, his journey has taken him through everything from touring productions and independent films to sci-fi worlds and new writing.

Screen credits include ‘Doctor Who’ as Callo Rence in ‘The Well’, alongside ‘Wolf’ (BBC One) and ‘Arwel’s House’ (BBC Wales). He also recently wrapped filming on an upcoming horror feature ‘Grin’, set within the ‘Jack in the Box’ universe and currently in post production. Previous work includes the feature film ‘Ruthless’ and ‘Torchwood’ audio dramas.
Stage credits include ‘Dial M for Mayhem’ and ‘A Murder Is Announced’ (Middle Ground Theatre/UK Tour), ‘A Prayer for Wings’ (Bill Kenwright Ltd) and ‘Hamlet’ (Vienna’s English Theatre/European Tour).

Luke hopes audiences enjoy ‘BOY-ISH’ as much as the company have enjoyed creating it, and that it sparks honest conversations about the pressures many boys and men face today.

27/05/2026

INTRODUCING our composer and sound designer for BOY-ISH - BLANKA BARBARA. You don’t want to miss this show. Ticket link in bio
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Blanka Barbara Stahl is a classically trained composer, electronic music producer, and DJ whose work spans theatre, dance, and audio-visual performance. She created and performed the music for Belarus Free Theatre’s “KS6: Small Forward”, winner of an Off West End Award, premiered at La MaMa in New York and now touring across Europe. She also composed the electro-acoustic opera “Out at Sea”, which premiered at the Crescent Theatre in Birmingham to five-star reviews and subsequently toured to Warsaw Chamber Opera. She is behind three sold-out Southbank Centre productions: the 1,000-capacity “Rave: Recharge”, the audio-visual live-electronics show “Undying Sounds: Reinventing Komeda”, and the contemporary dance work “Untold Wajda: Blokowisko”. After several years building an international profile in electronic music and club culture, she now brings that world into theatre and concert halls, blending live instruments, synthesisers, and electronic production into a distinctive, evolving musical language.

19/05/2026

You’re invited to the party 🚬🍾🤬💊 - TICKET LINK IN BIO
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18/05/2026

Introducing our set and costume designer for BOY-ISH. JACOB HUGHES! (Get your tickets. Link in Bio)
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Jacob graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2011 and was a finalist in the Linbury Prize for Stage Design that same year. He has since been nominated for Best Set Designer in the Off West End awards, Wales Theatre awards and has exhibited his work in the Society of British Theatre Designers exhibition Make:Believe.
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In 2016 Jacob was awarded the National Theatre’s Max Rayne Design Bursary for Emerging Artists. Design credits include Broad Shadow at the Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre, Start Swimming at The Young Vic, Poet in da Corner at The Royal Court and Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe.

13/05/2026

Introducing our BOY-ISH LIGHTING DESIGNER - RYAN JOSEPH STAFFORD
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Ryan works internationally as a Lighting Designer for theatre and dance. He trained at Rose Bruford College, graduating with a First Class BA Honours Degree in Lighting Design. Ryan received a Masters with Distinction in Art & Politics from Goldsmiths, University of London following his research into ‘Political Light’
Ryan was awarded ‘Best Lighting Design’ by the Off West End Awards for the international tour of Bacon. In 2019, he received the ‘Michael Northern Award for Excellence in Lighting Design’ from the Association of Lighting Designers. In 2025, He received a Critics’ Choice Nomination from the Profile Awards for KABEL.
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Recent designs include: Lady Macbeth (Royal Danish Ballet); Our Town (Welsh National Theatre & Rose Theatre); The Exhibition (Royal Ballet); Frayed Nerve, Left from Write (Norwegian National Ballet); KABEL (Sadler’s Wells East & Matsena Productions); More Life (Royal Court); Kontakthof: Echoes of ‘78 (Pina Bausch Foundation & Sadler’s Wells); Hot Mess (Southwark Playhouse); Olion (Frân Wen); Rope (Theatr Clwyd); Natalia Osipova: Force of Nature (New York City Center, International Tour); Bacon (International Tour); Vortex
(Russell Maliphant Dance Company); Can This Place Be A Temple? (The Place, UK Tour); To Start With (Sadler’s Wells); Shades of Blue (Sadler’s Wells, Matsena Productions, BBC Arts); Grimeboy (Birmingham Rep); Dance for Ukraine (London Coliseum); Codi (National Dance Company of Wales); Isla (Theatr Clwyd & Royal Court); Generation Goldfish (Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich); Together, Not the Same (Sadler’s Wells). Ryan is an Associate Artist of Red Oak Theatre Company and Bohemian Theatre Company

21/04/2026

We’re so excited to introduce the cast of BOY-ISH.

Meet the brilliant performers bringing this new story to life.

A play about boyhood, identity, tenderness, memory, and the things we carry with us as we grow. BOY-ISH is in extraordinary hands, and we can’t wait for you to see what this cast is creating.

14/04/2026

We’re excited to announce the creative team behind BOY-ISH.

Written by Rhys Warrington
Directed by Anthony Matsena & Kel Matsena

Rhys is a Welsh writer and actor whose credits include BLUE, Get Ready With Me and Out Of The Blue. His play MONUMENT will premiere in 2026 in a co-production between the Royal Court Theatre and the Sherman Theatre. He’s also been selected for the Sherman Writers Group, Pentabus Young Writers, BBC Welsh Voices and was one of three writers on attachment with BBC’s Casualty in 2025. He’s currently under commission with Welsh National Theatre and is the 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence at Pentabus.

This production also marks Anthony and Kel’s debut co-direction of a play — a major and exciting moment in their creative journey. Bringing their distinctive theatrical language, emotional intensity and bold visual imagination to BOY-ISH, this collaboration signals the beginning of a powerful new chapter.

More to come soon. Tickets in Bio.

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