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Matt Roper is a British comedian, writer and musician who made his stand-up debut in the mid-1990s. He is an alumnus of the Young People's Theatre Company Oldham Theatre Workshop,〔() Comedycv.co.uk Entry for Matt Roper – Retrieved 15 February 2011〕 where his contemporaries included the actors Anna Friel and Suranne Jones. He is noted for his work as a writer-performer in sketch comedy and revue on the London fringe; the satirical sketch show ''Newsrevue'' at the Canal Cafe Theatre, ''Nice Mischief'' and ''A Touch of Roberts and Roper''〔(UK Theatre Web )〕 at Jermyn Street Theatre. Performing stand-up comedy, he became one of the first comics to play the Manchester Comedy Store, appearing regularly at the Buzz Club and in the East Dulwich Cabaret's ''All New Stand-up Show''.〔 He is currently gaining prominence with his creation of the stage character Wilfredo, a grotesque satire of a Mediterranean romantic singer. The character is notoriously ill-mannered; frequently salivating onstage, drinking and smoking his way throughout songs, while berating his musicians and audience members with insults and expletives.〔〔(Camden New Journal – retrieved 21-07-10 )〕 The character has divided critics, leading them to proclaim him as "strangely endearing",〔(Wilfredo: Erecto! Review – Edinburgh Festival Fringe ) Chortle.com, retrieved 30-08-12〕 "utterly charming and uplifting",〔(ED2011 Wilfredo: Erecto! Review – Three Weeks ), Three Weeks, retrieved 08-01-12〕 "unlikeable",〔(The List – Bizarre and creepy cruise ship act ) The List – Wilfredo: Erecto!, ret. 30-08-12〕 "quite inappropriate"〔(Broadwaybaby.com ) BroadwayBaby.com: Review: The Wonderful World Of Wilfredo – Retrieved 30 August 2012〕 and "a genius creation".〔 With Wilfredo and his band, Roper has toured the British summer festival circuit, counting the Glastonbury Festival〔Glastonbury Festival 2010〕〔(Off The Wagon – Balkan beats and gypsy music )〕〔(NME.com ) Glastonbury Line-up 2010〕 among his successes on several occasions. In July 2010 Wilfredo became the surprise hit of the Port Eliot Literary Festival, appearing onstage with Jarvis Cocker.〔(Matt Roper and Jackie Juno a double bill at the Totnes Festival ), ''PRSD'', retrieved 15-09-10〕 Roper has presented the character at the Café de Paris, the Tobacco Factory in Bristol, Brighton Komedia and at London's Leicester Square Theatre. He has also performed the character onstage in Spain,〔() Showtime Tenerife: Wilfredo, Kai Humphries, Daniel Simonsen, Jessica Fostekew - Sept 20 2014〕 Italy,〔(Corriere del Mezzogiorno ) Wilfredo, il Rock visto da Granada〕〔(ConnectMagazine.it ) Wilfredo, Un Uomo e La Sua Musica. A Nardò il fenomeno lounge dell'Inghilterra〕 the Czech Republic,〔() Alex Frackleton, Wilfredo (UK) Open Air Metamorphisis. Hradec Králové, Czech Rep. Fri 27 June 2014〕 Germany,〔() 'KarliBebenRückschau' Karli Beben - Feinkost Blog Sept 2014〕 Hungary,〔() 'Unique Character Act To Perform in Budapest' Daily Hungary 21 June 2014〕 Slovakia,〔() 'Character Performer in Bratislava on Thursday' Slovakia Daily 21 June 2014〕 South Africa〔() 'Cape Town Funny Festival: Line-up' Expressoshow.com 11 June 2013〕 and Argentina.〔() Inside Buenos Aires 10–17 March 2014〕〔() Feeling Funny In Buenos Aires? You’re not alone. | What's Up Gringo? Magazine〕 At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Roper has presented three feature length solo shows, ''Wilfredo: Erecto!'' (2011), ''The Wonderful World of Wilfredo'' (2012) and ''Wilfredo: Deconstructed'' (2014). Drawing positive comment and reviews in the press, Wilfredo is described by the Guardian newspaper as "weird, intimate and wonderful"〔(The Guardian ) Guardian.co.uk – Edinburgh Festival 2011, Isy Suttie: My Edinburgh 02-09-11〕 and by Time Out as "an extraordinary creation who cuts a hacking, spluttering, beer dribbling figure upon the stage".〔(Soundcloud ) Ben Walters reviews Wilfredo: Erecto for Time Out, retrieved 02-09-11〕 The comedy industry website Chortle observes the character as "cantankerous, often lecherous and almost certainly consumptive, coughing and burping his way through the set, at one point hacking up phlegm like a horse chewing a toffee."〔(Chortle ) Chortle.co.uk Edinburgh Fringe 2011 – Wilfredo: Erecto! review, retrieved 02-09-11〕 In June 2011 Roper appeared as Wilfredo in the first series of Rufus Hound's ''What's So Funny?'' for BBC Radio 7 (now BBC Radio 4 Extra)〔(BBC – BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes ) What's So Funny? Episode 12, Series 1. Broadcast Fri 24 June 2011 – Retrieved 27 June 2011〕 in addition to an appearance on Arthur Smith's Pissed Up Chat Show at the E4 Udderbelly at the Southbank Centre. In December 2011 Wilfredo recorded the Christmas Day edition of ''The Comedy Club Interviews'' for BBC Radio 4 Extra.〔(BBC – BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes ) The Comedy Club Interviews. Broadcast Sunday 25 December 2011 – Retrieved 1 January 2012〕 In May 2011 Roper played the Devil in Terry Newman's political satire ''Lucifer: My Part in the New Labour Project (And How I Invented Coalition Government)'' – a multi-character solo performance – in London and for the Brighton Festival.〔(Brighton Fringe Interview: Matt Roper ), ''The New Current'', retrieved 26-05-11〕 At the 2012 Edinburgh Festival, 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.〔(British Theatre Guide ) British Theatre Guide – Retrieved 20 February 2013〕 With comedian Pippa Evans under the guise of Loretta Maine, he co-wrote and recorded the song 'Happy Goddamn Christmas', released on 1 December 2012, peaking at No. 6 on the iTunes UK Comedy Charts.〔() Musicchart.info 'Happy Goddamn Christmas'〕 An accompanying video was released on 13 December, featuring cameos by Arthur Smith, Imran Yusuf, Ruth Bratt and Thom Tuck, via BBC Three.〔() BBC Three Comedy: Happy Goddamn Christmas〕 Also with Evans, he co-wrote and recorded the single 'Peace All Over The World (At Christmas Time)', released 8 December 2014 and reportedly banned by BBC Radio 2 who were "worried that sensitive daytime listeners would be offended".〔(London Evening Standard | Wilfredo and Carmella’s BBC blackout ) Published: 15 December 2014〕 In September 2014, Roper joined the line-up of the surreal sketch comedy group ''The Greatest Show on Legs'', debuting in Leipzig, Germany.〔(The John Fleming Blog ) 15 September 2014〕 Matt Roper is the son of the late British comedian George Roper.〔(Manchester Evening News ) Stars bid farewell to comic pal〕 He is a supporter of the Burma Campaign UK.〔(Burma Campaign UK ) Celebrate Aung San Suu Kyi's 65th birthday – Retrieved 6 August 2010〕 Roper blogs for the Huffington Post's UK edition〔(Huffington Post ) Matt Roper at the Huffington Post United Kingdom – Retrieved 30 August 2012〕 and is currently a writer for (PictureBox Films; ) an SVOD division of NBC Universal Pictures. ==Discography== * ''Happy Goddamn Christmas'' - Loretta Maine feat. Matt Roper (single, 2012) * ''The Wonderful World of Wilfredo'' - Wilfredo (album, 2014) * ''Peace All Over the World (At Christmas Time)'' - Wilfredo feat. the Great Carmella (single, 2014) * ''Wilfredo Unchained: Live in California'' - Wilfredo (album, 2015) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matt Roper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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