Such a joy to talk to lovely actor/singer/writer Mateo Oxley about the 'highlights reel' nature of working as a performer. Join Ferrero Rochelle and Rosie Verbose as they chat with Mateo about procrastination, gratitude, and being a proud cat Dad.
Since graduating from West London drama school ArtsEd on a full scholarship, Mateo has worked on many theatre productions, including Punchdrunk's The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable, Mercury Weinberger Playwriting Prize winner Target Man, the European premiere of The Busy World Is Hushed and Angels In America at the Royal National Theatre. On screen, he starred in the independent WWII drama, Magpie, and more recently joined the cast of Channel 4’s hit comedy The Windsors as Edoardo Mapelli-Mozzi, Princess Beatrice's husband-to-be.
Meet Nimbus and Rouxfio and keep up to date with Mateo's artistic exploits on his Instagram: @mateooxley (same as his Twitter), and luxuriate in his glorious voice on Spotify.
Full URL for the episode transcript here: https://invisiblecabaret.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mateo-transcript.pdf
CW: brief mention of Grenfell at 11.39; medical trauma - 22.20 - 23.20 mins & 23.40 - 24.30 mins.
Some useful links for mental health issues mentioned in this episode: those impacted by Grenfell; anxiety, social media; dealing with a loved one's illness.
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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk
Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod, available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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