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Sailing Somewhere is playing at the Old Mutual Theatre on the Square, Johannesburg from 4th to 29th October.

This production stars Fiona Ramsay with Tony Bentel on piano. More information here.

Tuesdays at Tesco's won a Fringe First award at 2011's Edinburgh Festival and is now published by Nick Hern Books.

To order a copy of the text, please visit the Nick Hern Books website.

Tuesdays at Tesco's (Le Mardi à Monoprix), an adaptation of Emmanuel Darley's Moliere-nominated play, is being produced at this year's Edinburgh Festival.

Co-adapted with Sarah Vermande, the piece stars Simon Callow. More details can be found here.

Phumzile, a play for radio, is to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 14h15 to 15h00 (GMT) on 8 April 2011.

Believe (Tro) opens at Norrbottensteatern in Lulea, Sweden, on 16 January 2011.

This is the first production of Matthew’s work in Sweden and stars Margareta Gudmundson. More details can be found here.

A platform performance to be given of The Lightning Conductor at the Embassy Theatre, London, on 26 September 2010.

As part of 2010's 'Ballets Russes'-themed Ham & High Festival, this one man dramatic profile of Sergei Diaghilev is to be performed by Simon Callow. More details can be found here.

The Philadelphia production of Have a Nice Life plays at the Lucille Lortel theatre from 20 August 2010 as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.

The show comes to FringeNYC following several productions in Philadelphia and a sold out run at 2009's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. More details can be found here.

Mortal Ladies Possessed opens at Teatro della Contraddizione in Milan and runs from 10 to 20 December 2009.

Starring Linda Marlowe, this one-woman show is based on five of Tennessee William’s short stories. More details can be found here.

Singing! Dancing! Acting! opens at Theatriki Skini in Athens at the beginning of November 2009.

This production, directed by Antonis Antoniou and with the Greek translation by Erricos Belies, is running for the 2009 / 2010 winter season. An interview with Matthew (in Greek) about the piece, can be found here.