Matt Roper
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Matt Roper (centre) in London, 2015
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| Born | May 20, 1977 Cheshire, England |
| Medium |
Character comedy, Alter egos, Stand up, Satire |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Notable works and roles | I'll Say She Is: The Lost Marx Brothers Musical |
Matt Roper is a British comedian, writer and musician.
Roper made his stand-up debut in the late-1990s and is noted for his work as a writer-performer in sketch comedy and revue on the London fringe during that period; the satirical sketch show Newsrevue at the Canal Cafe Theatre, Nice Mischief and A Touch of Roberts and Roper 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.
Roper first gained 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. The character has divided critics, leading them to proclaim him as "strangely endearing", "utterly charming and uplifting", "unlikeable", "quite inappropriate" and "a genius creation".
With Wilfredo and his band, Roper has toured the British summer festival circuit, counting the Glastonbury Festival 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. Roper has presented the character at the Café de Paris, the Tobacco Factory in Bristol, Brighton Komedia and at London's Leicester Square Theatre in addition to touring internationally. He has performed the character at festivals worldwide, touring to Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, South Africa, the Philippines, Australia and Argentina.
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