Mat Fraser

Mat Fraser is an English rock musician, actor, writer and performance artist. He has thalidomide-induced Phocomelia. In 2017, he was cast to play Shakespeare’s Richard III at the Hull Truck Theatre as part of Hull City of Culture 2017. 2Musical career Between 1980 and 1995 Fraser was a drummer with several rock bands including "Fear of Sex," "The Reasonable Strollers," "Joyride," "The Grateful Dub," and "Living in Texas," who had a number one single in Italy. Fraser played the drums with Graeae Theatre Company's "Reasons to be Cheerful" at the 2012 Paralympics opening ceremony, where he also hosted the pre-televised section, and with Coldplay during the closing ceremony. 2Acting career Fraser left drumming to join Graeae Theatre Company, Europe's leading disabled theatre company after their production of Ubu inspired him to change careers. He worked in forum theatre for Graeae for several months, then landed the part of Dr Prentice in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw. He is now a patron of Graeae. Subsequent theatre roles in the '90s included the Group K production of Marisol and the title role in Johnny Sol at the Croydon Warehouse. He wrote 2005's Thalidomide