Matthew Floyd Jones

{{Short description|British musician, writer and performer}}

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| name = Matthew Floyd Jones

| image = Matthew Floyd Jones Miss Nightingale.png

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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1985}}

| birth_place = Kingston upon Thames,
Greater London, England{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/matthew-floyd-jones |title=Matthew Floyd Jones |publisher=The Stage |date=11 Oct 2014| accessdate=12 Nov 2024}}

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| alma_mater = University of Oxford
(Lady Margaret Hall)

| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|writer|performer}}

| years_active = 2008-present

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Matthew Floyd Jones is a musician, writer and performer. He is known for his work in the musical comedy double act Frisky & Mannish, formed in 2008,{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/talent-2010-the-comedians-frisky-mannish-1846286.html |title=The Comedians, Frisky & Mannish |publisher=The Independent |date=26 Dec 2009 |accessdate=12 Nov 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jul/03/frisky-mannish-interview-edinburgh-cabaret |title=Frisky & Mannish |publisher=The Guardian |date=3 Jul 2011 |accessdate=12 Nov 2024}} and for composing the score of the West End musical Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder!, which was presented at the Ambassadors Theatre, London in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8005vge88lo |title=Kathy & Stella in the West End |publisher=BBC |date=5 Jun 2024 |accessdate=12 Nov 2024}}

Jones is an Oxford alumnus with a degree in Classics and English literature;{{cite web|url=https://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/news/west-end-success-alumnus-matthew-floyd-jones |title=West End Success for Alumnus Matthew Floyd Jones |publisher=LMH Oxford |date=9 May 2024 |accessdate=12 Nov 2024}} whilst studying he competed for the Oxford University Dancesport Club, winning two varsity matches and a Full Blue,{{cite web|url=https://www.oudancesport.co.uk/Past_Blues_recipients/ |title=Past Blues recipients |publisher=OU Dancesport |accessdate=Dec 11, 2024}} and wrote songs for The Oxford Revue.{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/live/feature/frisky_and_mannish_interview/ |title=Frisky and Mannish |publisher=British Comedy Guide |date=Apr 11, 2011}}

He appeared in Camera Lucida at the Barbican Centre, which won the Samuel Beckett Award in 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/oct/28/camera-lucida-dickie-beau-seance |first=John |last=O'Mahony |title=Camera Lucida: a truly spine-tingling experience |publisher=The Guardian |date=28 Oct 2014}} and played George in the London Hippodrome production of Miss Nightingale.{{cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/miss-nightingale-to-open-at-the-hippodrome-casino_45700/ |title=Miss Nightingale to open at the Hippodrome Casino |publisher=WhatsOnStage |date=2 Feb 2018}}