Matthew Todd

Matthew Todd is a playwright, stand-up comedian, and journalist. He is currently the editor of the U.K. gay magazine "Attitude" and was nominated by the British Society of Magazine Editors as Best Editor of the Year 2009 and again in 2010 in the "Men's magazines" category alongside the editors of "GQ," "Men’s Health," and "Esquire," amongst others. He has written for "The Guardian," "The Sun," "Heat!," "The Evening Standard," "What's On in London," "Top of the Pops," and "Time Out." For "Attitude" he has interviewed celebrities including Madonna, Daniel Radcliffe, Adam Lambert, Gareth Thomas, Armistead Maupin, Stephen Gately, Boy George, Bette Milder, Kathleen Turner, Harvey Fierstein, David Furnish, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Victoria Wood, Alan Carr, Stephen Fry, Graham Norton, Anthony Sher, Sir Ian McKellen, Peter Tatchell, Paul O'Grady, Ricky Gervais, Russell Brand, and the Pet Shop Boys. He conducted Madonna's only U.K. gay press interview, Daniel Radcliffe's first and only gay press interview in the world, gay rugby player Gareth Thomas' first gay press interview, Boy George's first national magazine interview after he came out of prison, and Stephen Gately's first interview after he came out in "The Sun." Todd worked for gay rights group Stonewall in the early nineties before joining "Attitude" magazine as editorial assistant in 1996. He subsequently worked at both "Top of the Pops" and 'Live & Kicking" magazines and was the lesbian and gay editor of "What's On in London" in 2006-2007. He has been the editor of "Attitude" since May 2008. As a stand-up comedian Todd played numerous clubs in London, Brighton, Leicester, and Bristol and was a finalist of the Mardi Gras Comedy Competition and The Big Big Big New Act Competition. In 2004/5 he ran and hosted a popular weekly comedy night at the Yard bar, Rupert St. London, at which performers such as Marek Larwood and Greg Davies of We Are Klang, Shazia Mirza, Simon Amstell, and Alan Carr all made appearances.