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Mat Ewins

Mat Ewins is an English actor, writer and stand-up comedian.

Mat Ewins
Born
Matthew Ewins

London, England
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, comedian
Years active2012–present

His comedy shows are anarchic audiovisual experiences with multimedia features, including video clips and elements from computer games he programs himself.[1][2]

Life and career edit

Ewins studied at Bristol University where he was a member of sketch comedy troupe The Bristol Revunions.[3] He started doing stand-up in 2003 and debuted at the Edinburgh Festival in 2011.[4]

Stage edit

Ewins has performed various characters on The Bearpit Podcast (Podcast), a live comedy show set up as a fictional podcast.[5] Co-creators of the show and fellow performers were Lolly Adefope, Richard Gadd, Matt Winning, Fin Taylor and Adam Hess.[6]

He performed his solo show Adventureman 7, dubbed a ‘declaration of independence from seriousness’, at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival[7] and the Vault festival.[8] The show was nominated for Best Show at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival.[9][10][11][12]

He won Best Show at the Comedians' Choice Awards 2017.[13] He had also won the award in 2016 for his previous show Mat Ewins will make you a star.[14] Ewins was a Chortle Student Comedy Award finalist in 2009.[4][15][16]

His 2018 Edinburgh show was entitled What Sorry? My Mistake! The Doors Are Not Open; The Show Has Been Cancelled. Do Not Have Your Tickets Ready!,[17] followed in 2019 by Actually, Can I Have Eight Tickets Please?.[18]

Edinburgh Festival, solo shows edit

Year Show
2012 Bruce Hammers' Bananapocalypse[19]
2013 Mat Ewins: Once Upon a Time in the Jest[20]
2014 Mat Ewins: The Six Million Dollar Ewins[21]
2015 Mat Ewins: Day Job[22]
2016 Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star[23]
2017 Mat Ewins Presents Adventureman 7: The Return of Adventureman[24]
2018 Mat Ewins: What Sorry? My Mistake! The Doors Are Not Open; The Show Has Been Cancelled. Do Not Have Your Tickets Ready![25]
2019 Mat Ewins: Actually Can I Have Eight Tickets Please?[26]
2022 Mat Ewins: Danger Money[27]
2023 Mat Ewins: Mr TikTok[28]

Television and radio edit

In 2018, Ewins featured in BBC Three's stand-up comedy series Live from the BBC (series 3, episode 6).[29] He has appeared on BBC Radio 4[30] and on BBC Radio 4 Extra's Sabotage (series 2, episode 1).[31] In 2019, he was a guest on two episodes of the Channel 4 comedy show Harry Hill's Club Nite.[32]

On 26 November 2019, Ewins participated in the comedy night The Paddock which was live-streamed by Channel 4.[33][34]

On the 28th of January 2021, Ewins appeared in dictionary corner in Channels 4's panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Series 21 Episode 3).[35]

Personal life edit

In 2016, Ewins was living in North London where he shared a house with fellow comedian Richard Gadd.[36]

References edit

  1. ^ "Mat Ewins - Edinburgh Fringe 2017". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  2. ^ Suleiman, Yasmin (2019-08-05). "Mat Ewins: Actually Can I Have Eight Tickets Please?". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  3. ^ "Bristol Revunions". Theatre Bristol. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  4. ^ a b "Mat Ewins answers 10 Edinburgh Fringe Questions - 2015 Edinburgh Fringe". British Comedy Guide. 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  5. ^ "The Bearpit Podcast Podcast: 3 star review by Jane Thompson". broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  6. ^ Bennett, Steve. "The Bearpit Podcast (Podcast) : Reviews 2014 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  7. ^ Logan, Brian (13 August 2017). "Mat Ewins review – declaration of independence from seriousness". The Guardian.
  8. ^ "Mat Ewins' Adventureman is a sublime epic destined for fortune and glory".
  9. ^ Premier. "Mat Ewins - 2017 Best Comedy Show Nominee". Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
  10. ^ Logan, Brian (23 August 2017). "Edinburgh comedy awards: the nominees in full". The Guardian.
  11. ^ "Our verdict on the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations + the nominations in full". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  12. ^ Armstrong, Stephen (27 August 2017). "Edinburgh Fringe comedy awards shortlist" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  13. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "The Comedians' Choice Awards 2017 winners - 2017 Edinburgh Fringe - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide.
  14. ^ "Mat Ewins, Lolly Adefope and Bob Slayer win Comedians Choice Awards - 2016 Edinburgh Fringe - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide.
  15. ^ "Mat Ewins - Chortle Student Comedy Award Final", youtube.com, retrieved 2019-12-28
  16. ^ "Bristol Revunions". Theatre Bristol. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  17. ^ Willis, Martin (2018-08-03). "Edinburgh Festival 2018: The top comedy shows to see". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  18. ^ Angus, Craig (2019-08-13). "Review: Mat Ewins: Actually Can I Have Eight Tickets Please?". Fest Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  19. ^ Burgess, Marissa (2012-08-15). "Bruce Hammers' Bananapocalypse". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  20. ^ Latimer, Andrew (2013-08-16). "Mat Ewins: Once Upon a Time in the Jest". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  21. ^ McIntosh, Rowena (2014-08-22). "Mat Ewins: The Six Million Dollar Ewins". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  22. ^ Bennett, Steve. "Mat Ewins: Day Job : Reviews 2015 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  23. ^ Black, Suzanne (2016-08-10). "Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  24. ^ Richardson, Jay (2017-08-26). "Comedy review: Mat Ewins Presents Adventureman 7: The Return of Adventureman". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  25. ^ Murphy, Scott (2018-08-10). "Review: Mat Ewins: What Sorry? My Mistake! The Doors Are Not Open; The Show Has Been Cancelled. Do Not Have Your Tickets Ready!". The Wee Review - Scotland's arts and culture magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  26. ^ Hamill, Thomas (2019-08-13). "Edinburgh Fringe 2019 review: Mat Ewins - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  27. ^ "British Comedy Guide: Edinburgh Fringe 2022: Mat Ewins". www.comedy.co.uk. 2022-08-28. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  28. ^ "Mat Ewins: Mr TikTok - British Comedy Guide". www.comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  29. ^ "BBC Three - Live from the BBC, Series 3, Mat Ewins". BBC. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  30. ^ "All the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees interviewed!, Funny in Four - BBC Radio 4". BBC.
  31. ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Sabotage, Series 2, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  32. ^ "Harry Hill's Clubnite: Harry Hill's Clubnite - Episode Guide". Channel 4. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  33. ^ 24 Unique Live Comedy Acts | Original Comedy from Channel 4: The Paddock, retrieved 2019-12-28
  34. ^ "News: C4 To Live Stream New Comedy Talent Including Jordan Brookes, Mat Ewins, The Delightful Sausage, Olga Koch". Beyond The Joke. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  35. ^ "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown - On Demand - All 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  36. ^ Maxwell, Dominic (2016-10-20). "How a victim of sexual abuse turned his awful experience into a hit show". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

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