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Mat Ewins

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Mat Ewins
Born
Matthew Ewins

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

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

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

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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

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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]

In August 2024, he was nominated for Best Show by the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards.[19]

Edinburgh Festival, solo shows

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Year Show
2012 Bruce Hammers' Bananapocalypse[20]
2013 Mat Ewins: Once Upon a Time in the Jest[21]
2014 Mat Ewins: The Six Million Dollar Ewins[22]
2015 Mat Ewins: Day Job[23]
2016 Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star[24]
2017 Mat Ewins Presents Adventureman 7: The Return of Adventureman[25]
2018 Mat Ewins: What Sorry? My Mistake! The Doors Are Not Open; The Show Has Been Cancelled. Do Not Have Your Tickets Ready![26]
2019 Mat Ewins: Actually Can I Have Eight Tickets Please?[27]
2022 Mat Ewins: Danger Money[28]
2023 Mat Ewins: Mr TikTok[29]

Television and radio

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In 2018, Ewins featured in BBC Three's stand-up comedy series Live from the BBC (series 3, episode 6).[30] He has appeared on BBC Radio 4[31] and on BBC Radio 4 Extra's Sabotage (series 2, episode 1).[32] In 2019, he was a guest on two episodes of the Channel 4 comedy show Harry Hill's Club Nite.[33]

On 26 November 2019, Ewins participated in the comedy night The Paddock which was live-streamed by Channel 4.[34][35]

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).[36]

Personal life

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In 2016, Ewins was living in North London where he shared a house with fellow comedian Richard Gadd.[37]

References

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  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. ^ "ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards announces 2024 shortlists". Chortle. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  20. ^ Burgess, Marissa (2012-08-15). "Bruce Hammers' Bananapocalypse". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  21. ^ Latimer, Andrew (2013-08-16). "Mat Ewins: Once Upon a Time in the Jest". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  22. ^ McIntosh, Rowena (2014-08-22). "Mat Ewins: The Six Million Dollar Ewins". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  23. ^ Bennett, Steve. "Mat Ewins: Day Job : Reviews 2015 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  24. ^ Black, Suzanne (2016-08-10). "Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  25. ^ Richardson, Jay (2017-08-26). "Comedy review: Mat Ewins Presents Adventureman 7: The Return of Adventureman". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  26. ^ 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.
  27. ^ Hamill, Thomas (2019-08-13). "Edinburgh Fringe 2019 review: Mat Ewins - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  28. ^ "British Comedy Guide: Edinburgh Fringe 2022: Mat Ewins". www.comedy.co.uk. 2022-08-28. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  29. ^ "Mat Ewins: Mr TikTok - British Comedy Guide". www.comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  30. ^ "BBC Three - Live from the BBC, Series 3, Mat Ewins". BBC. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  31. ^ "All the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees interviewed!, Funny in Four - BBC Radio 4". BBC.
  32. ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Sabotage, Series 2, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  33. ^ "Harry Hill's Clubnite: Harry Hill's Clubnite - Episode Guide". Channel 4. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  34. ^ 24 Unique Live Comedy Acts | Original Comedy from Channel 4: The Paddock, retrieved 2019-12-28
  35. ^ "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.
  36. ^ "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown - On Demand - All 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  37. ^ 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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