Mat Ewins Explained

Mat Ewins
Birth Name:Matthew Ewins
Birth Place:London, England
Nationality:English
Occupation:Actor, writer, comedian
Years Active:2012–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

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

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]

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!,[16] followed in 2019 by Actually, Can I Have Eight Tickets Please?.[17]

In August 2024, he was was nominated for Best Show by the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards.[18]

Edinburgh Festival, solo shows

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

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]

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).[34]

Personal life

In 2016, Ewins was living in North London where he shared a house with fellow comedian Richard Gadd.[35]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mat Ewins - Edinburgh Fringe 2017. British Comedy Guide. en-GB. 2019-12-28.
  2. Web site: Mat Ewins: Actually Can I Have Eight Tickets Please?. Suleiman. Yasmin. 2019-08-05. Edinburgh Festival. en-GB. 2019-12-28.
  3. Web site: Bristol Revunions. Theatre Bristol. en-GB. 2019-12-28.
  4. Web site: Mat Ewins answers 10 Edinburgh Fringe Questions - 2015 Edinburgh Fringe. British Comedy Guide. en-GB. 2015-08-04. 2019-12-28.
  5. Web site: The Bearpit Podcast Podcast: 3 star review by Jane Thompson. broadwaybaby.com. en. 2019-12-28.
  6. Web site: The Bearpit Podcast (Podcast) : Reviews 2014 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. Bennett. Steve. www.chortle.co.uk. en. 2019-12-28.
  7. Web site: Mat Ewins review – declaration of independence from seriousness. Brian. Logan. 13 August 2017. The Guardian.
  8. Web site: Mat Ewins' Adventureman is a sublime epic destined for fortune and glory.
  9. Web site: Mat Ewins - 2017 Best Comedy Show Nominee. Premier. Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
  10. Web site: Edinburgh comedy awards: the nominees in full. Brian. Logan. 23 August 2017. The Guardian.
  11. Web site: Our verdict on the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations + the nominations in full. www.telegraph.co.uk.
  12. Web site: Edinburgh Fringe comedy awards shortlist. Stephen. Armstrong. 27 August 2017. www.thetimes.co.uk.
  13. Web site: The Comedians' Choice Awards 2017 winners - 2017 Edinburgh Fringe - British Comedy Guide. British Comedy. Guide. British Comedy Guide.
  14. Web site: Mat Ewins, Lolly Adefope and Bob Slayer win Comedians Choice Awards - 2016 Edinburgh Fringe - British Comedy Guide. British Comedy Guide.
  15. Web site: Bristol Revunions . Theatre Bristol . 2018-05-29.
  16. Web site: Edinburgh Festival 2018: The top comedy shows to see. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/edinburgh-festival-fringe-top-best-comedy-standup-shows-mat-ewins-kieran-hodgson-a8450761.html . 2022-05-12 . subscription . live. Willis. Martin. 2018-08-03. The Independent. en. 2019-12-28.
  17. Web site: Review: Mat Ewins: Actually Can I Have Eight Tickets Please?. Angus. Craig. 2019-08-13. Fest Magazine. 2019-12-28.
  18. Web site: ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards announces 2024 shortlists. Chortle. 21 August 2024. 21 August 2024.
  19. Web site: Bruce Hammers' Bananapocalypse. Burgess. Marissa. 2012-08-15. Edinburgh Festival. en-GB. 2019-12-28.
  20. Web site: Mat Ewins: Once Upon a Time in the Jest. Latimer. Andrew. 2013-08-16. Edinburgh Festival. en-GB. 2019-12-28.
  21. Web site: Mat Ewins: The Six Million Dollar Ewins. Rowena. McIntosh. 2014-08-22. Edinburgh Festival. en-GB. 2019-12-28.
  22. Web site: Mat Ewins: Day Job : Reviews 2015 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. Bennett. Steve. www.chortle.co.uk. en. 2019-12-28.
  23. Web site: Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star. Black. Suzanne. 2016-08-10. Edinburgh Festival. en-GB. 2019-12-28.
  24. Web site: Comedy review: Mat Ewins Presents Adventureman 7: The Return of Adventureman. www.scotsman.com. en. Richardson. Jay. 2017-08-26. 2019-12-28.
  25. Web site: 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. en-GB. Murphy. Scott. 2018-08-10. 2019-12-28.
  26. Web site: Edinburgh Fringe 2019 review: Mat Ewins - The Skinny. Hamill. Thomas. 2019-08-13. www.theskinny.co.uk. en. 2019-12-28.
  27. Web site: British Comedy Guide: Edinburgh Fringe 2022: Mat Ewins. 2022-08-28. www.comedy.co.uk. en. 2022-09-22.
  28. Web site: Mat Ewins: Mr TikTok - British Comedy Guide. www.comedy.co.uk. en. 2023-08-25.
  29. Web site: BBC Three - Live from the BBC, Series 3, Mat Ewins. BBC. en-GB. 2019-12-28.
  30. Web site: All the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees interviewed!, Funny in Four - BBC Radio 4. BBC.
  31. Web site: BBC Radio 4 Extra - Sabotage, Series 2, Episode 1. BBC. en-GB. 2019-12-28.
  32. Web site: Harry Hill's Clubnite: Harry Hill's Clubnite - Episode Guide. Channel 4. en. 2019-12-28.
  33. Web site: News: C4 To Live Stream New Comedy Talent Including Jordan Brookes, Mat Ewins, The Delightful Sausage, Olga Koch. 2019-11-26. Beyond The Joke. en. 2019-12-28.
  34. Web site: 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown - On Demand - All 4. 2021-08-22. www.channel4.com.
  35. News: How a victim of sexual abuse turned his awful experience into a hit show. Maxwell. Dominic. 2016-10-20. The Times. 2019-12-28. en. 0140-0460.

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