Matt Tarrant Explained

Matt Tarrant
Birth Name:Matthew Tarrant
Birth Date:18 April 1987
Nationality:Australian
Education:Brighton Secondary School
Years Active:2006–present

Matt Tarrant (born 18 April 1987) is an Australian magician and mentalist known for his touring stage shows and as a contestant on Australian Survivor.[1]

Early life

Tarrant grew up in Adelaide, South Australia and studied at Brighton Secondary School from 2000 to 2004.

Career

Tarrant began performing at the age of 18 and established his career at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, winning the People's Choice of the Adelaide Fringe award for five years consecutively.[2] [3] [4] His debut solo show in 2016, Honestly Dishonest, received generally positive reviews and won the Best Magic awards in 2016 and 2017 at the festival's weekly awards.[5] [6] [7] Deception ran for an entire season at the Adelaide Fringe 2014 with his performing partner Vinh Giang.[8] [9]

In 2017, Tarrant toured Australia, starting with the Fringe World Festival in Perth,[10] followed by the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Tarrant won the Adelaide Fringe Pick Of the Fringe award in 2019, one of 29 prizes awarded at the closing night ceremony.[11] In January 2023, Tarrant became a board member of the Adelaide Fringe Foundation, which donated grants to artists and disadvantaged communities.[12]

Television appearances

In 2016, Tarrant appeared on the third season of Australian Survivor, which was the first series of the Network Ten iteration of the show, finishing in fifth place.[13] [14] [15]

In 2022, he competed on the tenth season of Australia's Got Talent and was eliminated as a semi-finalist.[16]

Personal life

An avid Port Adelaide Football Club supporter, Tarrant became an official celebrity ambassador for the club in 2014.[17]

Tarrant is also an Ambassador for South Australian charities Hutt St Centre [18] and Barkuma.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spain. Katie. Introducing: Matt Tarrant, magician. The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. 2 December 2017. live. limited. https://web.archive.org/web/20191210000530/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-lifestyle/introducing-matt-tarrant-magician/news-story/f5d41ca8c67e3f2acdf4b4358eb80f3c. 10 December 2019. en.
  2. Web site: Matt Tarrant: From Survivor to FRINGE WORLD. So Perth. 2 December 2017. 9 February 2017.
  3. Web site: Matt Tarrant: Happy. 17 December 2020. Adelaide Fringe. 24 May 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218000327/https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/matt-tarrant-happy-af2021. 18 December 2020.
  4. Web site: Tarrant. Matt. Matt Tarrant – Adelaide Magician. 21 May 2012. MindBlown. 24 May 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220302043130/http://mindblown.com.au/?team=matt-tarrant. 2 March 2022.
  5. Web site: Keen. Suzie. The survival skills of a mentalist. The Independent Weekly. 2 December 2017. 24 February 2017.
  6. Web site: Matt Tarrant's magic show is wizzard. OutInPerth. 21 January 2017 . 2 December 2017.
  7. Web site: Matt Tarrant – Honestly Dishonest. 2 November 2016. 24 May 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170302015708/https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/matt-tarrant-honestly-dishonest. 2 March 2017.
  8. Web site: Aird. Lachlan. Deception: Vinh Giang and Matt Tarrant. The Adelaide Review. 2 December 2017. 10 December 2013.
  9. Web site: McDonald. Patrick. Fringe duo conjures up art of deception. The Advertiser. 2 December 2017. en.
  10. Web site: Gartner. Annelies. Survivor star's magic move. The West Australian. 2 December 2017. 9 January 2017.
  11. Web site: 2019 BankSA Fringe Award Winners. Adelaide Fringe. 10 December 2019.
  12. Web site: Adelaide Fringe Foundation Board Members. 9 May 2023. Adelaide Fringe. 24 May 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230518032419/https://adelaidefringe.com.au/about-fringe-foundation. 18 May 2023.
  13. News: Matt Was Probably the Most Underrated Castaway on Survivor. Lee. Ashling. PopSugar. 2017-08-11. en-AU.
  14. Web site: Gartner. Annelies. Australian Survivor felt a 'little like high school'. Yahoo7. 2 December 2017. en-AU.
  15. News: I was having horror dreams. news.com.au. 2017-08-11. en.
  16. Web site: Laidlaw. Kyle. Powerful performance strikes gold on Monday night's Australia's Got Talent. 24 October 2022. TV Blackbox. 24 May 2023.
  17. News: For Matt Tarrant, watching the Power is just magic. Port Adelaide Football Club. 2017-08-27.
  18. News: Patron & Ambassadors. Hutt St Centre. 2024-06-12.
  19. News: Congratulations to our ambassador @MattTarrant on another successful Fringe season.. Barkuma. 2018-03-23.

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