Mat Ewins is an English actor, writer and stand-up comedian.
Mat Ewins | |
|---|---|
| Born | Matthew Ewins London, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, comedian |
| Years active | 2012–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
editEwins 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
editEwins 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
edit| 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
editIn 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
editIn 2016, Ewins was living in North London where he shared a house with fellow comedian Richard Gadd.[37]
References
edit- ^ "Mat Ewins - Edinburgh Fringe 2017". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Suleiman, Yasmin (2019-08-05). "Mat Ewins: Actually Can I Have Eight Tickets Please?". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "Bristol Revunions". Theatre Bristol. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ a b "Mat Ewins answers 10 Edinburgh Fringe Questions - 2015 Edinburgh Fringe". British Comedy Guide. 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "The Bearpit Podcast Podcast: 3 star review by Jane Thompson". broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Bennett, Steve. "The Bearpit Podcast (Podcast) : Reviews 2014 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Logan, Brian (13 August 2017). "Mat Ewins review – declaration of independence from seriousness". The Guardian.
- ^ "Mat Ewins' Adventureman is a sublime epic destined for fortune and glory".
- ^ Premier. "Mat Ewins - 2017 Best Comedy Show Nominee". Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
- ^ Logan, Brian (23 August 2017). "Edinburgh comedy awards: the nominees in full". The Guardian.
- ^ "Our verdict on the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations the nominations in full". www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Armstrong, Stephen (27 August 2017). "Edinburgh Fringe comedy awards shortlist" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ Guide, British Comedy. "The Comedians' Choice Awards 2017 winners - 2017 Edinburgh Fringe - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide.
- ^ "Mat Ewins, Lolly Adefope and Bob Slayer win Comedians Choice Awards - 2016 Edinburgh Fringe - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide.
- ^ "Mat Ewins - Chortle Student Comedy Award Final", youtube.com, retrieved 2019-12-28
- ^ "Bristol Revunions". Theatre Bristol. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Angus, Craig (2019-08-13). "Review: Mat Ewins: Actually Can I Have Eight Tickets Please?". Fest Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards announces 2024 shortlists". Chortle. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Burgess, Marissa (2012-08-15). "Bruce Hammers' Bananapocalypse". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Latimer, Andrew (2013-08-16). "Mat Ewins: Once Upon a Time in the Jest". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ McIntosh, Rowena (2014-08-22). "Mat Ewins: The Six Million Dollar Ewins". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Bennett, Steve. "Mat Ewins: Day Job : Reviews 2015 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Black, Suzanne (2016-08-10). "Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Richardson, Jay (2017-08-26). "Comedy review: Mat Ewins Presents Adventureman 7: The Return of Adventureman". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hamill, Thomas (2019-08-13). "Edinburgh Fringe 2019 review: Mat Ewins - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "British Comedy Guide: Edinburgh Fringe 2022: Mat Ewins". www.comedy.co.uk. 2022-08-28. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "Mat Ewins: Mr TikTok - British Comedy Guide". www.comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
- ^ "BBC Three - Live from the BBC, Series 3, Mat Ewins". BBC. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "All the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees interviewed!, Funny in Four - BBC Radio 4". BBC.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Sabotage, Series 2, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "Harry Hill's Clubnite: Harry Hill's Clubnite - Episode Guide". Channel 4. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ 24 Unique Live Comedy Acts | Original Comedy from Channel 4: The Paddock, retrieved 2019-12-28
- ^ "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.
- ^ "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown - On Demand - All 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
- ^ 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.
