Mat Ewins

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Mat Ewins
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Matthew Ewins

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

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

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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] [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 was nominated for Best Show by the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards. [19]

Edinburgh Festival, solo shows

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

Television and radio

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

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

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