Mat Ewins | |
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Born | Matthew Ewins London, England |
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | 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]
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]
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]
Year | Show |
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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] |
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]
In 2016, Ewins was living in North London where he shared a house with fellow comedian Richard Gadd. [37]
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