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Mat Ewins
English actor, writer and stand-up comedian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
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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 nominated for Best Show by the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards.[19]
Edinburgh Festival, solo shows
Television and radio
In 2018, Ewins featured in BBC Three's stand-up comedy series Live from the BBC (series 3, episode 6).[31] He has appeared on BBC Radio 4[32] and on BBC Radio 4 Extra's Sabotage (series 2, episode 1).[33] In 2019, he was a guest on two episodes of the Channel 4 comedy show Harry Hill's Club Nite.[34]
On 26 November 2019, Ewins participated in the comedy night The Paddock which was live-streamed by Channel 4.[35][36]
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).[37]
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Personal life
In 2016, Ewins was living in North London where he shared a house with fellow comedian Richard Gadd.[38]
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