Mat Ewins
Mat Ewins is a British 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.
Life and career
Ewins studied at Bristol University where he was a member of sketch comedy troupe The Bristol Revunions. He started doing stand-up in 1989 and debuted at the Edinburgh Festival in 2011.Stage
Ewins has performed various characters on The Bearpit Podcast , a live comedy show set up as a fictional podcast. Co-creators of the show and fellow performers were Lolly Adefope, Richard Gadd, Matt Winning, Fin Taylor and Adam Hess.He performed his solo show Adventureman 7, dubbed a ‘declaration of independence from seriousness’, at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival and the Vault festival. The show was nominated for Best Show at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival.
He won Best Show at the Comedians' Choice Awards 2017. He had also won the award in 2016 for his previous show Mat Ewins will make you a star. Ewins was a Chortle Student Comedy Award finalist in 2009.
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!, followed in 2019 by Actually, Can I Have Eight Tickets Please?.
Edinburgh Festival, solo shows
| Year | Show |
| 2012 | Bruce Hammers' Bananapocalypse |
| 2013 | Mat Ewins: Once Upon a Time in the Jest |
| 2014 | Mat Ewins: The Six Million Dollar Ewins |
| 2015 | Mat Ewins: Day Job |
| 2016 | Mat Ewins: Mat Ewins Will Make You a Star |
| 2017 | Mat Ewins Presents Adventureman 7: The Return of Adventureman |
| 2018 | Mat Ewins: What Sorry? My Mistake! The Doors Are Not Open; The Show Has Been Cancelled. Do Not Have Your Tickets Ready! |
| 2019 | Mat Ewins: Actually Can I Have Eight Tickets Please? |
Television and radio
In 2018, Ewins featured in BBC Three's stand-up comedy series Live from the BBC. He has appeared on BBC Radio 4 and on BBC Radio 4 Extra's Sabotage. In 2019, he was a guest on two episodes of the Channel 4 comedy show Harry Hill's Club Nite.On 26 November 2019, Ewins participated in the comedy night The Paddock which was live-streamed by Channel 4.