British Comedy Guide
Mat Ewins
Mat Ewins

Mat Ewins

  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian

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The best live comedy of 2025: shows to book now

From the whimsy of Atsuko Okatsuka to a proper tour for Jazz Emu's Knight Fever, our expert selects the hottest tickets of the year.

Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 4th January 2025

Brits heading to the 2025 Melbourne comedy festival

The line-up has been announced for next year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival, with a number of British-based comics heading down under.

Chortle, 9th December 2024

How to win the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show

If that title doesn't grab you how about 'Alternative Comedy Awards List'?

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th August 2024

ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlists revealed

The Jones Bootmaker ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced 13 nominees for Best Show and 10 nominees for Best Newcomer.

British Comedy Guide, 21st August 2024

Edinburgh Fringe Preview 2024 - Part Seven

Comics that deserve your love.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th July 2024

10 to see at Edinburgh Fringe

Our Managing Editor looks at some practically nailed-on winners for this August.

Kevin Ibbotson-Wight, The Wee Review, 24th July 2024

Tim Harding's comedy diary

Chortle, 26th January 2024

Edinburgh Fringe: 10 of the best comedy and theatre shows to watch

As the Fringe returns, Isobel Lewis has waded through the thousands of names in the programme to find you 10 shows to watch.

Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 4th August 2023

Mat Ewins review - digital gagster is full of nerdy fun

Even when the grouchy wannabe game-show host's set is buffering he still delivers a winning formula of hi-tech comedy and twisty jokes.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 29th November 2022

Who wants a lockdown one-liner? How comics are covering Covid at Edinburgh Fringe

The festival is in full swing with audiences crammed into comedy clubs. But is our global pandemic the elephant in the room?

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th August 2022

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