Matt Tarrant
Matt Tarrant | |
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| Born | Matthew Tarrant 18 April 1987 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Brighton Secondary School[1] |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Television | |
| Website | matt-tarrant |
Matt Tarrant (born 18 April 1987) is an Australian magician and mentalist known for his touring stage shows and as a contestant on Australian Survivor.[1]
Early life[edit]
Tarrant grew up in Adelaide, South Australia and studied at Brighton Secondary School from 2000 to 2004.[1]
Career[edit]
Tarrant began performing at the age of 18 and established his career at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, winning the People's Choice of the Adelaide Fringe award for five years consecutively.[2][3][4] His debut solo show in 2016, Honestly Dishonest, received generally positive reviews and won the Best Magic awards in 2016 and 2017 at the festival's weekly awards.[5][6][7] Deception ran for an entire season at the Adelaide Fringe 2014 with his performing partner Vinh Giang.[8][9]
In 2017, Tarrant toured Australia, starting with the Fringe World Festival in Perth,[10] followed by the Adelaide Fringe Festival.[6] Tarrant won the Adelaide Fringe Pick Of the Fringe award in 2019, one of 29 prizes awarded at the closing night ceremony.[11] In January 2023, Tarrant became a board member of the Adelaide Fringe Foundation, which donated grants to artists and disadvantaged communities.[12]
Television appearances[edit]
In 2016, Tarrant appeared on the third season of Australian Survivor, which was the first series of the Network Ten iteration of the show, finishing in fifth place.[13][14][15]
In 2022, he competed on the tenth season of Australia's Got Talent and was eliminated as a semi-finalist.[16]
Personal life[edit]
An avid Port Adelaide Football Club supporter, Tarrant became an official celebrity ambassador for the club in 2014.[17]
Tarrant is also an Ambassador for South Australian charities Hutt St Centre [18] and Barkuma.[19]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Spain, Katie. "Introducing: Matt Tarrant, magician". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Matt Tarrant: From Survivor to FRINGE WORLD". So Perth. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Matt Tarrant: Happy". Adelaide Fringe. 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Tarrant, Matt (21 May 2012). "Matt Tarrant – Adelaide Magician". MindBlown. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Keen, Suzie (24 February 2017). "The survival skills of a mentalist". The Independent Weekly. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Matt Tarrant's magic show is wizzard". OutInPerth. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Matt Tarrant – Honestly Dishonest". 2 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Aird, Lachlan (10 December 2013). "Deception: Vinh Giang and Matt Tarrant". The Adelaide Review. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ McDonald, Patrick. "Fringe duo conjures up art of deception". The Advertiser. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ Gartner, Annelies (9 January 2017). "Survivor star's magic move". The West Australian. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "2019 BankSA Fringe Award Winners". Adelaide Fringe. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Adelaide Fringe Foundation Board Members". Adelaide Fringe. 9 May 2023. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Lee, Ashling. "Matt Was Probably the Most Underrated Castaway on Survivor". PopSugar. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ Gartner, Annelies. "Australian Survivor felt a 'little like high school'". Yahoo7. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "I was having horror dreams". news.com.au. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ Laidlaw, Kyle (24 October 2022). "Powerful performance strikes gold on Monday night's Australia's Got Talent". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "For Matt Tarrant, watching the Power is just magic". Port Adelaide Football Club. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Patron & Ambassadors". Hutt St Centre. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Congratulations to our ambassador @MattTarrant on another successful Fringe season". Barkuma. Retrieved 23 March 2018.