Matt Elliott (writer)

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Matt Elliott (born 1969) is a non-fiction writer, biographer and former New Zealand

stand-up comedian.[1]

Background

Elliott comes from Auckland and was educated at St Peter's College where he won the General excellence and senior English prizes in 1987.[2]

Comedy

Elliott began performing professionally as a stand-up comedian as a "nervous teenager" in 1989 at a late night cabaret at the Station Hotel, Auckland in a show called Lewd and the Ludicrous.[3] In 1991 he was runner up in a comedy quest at Auckland's Abby's Hotel.[4] Elliott then became part of a comedy collective called Laughter Mafia which performed weekly and successfully at the same venue which became the comedy venue of Auckland in 1991 and 1992.[5] Elliott was also involved in monthly shows by comedians called "Comedyfest" at Kitty O'Brien's Irish Pub and other venues in 1992 and 1993.[6] After his stint in Melbourne (see below), Elliott participated in the 1994 Auckland Watershed Comedy Festival.[7]

Melbourne

In early 1993, Elliott moved to

fush and chups'. That would get a great reaction, then I would get on with the rest of my act". Often, Elliott was able to perform every night of the week at pub shows or in a succession of one-off monthly shows. As 1993 went on, his style became based more on one-liners than the longer material he had been doing in New Zealand - he felt that there was less for him to remember and also less for the audience to "wade through". After one and a half years, and having achieved his "professional goals", Elliott returned to Auckland in 1994.[8]

Career

From the 1990s, Elliott put on sold-out shows at Comedy and Fringe festivals, worked in television and film, wrote and directed satirical revues, and devised and taught a comedy writing course which spawned the Ministry of Chocolate Fisheries sketch comedy radio show on

Plains FM. National Radio produced a story he wrote for children called Young Horace and Oscar's Trick in 1996. Elliott produced and presented a weekly radio show dedicated to promoting comedy - old and new - on Wellington
Access Radio for two years and authored the satirical news blog mattelliottsbreaking news. Elliott's last stand-up comedy appearance was in 2007.

However, Elliott is known for his large collection of comedy audio and played selections from it on

NZ Post Children's Book Awards.[10]

Bibliography of works by Matt Elliott

External links

Notes

  1. ^ Elliott, Matt, New Zealand Book Council Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 24 January 2014)
  2. ^ St Peter's Magazine 1987, p. 51.
  3. ^ Matt Elliott, Kiwi Jokers: The Rise and Rise of New Zealand Comedy, Harper Collins, Auckland, 1997, p. 106.
  4. ^ Elliott, Kiwi Jokers, p. 111.
  5. ^ Elliott, Kiwi Jokers, pp. 113-115.
  6. ^ Elliott, Kiwi Jokers, pp. 118-130.
  7. ^ Elliott, Kiwi Jokers, p. 205.
  8. ^ Elliott, Kiwi Jokers, pp. 155-156.
  9. ^ Warwick Roger, North & South, November 2009, p. 95.
  10. ^ "Diary of a Kiwi Soldier Wins Children’s Book of the Year", Booksellers NZ Archived 2012-05-26 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 12 July 2012)
  11. ^ Nice Day for a War: Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War I (retrieved 12 July 2012)
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