Australian magician and mentalist
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
Tarrant grew up in Adelaide , South Australia and studied at Brighton Secondary School from 2000 to 2004.[ 1]
Career
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] 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] [ 6] Pick Of the Fringe award in 2019, one of 29 prizes awarded at the closing night ceremony.[ 11] [ 12]
Television appearances
In 2016, Tarrant appeared on the third season of Australian Survivor 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 [ 16]
Personal life
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] [ 19]
References
^ 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 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 . 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 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 .
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