David Correos
{{short description|Comedian from New Zealand}}
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David Correos ({{IPAc-en|k|ɔː|r|ˈ|eɪ|ɔː|s}} {{respell|kor-AY-oss}}; born 8 December 1992) is a New Zealand comedian. He was the winner of the Billy T Award in 2016.{{cite web| url = https://thespinoff.co.nz/tv/21-08-2021/meet-david-correos-the-taskmaster-nz-contestant-who-snapped/?amp| title = Meet David Correos, the Taskmaster NZ contestant who snapped| last = Schulz| first = Chris | date = 21 August 2021| website = The Spinoff| access-date = 25 October 2021}}
Early life
Correos's parents immigrated to Christchurch in the 1980s from the Philippines; he grew up in Woolston.{{cite web| url = https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/twelve-questions-how-billy-t-award-winning-comedian-david-correos-lost-40kg/J36PJPMYLPX4HTM52FBETRR3PY/?outputType=amp| title = Twelve Questions: How Billy T Award-winning comedian David Correos lost 40kg| last = Dann| first = Jennifer | date = 23 April 2018| website = NZ Herald| access-date = 25 October 2021}}
During his teens, Correos trained as a weightlifter and represented New Zealand at several international events, and won his weight division at the 2012 Junior Oceania Championships. He narrowly missed out for qualification for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where a broken ankle ended his sporting career.
Wishing to perform in musical theatre, Correos attended a two-year drama course at Hagley College, after which he applied to a broadcasting school but was denied entry. He became interested in comedy and started performing arts at Hagley Theatre Company. His friend created a variety show called Monday Night Magic for artists who had no space to perform after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Correos started performing stand-up alongside musicians and street performers, and began learning how to write comedy.
He moved to Auckland in 2014 where he pursued a comedy career.
Career
Correos won the Billy T Award in 2016,{{Cite web|date=7 July 2021|title=The Taskmaster NZ contestant embracing failure|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/125666528/the-taskmaster-nz-contestant-embracing-failure|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Stuff|language=en}} and the Comic Originality award at the 2015 Comedy Guild Awards. He first performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017 with Matt Stellingwerf, their show entitled Chaos & Order.{{Cite web|title=David Correos and Matt Stellingwerf: Chaos and Order: 2 star review by Caitlin Rebecca|url=http://broadwaybaby.com/shows/david-correos-and-matt-stellingwerf-chaos-and-order/719965|access-date=25 October 2021|website=broadwaybaby.com|language=en}} He returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2018 with a new show titled The Correos Effect, and at a later date also performed it at the Fringe Festivals in Dunedin, Auckland and Adelaide.{{Cite web|title=David Correos: The Correos Effect|url=https://www.voicemag.uk/review/4455/david-correos-the-correos-effect|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Voice Magazine|language=en-gb}} In 2019, he performed his show Better Than I Was The Last Time at Fringe.{{Cite web|date=16 August 2019|title=David Correos: Better Than I Was The Last Time|url=https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/110763-david-correos-better-than-i-was-the-last-time/|access-date=25 October 2021|website=Edinburgh Festival|language=en-GB}}
Correos' television credits include appearances as a panelist on 7 Days (on which he was also a writer), The Project and Taskmaster NZ season two{{Cite web|url= https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/taskmaster-nz| title = Taskmaster NZ | access-date=25 October 2021|website=www.tvnz.co.nz}} and since then, David has also become a writer for Taskmaster NZ.
Correos also appears in videos by sketch comedy group Viva La Dirt League.
References
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Category:New Zealand male comedians
Category:New Zealand people of Filipino descent
Category:New Zealand male weightlifters
Category:Entertainers from Christchurch
Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
Category:21st-century New Zealand comedians
Category:People educated at St Thomas of Canterbury College
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