Matt Tarrant
{{Short description|Australian magician and mentalist}}
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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.{{cite web|last=Spain|first=Katie|title=Introducing: Matt Tarrant, magician|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-lifestyle/introducing-matt-tarrant-magician/news-story/f5d41ca8c67e3f2acdf4b4358eb80f3c|website=The Advertiser|publisher=News Corp Australia|accessdate=2 December 2017|url-status=live|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210000530/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-lifestyle/introducing-matt-tarrant-magician/news-story/f5d41ca8c67e3f2acdf4b4358eb80f3c|archive-date=10 December 2019|language=en}}
Early life
Tarrant grew up in Adelaide, South Australia and studied at Brighton Secondary School from 2000 to 2004.
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.{{cite web|title=Matt Tarrant: From Survivor to FRINGE WORLD|url=https://soperth.com.au/matt-tarrant-survivor-fringe-world-15596|website=So Perth|accessdate=2 December 2017|date=9 February 2017}}{{cite web|title=Matt Tarrant: Happy|url=https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/matt-tarrant-happy-af2021|date=17 December 2020|website=Adelaide Fringe|access-date=24 May 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218000327/https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/matt-tarrant-happy-af2021|archive-date=18 December 2020}}{{cite web|last=Tarrant|first=Matt|title=Matt Tarrant – Adelaide Magician|url=http://mindblown.com.au/?team=matt-tarrant|date=21 May 2012|website=MindBlown|access-date=24 May 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302043130/http://mindblown.com.au/?team=matt-tarrant|archive-date=2 March 2022}} 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.{{cite web|last1=Keen|first1=Suzie|title=The survival skills of a mentalist|url=https://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/adelaide-fringe/2017/02/24/the-survival-skills-of-a-mentalist/|website=The Independent Weekly|accessdate=2 December 2017|date=24 February 2017}}{{cite web|title=Matt Tarrant's magic show is wizzard|url=http://www.outinperth.com/matt-tarrants-magic-show-wizzard/|website=OutInPerth|date=21 January 2017 |accessdate=2 December 2017}}{{cite web|title=Matt Tarrant – Honestly Dishonest|url=https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/matt-tarrant-honestly-dishonest|date=2 November 2016|access-date=24 May 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302015708/https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/matt-tarrant-honestly-dishonest|archive-date=2 March 2017}} Deception ran for an entire season at the Adelaide Fringe 2014 with his performing partner Vinh Giang.{{cite web|last1=Aird|first1=Lachlan|title=Deception: Vinh Giang and Matt Tarrant|url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/news/deception-honestly-dishonest/|website=The Adelaide Review|accessdate=2 December 2017|date=10 December 2013}}{{cite web|last1=McDonald|first1=Patrick|title=Fringe duo conjures up art of deception|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/adelaide-fringe/fringe-magic-duo-matt-tarrant-and-vinh-giang-conjure-up-the-art-of-deception/story-fnintxwl-1227167402586|website=The Advertiser|accessdate=2 December 2017|language=en}}
In 2017, Tarrant toured Australia, starting with the Fringe World Festival in Perth,{{cite web|last1=Gartner|first1=Annelies|title=Survivor star's magic move|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/fringe-festival/survivor-stars-magic-move-ng-b88350124z|website=The West Australian|accessdate=2 December 2017|date=9 January 2017}} followed by the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Tarrant won the Adelaide Fringe Pick Of the Fringe award in 2019, one of 29 prizes awarded at the closing night ceremony.{{cite web|title=2019 BankSA Fringe Award Winners|url=https://adelaidefringe.com.au/2019-banksa-fringe-award-winners|website=Adelaide Fringe|accessdate=10 December 2019}} In January 2023, Tarrant became a board member of the Adelaide Fringe Foundation, which donated grants to artists and disadvantaged communities.{{cite web|title=Adelaide Fringe Foundation Board Members|url=https://adelaidefringe.com.au/about-fringe-foundation|date=9 May 2023|website=Adelaide Fringe|access-date=24 May 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518032419/https://adelaidefringe.com.au/about-fringe-foundation|archive-date=18 May 2023}}
Television appearances
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.popsugar.com.au/celebrity/Matt-Tarrant-Interview-Australian-Survivor-2016-42604987#interstitial-0|title=Matt Was Probably the Most Underrated Castaway on Survivor|last=Lee|first=Ashling|work=PopSugar|access-date=2017-08-11|language=en-AU}}{{cite web|last1=Gartner|first1=Annelies|title=Australian Survivor felt a 'little like high school'|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/32986543/matt-tarrant-surprised-by-australian-survivor-top-five/#page1|publisher=Yahoo7|accessdate=2 December 2017|language=en-AU}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/australian-survivor-2016-adelaide-magician-matt-tarrant-is-eliminated/news-story/709fb3a24f5522bced1f9a3b2ea3dc8d|title=I was having horror dreams|work=news.com.au|access-date=2017-08-11|language=en}}
In 2022, he competed on the tenth season of Australia's Got Talent and was eliminated as a semi-finalist.{{cite web|last=Laidlaw|first=Kyle|url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2022/10/24/powerful-performance-strikes-gold-on-monday-nights-australias-got-talent-agton7/|title=Powerful performance strikes gold on Monday night's Australia's Got Talent|date=24 October 2022|website=TV Blackbox|access-date=24 May 2023}}
Personal life
An avid Port Adelaide Football Club supporter, Tarrant became an official celebrity ambassador for the club in 2014.{{Cite news|url=http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2015-02-09/ambassador-profile-matt-tarrant|title=For Matt Tarrant, watching the Power is just magic|work=Port Adelaide Football Club|access-date=2017-08-27}}
Tarrant is also an Ambassador for South Australian charities Hutt St Centre {{Cite news|url=https://www.huttstcentre.org.au/about-us/patron-and-ambassadors|title=Patron & Ambassadors|work=Hutt St Centre|access-date=2024-06-12}} and Barkuma.{{Cite news|url=https://x.com/BarkumaInc/status/977056590275719174|title=Congratulations to our ambassador @MattTarrant on another successful Fringe season.|work=Barkuma|access-date=2018-03-23}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://matt-tarrant.com}}
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