After Dinner SpeakersDr Matt Winning is a comedian unlike any other: a stand-up comic by night, and by day an environmental economist at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.
Full of energy, quick humour, and terrifying statistics, Matt’s PowerPoint-based comedy sets both entertains and educates audiences.
He offers a hilarious, shocking, fast-paced look at the planet’s future if the human race doesn’t get its act together on climate change. He also discusses what we can do to make a difference.
Matt Winning stands out for his ability to suit both daytime and evening events. Whether delivering an informative after-dinner performance or an entertaining daytime keynote, Matt’s topical comedy works in all sorts of contexts.
He is also an experienced awards host.
Matt can be seen on Dave’s Unspun with Matt Forde as ‘environmental correspondent’ and as a panellist on BBC Scotland’s topical radio show Breaking the News.
In 2016, Matt Winning became one of the first comedians to appear on the new subscription video-on-demand site Next Up Comedy.
He has also appeared on BBC3 Comedy Marathon and Hardeep at the Stand (BBC Scotland), regularly performs on live shows, and has written sketches for BBC Radio Scotland and The Comedy Unit.
He is also one-third of faux-rap group Vocal Point with ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ winner James Kirk and Chortle Student finalist Richard Gadd.
A regular at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Matt’s shows Filibuster, Climate Strange and It’s the End of the World As We Know It have received critical acclaim.
Matt won the Hilarity Bites New Act of the Year 2011 and was a finalist in the BBC New Comedy Awards 2012. He was also a finalist in the Chortle Student Comedy Awards in 2010 as himself and again in 2011 as the character Steph E Graph.
Matt co-created the Bearpit Podcast, a “Cultish” (The Independent) character-improv show.
He currently hosts Operation Earth – his podcast about climate change.
