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"A FASCINATING PIECE OF STAND-UP WITH MCLAREN ABLE TO TAKE HIS AUDIENCE ON SUCH A PERILOUS JOURNEY WITHOUT OVERWHELMING THEM" - MY MELBOURNE ARTS
ELLIOT MCLAREN IS A AWARD NOMINATED STAND UP COMEDIAN FROM AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND.
HE WAS A GRAND FINALIST IN THE RAW COMEDY COMPETITION AND NOMINATED FOR BEST NEW COMEDIAN IN THE FIRST YEAR OF STARTING HIS CAREER IN STAND UP.
HIS COMEDIC STYLINGS ARE RAW WITH CHEEKY PUNCHES WHICH ARE DELIVERED IN A CONVERSATIONAL MANNER. HIS STORIES ARE INSPIRED FROM HIS COLOURFUL LIFE BEFORE COMEDY AND HAVE BEEN APPLAUDED INTERNATIONALLY AS BOTH HILARIOUS AND UNIQUE.
ELLIOT IS ALSO A TAKATĀPUI OR QUEER INDIGENOUS MAN AND REPRESENTS HIS CULTURE IN HIS ACT PROUDLY. HE IS FROM THE IWI/TRIBE NGĀTI KAHUNGUNU KI HERETAUNGA.
ON TOP OF HIS MANY TALENTS AS A STAND UP COMEDIAN AND MC, ELLIOT IS ALSO A MASTER BUTCHER. AFTER GROWING UP IN COASTAL AOTEAROA, LEARNING SUSTAINABLE FISHING AND LIVING OFF THE LAND HE PURSUED A CAREER IN CHARCUTERIE AND BUTCHERY UNTIL HE COMPLETED HIS QUEST FOR CUISINE BY LEARNING HOW TO COOK IN RESTAURANTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
LASTLY, ELLIOT'S BACKGROUND IS NO SECRET. HE HAS SHARED ON THE STAGE AND ON PODCASTS ABOUT THE TRAUMAS OF HIS UPBRINGINGS AND HOW THAT LED HIM DOWN A PATH OF DRUGS, CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS. HE IS AN ADVOCATE FOR HELP WITH ADDICTION, SURVIVING ABUSE AND FOR HELPING MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. HIS CHARITY WORK INCLUDES:
VOLUNTEERING AT A MĀORI MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION
COACHING THE FIRST QUEER INCLUSIVE RUGBY TEAM AT CHRISTCHURCH RFC, THE SECOND OLDEST RUGBY CLUB IN THE WORLD.
MC & AUCTIONEER AT REFUGEE FUNDRAISING EVENTS
AFTER FORMING HIS FIRST SOLO SHOW AT THE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL IN 2024 HE DONATED THE TICKET SALES TO ABORIGINAL CHARITIES AS A THANK YOU FOR USING THEIR LAND TO PERFORM ON AND TO HONOUR MĀORI CUSTOM OF GIVING ‘KOHA’
YOU CAN FIND ELLIOT PERFORMING ALL OVER AUSTRALIA THROUGH THE UPCOMING SHOWS PAGE OR FIND ELLIOT ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES AND HIS UPCOMING SHOW ON YOUTUBE ‘BASIC BUTCHERS’ WHERE HE TEACHES COMEDIANS AND OTHER FRIENDS HOW TO BUTCHER AND COOK A MEAL IN A HEARTWARMING, VULNERABLE AND HYSTERICAL WAY.
NGĀ MIHI NUI.