David Correos

David Correos
Correos in 2017
Born (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 32)[1]
OccupationComedian

David Correos (/kɔːrˈeɪɔːs/ kor-AY-oss; born 8 December 1992) is a comedian from New Zealand. He was the winner of the Billy T Award in 2016.[2]

Early life

Correos's parents immigrated to Christchurch in the 1980s from the Philippines; he grew up in Woolston.[3]

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.[1] He narrowly missed out for qualification for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where a broken ankle ended his sporting career.[3]

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.[3]

He moved to Auckland in 2014 where he pursued a comedy career.

Career

Correos won the Billy T Award in 2016,[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] In 2019, he performed his show Better Than I Was The Last Time at Fringe.[7]

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[8] 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

  1. ^ a b "CORREOS DAVID". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  2. ^ Schulz, Chris (21 August 2021). "Meet David Correos, the Taskmaster NZ contestant who snapped". The Spinoff. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Dann, Jennifer (23 April 2018). "Twelve Questions: How Billy T Award-winning comedian David Correos lost 40kg". NZ Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. ^ "The Taskmaster NZ contestant embracing failure". Stuff. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  5. ^ "David Correos and Matt Stellingwerf: Chaos and Order: 2 star review by Caitlin Rebecca". broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. ^ "David Correos: The Correos Effect". Voice Magazine. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  7. ^ "David Correos: Better Than I Was The Last Time". Edinburgh Festival. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Taskmaster NZ". www.tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2021.


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