TOM BALLARD
Tom Ballard is an award-winning stand up comedian/actor/writer/broadcaster. He’s one of Australia’s hottest comic talents, he’s performed and won acclaim all around the world.
In 2009, Tom became the youngest ever recipient of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Best Newcomer Award for his debut hour, Tom Ballard Is What He Is. He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe for his show Taxis & Rainbows & Hatred, while his 2016 show The World Keeps Happening was nominated for Best Show in both Melbourne and Edinburgh, as well as taking out the 2016 Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer.
He co-hosted the breakfast show on national youth radio station triple j for four years (picking up an ARIA for Best Comedy Release along the way) and then at just 24 years old, he hosted Reality Check: his very own ABC TV panel show dissecting the insane world of reality television. He hosted his own satirical late night show for ABC Comedy, Tonightly with Tom Ballard.
CREDITS
TV
Tonightly with Tom Ballard
First Contact
Q&A
Reality Check
ABC Comedy
SBS
ABC
ABC1
Host
Cast
Guest Host
Host
2017 - 2018
2016
2015
2014
Live
Enough
Problematic
The World Keeps Happening
Taxis & Rainbows & Hatred
Tom Ballard Is What He Is
Edinburgh Fringe Festival / Soho Theatre
Edinburgh Fringe Festival / Soho Theatre
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Sydney Comedy Festival
2019
2017
2016
2015
2009
MEDIA
PRESS/AWARDS
Awards:
WINNER: Best Australian Show
WINNER: Best Comedy Performer
NOMINEE: Best Comedy Show
NOMINEE: Best Newcomer
WINNER: Best Newcomer
Sydney Comedy Festival
Helpmann Award
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2017
2016
2016
2015
2009
Press:
"[Ballard’s] material, most importantly, absolutely kills…It’s tightly paced, it’s perfectly delivered and it’s funny as hell…"
★★★★★ TimeOut Sydney
"Hilarious from start to finish…absolutely flawless…"
★★★★★ Adelaide Advertiser
"Engaged, conscientious and consistently, archly funny, Ballard is precisely the sort of political commentator the world needs."
★★★★ The Scotsman
"Ballard is primed to be at the forefront of a new generation of politically motivated comics, and you couldn’t want for a more dynamic poster boy."
★★★★ Chortle [UK]
"Tom Ballard has the Millennial rant down to an art."
★★★★ The Age