my name’s tom and i’m an australian comedian doing his best.
i used to cohost the breakfast show on triple j, i hosted my own late-night tv show tonightly with tom ballard and i regularly travel all over the world performing stand-up comedy.
welcome to my website. here you can find out a little bit more about me, read my blog, check out any upcoming gigs i may have, check out my free podcast, and just generally have a good time.
if at any point you feel bored by this site’s content and would prefer the excitement and giddy thrills of youtube or online pornography, i suggest opening some new tabs and having the best of both worlds.
As seen on Fisk, Deadloch, Tonightly, Guy Montgomery’s Spelling Bee and Deal Or No Deal (for some reason). As heard on podcast Serious Danger.
After a year away from touring, doing nothing but being very nice and uncontroversial, Australia’s Special Envoy For Comedy Tom Ballard returns in 2026 with a new show packed with heaps of jokes about all the stuff.
You should definitely come along. After all, the world is extremely normal right now and everyone’s getting along really well, so why don’t we all just get together and have a nice laugh about it, you know?
What’s the worst that could happen????
Nominee – Melbourne Comedy Festival Award 2023
Nominee – Best Comedy, Melbourne Fringe 2023
“One of the slickest hours of stand-up I’ve ever seen and packing a proper comedy punch.” Adam Hills
“Fierce and funny…Ballard is a dynamo – a whirling, toe-curling bundle of energy, who is as politically powerful as he is fantastically funny.” ★★★★½ Arts Hub
“A relentless whirl of opinion, silliness, and increasingly bad-taste jokes against those who most deserve it.” ★★★★½ Chortle [UK]
“Absolutely packed with elite gags” ★★★★ The Scotsman [UK]
“To call Ballard a comedian is being kind…..All Ballard has is a potty mouth, and being from the demographic their ABC loves.” hair stew, Daily Mail commenter
Ever scrolled through the news and thought…really?
Join ETTE MEDIA’s Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf for their debut live show ‘IT’S A NO FROM ME’ – an evening of sharp, frank and funny witticism and criticism in a world turning to shiticism.
Be part of the Etterati as Jan and Antoinette peel back the layers of modern media to show you how (and why!) the sausage is made. There will be room for your hot takes, cold rage and lukewarm feelings about the state of the world.
They’ll be joined by experts to dissect the nonsense, comedians to reveal the absurd, and a rotating guest list of musicians and poets to tell you the truth.
So get geared up for a night that will definitely make you laugh, probably make you cry and hopefully make you think.
Excited to join the ladies’ show in CANBERRA on WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4th.
In 2004, a group of radicals boarded a fishing trawler they’d christened The Gayflower, flew 200 nautical miles off the coast of Queensland, and landed on a tiny patch of sand and birdshit in the middle of the sea.
Their mission? To plant a rainbow flag in the sand and officially declare the creation of The Gay & Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands: a magical nation independent of homophobic Australia, where there would be equality for all, the currency was the pink dollar, and the national anthem was I Am What I Am.
One can’t help but ask… what the f**k were they thinking?
Directed by the acclaimed Lyall Brooks (Become The One), this full production of the new play from Helpmann Award-winning comic Tom Ballard (Deadloch, Fisk) will make you laugh, cry, think, dance, and join the fight for a better world.
Starring an all-star queer cast: ANDY BALLOCH (The Wedding), ELLIOT WOOD (Storked), SEON WILLIAMS (White Fever) and TEO VERGARA (Converted!).
Don’t miss your chance to see this bizarre and inspiring slice of Australian queer history come to life on stage in what is set to be a massive Midsumma highlight.
Praise for Ballard’s play #Kwanda: “a rather brilliant political satire…will have you laughing till it hurts ★★★★½ ” – Cameron Woodhead, The Age
