hello there.

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.

cheers.

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Geelong Comedy Festival 2026

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Lizzy Hoo is also a stand-up comedian, presenter, writer, and actor – and over the last few years has become one of the most in demand and hilarious live performers in Australia. You may have seen her on Have You Been Paying Attention?, The Weekly, The Hundred with Andy Lee or Guy Montgomery’s Spelling Bee.

“Lizzy is a riot.” ★★★★ Time Out

Tom Ballard is an award-winning Australian stand-up who’s trying to save the world with comedy. Since becoming the youngest ever winner of the Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Best Newcomer Award, Tom has performed stand-up all over the world, including at JFL Montreal and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

“A relentless whirl of opinion, silliness, and increasingly bad-taste jokes against those who most deserve it.” ★★★★½ Chortle

 

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New Buglin’ w/ Andy & Nish

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Joining Andy on this week’s issue of The Bugle is Nish Kumar and Tom Ballard, as they discuss Australia set to joining the EU, News of American Space Weapons, and AI that can create poetry better than some of the greats? Plus, Ed Sheeran & Macklemore controversy and Religion News, as Nottinghamshire parish told its 940-litre ‘portable immersion baptistery’ plan has no theological basis’.

Melbourne Fringe 2026

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Nominee 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show
Nominee Best Comedy 2023 Melbourne Fringe

As seen on Fisk, Deadloch, and Spicks’n’Specks.

Tom has a brand new show for you.

It will be unlike anything he’s done before.

Six nights only.

Cheers.

★★★★ – The Age, 2026
★★★★ – Chortle, 2026
★★★★★ – Standing Innovation, 2026

‘One of the slickest hours of stand-up I’ve ever seen, and packing a proper comedy punch’ – Adam Hills

 

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