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’.
Author Archives: Tom
Melbourne Fringe 2026
Nominee 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show
Nominee Best Comedy 2023 Melbourne FringeAs 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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Live In Castlemaine: Saturday October 17th
TOM BALLARD LIVE IN CASTLEMAINE
Nominee 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show
Nominee Best Comedy 2023 Melbourne Fringe
As seen on Fisk, Deadloch, Tonightly, Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling Bee and Deal Or No Deal (for some reason). As heard on podcast Serious Danger.
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????
Bar opens at 6:30 PM; grab a drink beforehand. Bar closes one hour after the show has finished.
Free Soup after the event: Stay around for some soup and a chat afterwards.
Meet Greens Candidate for Bendigo West, Liza Shaw.
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Be Funny Challenge (Impossible) in London 2026
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee. Two-time Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award nominee.
As seen on Fisk and Deadloch.
As heard on BBC Radio 4 and The Bugle.
Last year, Tom told a joke that made people upset.
Please allow him to explain.
‘Absolutely packed with elite gags’ **** (Scotsman). ‘Relentless whirl of opinion, silliness and increasingly bad-taste jokes against those who most deserve it’ ****½ (Chortle.co.uk). ‘One of the slickest hours of stand-up I’ve ever seen, and packing a proper comedy punch’ (Adam Hills). ‘To call Ballard a comedian is being kind’ (Daily Mail commenter).
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LONDON
Bill Murray Comedy Club
Friday September 11th, 6pm
Saturday September 12th, 3:30pm
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More Politics, Please
What I Did Yesterday (with David O’Doherty & Max Rushden)
Joining us on this episode of ” is the comedian Tom BallardWe asked Tom what he did yesterday?
He told us.
That’s it… enjoy!
IRE/UK Tour 2026
Thanks to all my fellow Australians for coming out to the BE FUNNY CHALLENGE (IMPOSSIBLE) tour, you are all great and I hope you had fun haha.
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Next up I am coming to lovely Ireland and the UK for festivals and club gigs and Work-In-Progresses and things of that nature. All the details below.
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EDINBURGH FRINGE 2026
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Photo by Sutherland Media
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LONDON
Be Funny Challenge (Impossible)
Bill Murray Comedy Club
Friday September 11th, 6pm
Saturday September 12th, 3:30pm
I Went To HELL
New Bugle!
On this week’s issue of the Bugle, Andy is joined in person by Nish Kumar and Tom Ballard, as the three jump into this week’s news, from the 47th President’s birthday celebrations, to Elon Musk’s record breaking wealth. Plus UK news as Andy Burnham sets up for a leadership coup and Ugly shark news as scientists discovery a new ‘odd’ looking species. All this and more in issue 4383 of The Bugle!
Rod Quantock: Comedy Warrior Documentary
Was truly honoured to play a small part in this documentary about one of my comedy heroes, the inimitable Rod Quantock.
ROD QUANTOCK: COMEDY WARRIOR will be screening as the opening film at the Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival on the afternoon of Friday 26th June, following its premiere at the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.It will subsequently have a theatrical release at the NOVA cinema in Melbourne starting on July 30th.