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#Kwanda: A Play Full Recording

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Here’s the satirical play I wrote back in 2019 for your viewing pleasure.

Monday night, 9.30pm, ABC.

Five panellists join a veteran journalist host on the nation’s flagship discussion program, ready to answer audience questions about the 2019 Australian federal election.

It’s set to be a scintillating display of civilised and enlightening debate.

Then someone starts saying what they really think, and it all goes to shit.

A satire about politics, words, honesty and The Discourse.

Recorded @ MICF 2019

Ra Chapman as SUSAN MINN

Emily Taheny as KATIE BIRD

Michelle Brasier as MEREDITH DUNN

Tom Ballard as TONY JONES

Patrick Livesey as MICHAEL LAWSON

Geraldine Hickey as LEONIE HARRIS

Scott Edgar as BRIAN / GUITARIST

Written by Tom Ballard

Directed by Alan Brough

Thanks to Zen, the MICF and all at Token Events

Enough Airdate on Channel 10: October 10th

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Stand-up special Tom Ballard: Enough, which has previously screened on Paramount+, has a Free to Air screening on 10 in October.

The special was filmed at Chapel off Chapel in Melbourne in late 2021.

Tom Ballard’s had Enough. He’s had enough of COVID, anti-vaxxers, being lonely, culture wars, the super wealthy, capitalism and Baby Boomers. He’s over it. But he’s determined to fix all these things by yelling horrible jokes about them in a beautiful venue. Ballard’s fearless, he’s unrelenting and he is at his white-hot rage best in Enough.

10:10pm Monday October 10 on 10! Is that deliberate?

 

My new special ENOUGH is out now on Paramount+

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From COVID to capitalism, watch Tom Ballard try to fix everything by yelling his horrible jokes in a beautiful venue.

“One of the most fearless and hilarious voices in Australian comedy” – Wil Anderson

“An hour of absolutely hilarious white-hot rage. ★★★★★ ” – Time Out “A true barbarian.” – Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun

Sign up for a free 7-day trial for Paramount+ now and ENJOY: https://bit.ly/3tW4Un1

GREATEST HITS (PENDING) @ SYDNEY FRINGE COMEDY 2022

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Tom Ballard (Triple J Breakfast, ABC’s Tonightly) and Tommy Dassalo (The Little Dum Dum Club, Filthy Casuals) are two beautiful stand-up comedians. You may have seen some of their best jokes on The Gala and Just For Laughs Australia. But those best jokes have to come from somewhere, which is where you come in. Join Tom and Tommy for an evening of work-in-progress bits, ideas, and riffs. Witness the unbridled joy when a new premise soars and shed a tearwhen a punchline absolutely bombs. It’s cheap! 

 

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