Boomervention

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Got to help out with this fun campaign encouraging people to hold their own BOOMERVENTION to convince the Boomers in their lives to vote for a future that isn’t on fire this election.

Find out more at boomervention.com.au . 

My Stand-Up Special “ENOUGH” is coming to Paramount+ April 1st

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Good and joyful news announced (via TV Tonight)

Four new stand-up comedy specials will screen on Paramount+.

Peter Helliar, Geraldine Hickey, Nath Valvo and Tom Ballard all perform shows at Prahran’s historic Chapel Off Chapel venue…

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.

Friday April 1 on Paramount+.

ANNOUNCED: Deadloch

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Stoked to be part of this new scripted comedy feminist noir murder mystery show Deadloch, from the kinds of Kates McLennan & McCartney.

Production has begun in Tasmania, Australia on “Deadloch,” a noir comedy that will be an Amazon original series.

The story is set in the once sleepy seaside hamlet of Deadloch and begins after a man’s dead body is found on the beach. Two female detectives are thrown together to solve the case, one fastidious, the other a more rough and ready type from out of town. Along with an over-eager junior they have to pool forces to solve the case while the town is putting on its annual crafts, culture and cooking festival.

The eight-part show was conceived by comedy duo Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan and will star Kate Box (“Fires,” “Wentworth”), Madeleine Sami “The Breaker Upperers”), Alicia Gardiner (“Wakefield”) and Nina Oyama (“Utopia”), as well as an ensemble cast.

“Deadloch” is to be directed between February and May by acclaimed Australian directors Ben Chessell (“The Great,” “Giri/Haji”), Gracie Otto (“The Moth Effect,” “Seriously Red”) and Beck Cole (“Black Comedy,” “Wentworth”). Production is by Andy Walker (“Rosehaven,” “The Kettering Incident”) for Prime Video, Guesswork Television and OK Great Productions.

It was written by McCartney and McLennan along with Kim Wilson, Christian White, Anchuli Felicia King, Kristy Fisher and Sami. McCartney and McLennan are also set as showrunner-producers. Fiona McConaghy is co-producer. While executive producer credits go to McCartney, McLennan, Kevin Whyte and Tanya Phegan.

The “Deadloch” cast is fleshed out by Tom Ballard, Susie Youssef (“Rosehaven”), Pamela Rabe (“Wentworth”), Kris McQuade (“Rosehaven”), Duncan Fellows (“The Letdown”), Harvey Zielinski (“Don’t Look Deeper”), Shaun Martindale (“The Tailings”), Katie Robertson (“Five Bedrooms”), Nick Simpson-Deeks (“Winners & Losers”), Mia Morrissey (“Home and Away”), Leonie Whyman (“Dark Place”) and Mick Davies (“Rosehaven”) with Holly Austin, Kartanya Maynard and Naarah.

You can read the full story on Variety here.

Live Recording @ Chapel Off Chapel

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Book here.

 

Melbourne mates, I’m doing two shows at the lovely Chapel Off Chapel, one of which is going to be filmed for a thing.

They’re happening on Tuesday December 7th & Thursday 9th. Please come along yes yes.

 

Come watch Tom fix everything by yelling his best jokes in a nice room in front of cameras. Please.

 

“A true barbarian.”

– Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun

 

“Much of his stand up is about as funny as listening to a recording of one of Joe Stalin’s four-hour rants.”

– Gerard Henderson, The Australian

 

“It’s an hour of absolutely hilarious white-hot rage.★★★★★ ”

– Time Out

 

“Has as a frankly ridiculous ability to hit all his marks and deftly detonate every punchline. ★★★★½ ”

– The Age

 

“Ballard delivers an absolute comedy masterclass.★★★★★”

– Beat

 

“Unrelenting and uproarious.★★★★½ ”

– Chortle [UK]