GOOD POINT WELL MADE | TOUR 2024

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Here she is: my brand new show for 2024, GOOD POINT WELL MADE.

Nominee – The Melbourne Comedy Festival Award 2023

Tom Ballard is undeniably one of Australia’s comedians. That simply cannot be denied.

He returns in 2024 with a brand-new hour of stand up, featuring electric zingers and incredible points being made with expert precision. It’ll make you laugh and cry and laugh and think and laugh again, then it’ll make you gasp and laugh and feel alive and laugh and ponder things and laugh some more.

In 2023, he toured his show IT IS I across Australia and the world. Picking up rave reviews, a Melbourne Comedy Festival Most Outstanding Show nomination, sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and an invitation to perform alongside Eddie Izzard at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival along the way.

(People even seemed to like the show in England, even though it involved him yelling rude things about the Queen for over half an hour.)

On top of all that, Tom appeared as lovable sweetheart/terrible cop Constable Sven Alderman in the hit Prime Video series Deadloch, cohosted his weekly political podcast Serious Danger, and began the process of cooking up even fresher and gooder jokes about everything that’s going on with the world, etc.

Winner – Best Comedy Performer, Helpmann Award 2016

Winner – Best Local Show, Sydney Comedy Festival 2017

“A raucous performance that is political as it is personal.” ★★★★★ Time Out, 2023

“A relentless whirl of opinion, silliness, and increasingly bad-taste jokes against those who most deserve it.” ★★★★½ Chortle, 2023

“A very strong hour of acerbic comedy with a socialist bent.” ★★★★ The Age, 2023

“Absolutely packed with elite gags” ★★★★ The Scotsman, 2023

“Tom Ballard runs on anger.” The Australian

Tickets for shows in ADELAIDE | ORANGE | HOBART | LAUNCESTON | CANBERRA | WARRNAMBOOL | MELBOURNE | BRISBANE | PERTH | BRUNSWICK HEADS | NEWCASTLE | SYDNEY | EDINBURGH are now on sale.

 

BOOK HERE!

Good Point Well Made @ Edinburgh Fringe 2024

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Best Show Nominee, Edinburgh Comedy Awards and Melbourne Comedy Festival.

As seen on Prime Video’s Deadloch.

As heard on Radio 4 and The Bugle.

#10 in the British Comedy Guide’s Top 50 Shows of 2023.

Tom Ballard is undeniably one of Australia’s comedians. In 2024 he returns to the Fringe with a shiny new show bursting with electric zingers and incredible points being made with expert precision.

It’ll make you laugh and cry and think and then laugh again haha.

‘Unrelenting and uproarious.’ **** ½ (Chortle).

‘Absolutely packed with elite gags.’ **** (Scotsman).

 

BOOK HERE!

 

The Briefing Podcast w/ Tom Tilley: Why I’m Angry & The Role of Political Comedy

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Really loved the chance to have this conversation with my mate Tom Tilley: we went DEEP on my politics, comedy and anger.

Tom Ballard is possibly the most political comedian in Australia, with his stand up tackling issues including asylum seekers, racism, the monarchy and capitalism.

His new show, Good Point Well Made, is no different. He reflects on Australia’s failed voice referendum and Donald Trump- alongside a healthy dose of toilet humour.

In this chat with Tom Tilley, Ballard opens up about the process of writing the show, why he loves performing, and the rise of fellow comedian and friend Hannah Gadsby.