You can listen to my nice chat with Matt Preston on ABC Breakfast about my book here.
‘A damn hilarious read.’ Nazeem Hussain
‘A true barbarian.’ Andrew Bolt
Our world is in chaos lol. And no, Australian Millennials, it’s not your imagination: things are especially f**ked for us.
Millions of Baby Boomers got beach houses, free education, jobs for life and a franking credit-fed retirement. But Millennials have been handed a housing crisis, crippling student debt, the gig economy, a cooked planet, a truly broken political system and now wars, inflation and a global pandemic, as a treat.
This fully sucks. But never fear – this book is going to fix everything. Through the power of jokes, history, interviews and sass, so-called comedian Tom Ballard unpicks how his generation got here, and explains why we should probably do a revolution.
Fact-filled and furiously funny, this is a must-read not just for young people wondering why they’ve been given such a raw deal,
but for anyone with an interest in how we’re making our collective future impossible.‘Tom Ballard is one of the most original, fearless and hilarious voices in Australian comedy.’ Wil Anderson
‘As a fellow beleaguered Millennial, Tom is exactly the voice we need in this time of wailing capitalist death throes. Funny but biting, he lays out how the system has screwed us all – and it has nothing to do with avocado toast. You’ll never be able to afford a house, so spend your money on this book instead.’ Amy Remeikis
‘Ballard is fuming, funny, and armed with facts.’ Tom Tilley
‘Speaking as Tom’s non-biological mother, I am naturally proud to bursting of everything he does, especially the gay sex and particularly the class consciousness, which you will find emerging in this book.’ Helen Razer
‘Tom makes me laugh, and think. I’m not sure in which order. This book might be his last but that’s ok – he’s nailed it.’ Dave Hughes
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
Cairns! I’m going to be in town working on some new jokes at the brilliant Laughing Heart Comedy at the Three Wolves Bar. Come on down!
WHERE: Three Wolves, 32 Abbott Street Cairns City, QLD 4870
WHEN: Sunday November 6th, 3pm
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?
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
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