hello there.

my name’s tom and i’m an australian comedian doing his best.

i used to cohost the breakfast show on triple j,  i hosted my own late-night tv show tonightly with tom ballard and i regularly travel all over the world performing stand-up comedy.

welcome to my website. here you can find out a little bit more about me, read my blog, check out any upcoming gigs i may have, check out my free podcastsign up to the mailing list and just generally have a good time.

if at any point you feel bored by this site’s content and would prefer the excitement and giddy thrills of youtube or online pornography, i suggest opening some new tabs and having the best of both worlds.

cheers.

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GOOD POINT WELL MADE | TOUR 2024

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 are now on sale.

 

BOOK HERE!

Serious Danger LIVE in April

“I’ve always considered the Greens to be a real, serious danger to Australia” – former Prime Minister Scott Morrison

ATTENTION ALL COMRADES, DANGERHEADS & DANGER DOGS

They’re BAAAAAAAACK!

After selling out their big fat 100th episode celebration last year, filthy commies EMERALD MOON and TOM BALLARD (and producer Michael The Griff/Griff-Dog Griffin) are bringing their podcast Serious Danger back in April for more live fun and revolution.

Come and marvel at their incisive analysis and funny jokes about our broken political system and its greatest threat: the Australian Greens. It’s wonderful Lefty woke trash.

Previous guests on the show include Father Bob Maguire, Senator Larissa Waters, Wil Anderson and Nazeem Hussain – the special guests for this live show will be announced soon.

 

NAARM – BOOK HERE! 

 

MEANJIN – BOOK HERE!

 

 

Fully Furnished: The Pilot

 

A few years ago I got to make a pilot for a comedy web series with my mate Tommy Dassalo.

Enjoy!

Todd and Dayne are two assholes who are trying to find a housemate for their third bedroom.

Boy howdy, did we have some funny other episodes planned but alas, this is all that exists.

Written by and starring Tom Ballard and Tommy Dassalo

Featuring Ronny Chieng and Susie Youssef

Directed by Leigh Richards

Produced by Nel Minchin

Music by Spod