Tom Ballard
- 35 years old
- Australian
- Writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Tom Ballard on the best and worst of Edinburgh
"Love the Fringe, hate the brutal, capitalist logics of it."
Chortle, 5th August 202410 to see at Edinburgh Fringe
Our Managing Editor looks at some practically nailed-on winners for this August.
Kevin Ibbotson-Wight, The Wee Review, 24th July 2024A bot walks into a bar ... Edinburgh fringe performers use AI to write jokes
All aspects of artificial intelligence will get the comic treatment at this summer's festival.
Vanessa Thorpe, The Guardian, 30th July 2023Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Ten wonders from down under
Top shows Chortle previously reviewed in Australia.
Chortle, 20th July 2023Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Ten shows that touch on AI
Technology might prove to be the downfall of all mankind, but here are ten Edinburgh Fringe shows featuring AI and other robots to keep you laughing as it does...
Chortle, 15th July 2023Live review: Tom Ballard - Enough - Soho Theatre
Australian Ballard's over in the UK for two years, performing stand up and examining just how not only his own but all of our lives have gone pretty damn wrong.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 6th September 2019Review - Tom Ballard: Enough at Soho Theatre
We are likely to be seeing more of Ballard in the UK. During the show, he reveals that he's now in the country on a two-year working visa.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd September 20198 white dues worth seeing at the 2019 Fringe
Anyone who has ever read a listicle in Chortle will have a decent impression of how white and male comedy is as an industry. It can be difficult, when faced with such overwhelming hegemony, to tell which shows are going to be brilliant compared to the ones that are just someone complaining about living life on easy mode.
Blizzard Comedy, 12th August 2019Tom Ballard recalls his most memorable gigs
Heckled by editing.
Tom Ballard, Chortle, 11th August 2019What's the most disgusting fart you ever did in public?
...and what were the repercussions?
Chortle, 4th August 2019