Tom Ballard

"Ballard was adorable, dorky, slightly awkward and just a little bit outrageous"

"Ballard has the intelligence to start with a solid concept and build the comedy around it."

"While not the most terrible thing at MICF 2014, it doesn’t offer anything to write home about."

Ballard’s material is solid and is developing nicely, showing his skill as someone who doesn’t need to deny their Gen Y ness, but doesn’t need to use it as their only trick, either.

“Over the last 12 months, I’ve been questioning why I do comedy, and the obvious answer is for attention. It’s important to me that people like me. That’s fundamentally why I do it."

“There's that old saying that ever musician wants to be a comedian, and every comedian wants to be a rock star." Tom Ballard talks to Dave Drayton about bringing comedy to music festivals.