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Tom Ballard: Be Funny Challenge (Impossible)

Tom Ballard: Be Funny Challenge (Impossible)

Show type: Edinburgh Fringe 2026

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee. Two-time Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award nominee. As seen on Fisk and Deadloch. As heard on BBC Radio 4 and The Bugle. Last year, Tom told a joke that made people upset. Please allow him to explain. 'Absolutely packed with elite gags' **** (Scotsman). 'Relentless whirl of opinion, silliness and increasingly bad-taste jokes against those who most deserve it' ****½ (Chortle.co.uk). 'One of the slickest hours of stand-up I’ve ever seen, and packing a proper comedy punch' (Adam Hills). 'To call Ballard a comedian is being kind' (Daily Mail commenter).

Upcoming Dates

Date: Tue 14 Jul 2026
Venue: The Glitch
Price: £6 to £10
Work in progress as part of Highlight Festival
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Reviews

Tom Ballard: Be Funny Challenge (Impossible)

Perhaps weary of Donald Trump’s relentless moronic bullshittery – or simply conscious that most audiences come to comedy to escape global misery…
16/04/2026

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