Tom Allen
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Tom Allen is a comedian, writer and actor. He started as a stand up at the age of 22 and went on to win both ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ in Edinburgh; and the BBC New Comedy Awards in the same year. Since then he has honed his unique style of sharp, acerbic wit and camp, riotous storytelling; by performing to audiences all over the UK and around the world.
Live At The Apollo
He made his first appearance on the BBC’s iconic Live at the Apollo, going on to make several appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cat, Countdown, Mock the Week, The Great British Bake Off’s Extra Slice, Celebrity The Crystal Maze as well as the John Bishop Show and Channel 4’s Comedy Gala at the O2 along with several appearances on Just a Minute including the 50th episode alongside Prince Charles. Tom Allen also recorded the Edinburgh special of Loose Ends and was featured in Radio 4 Extra’s round up of the fringe. He also voiced Frankensend in E4’s recent hit series Bad Robots alongside Michael Gambon.
Tom Allen On Tour
Last year he supported Sarah Millican on her sold out tour of Australia, New Zealand and the UK. He has also supported Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre.
After a sell out run of his show ‘Indeed’ at the Edinburgh Festival Tom brought it to the main space at London’s Soho Theatre before extending his current tour ‘Absolutely’ to even more places around the UK.
Tom Allen Podcast
Like Minded Friends, the weekly podcast he records with friend and compadré Suzi Ruffell has now reached the hundreds of thousands in its listenership.
Tom has also performed at Montreal’s Just For Laughs as well as Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne Comedy Festivals.
He has written articles for The Scotsman, The Independent, The Lady and The Guardian. Attitude Magazine called him a gay role model.
Bleak Expectations
He played Pip Bin in Radio 4’s Sony Award winning Bleak Expectations and as an actor has also guest starred in; Comedy Central’s Threesome, BBC’s Sensitive Skin with Joanna Lumley and Fear of Fanny with Mark Gatiss and Julia Davis. Film includes Colour Me Kubrick with John Malkovich, Starter for Ten with James McEvoy; and the Stephen Frears film, Tamara Drewe.
As a teenager he was the youngest member of the Noel Coward Society.
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| Expertise | After Dinner Speaker, Corporate Comedian, Inclusive Comedy, Stand Up Comedy |
EMAP – The Energy Awards –
Tom was a pleasure to work with, and as well as the important business of making the crowds laugh and delivering the awards perfectly to time, we appreciated the additional efforts he made – from mingling with our VIPs beforehand , to engaging with the audience in the bars afterwards.