Tom Walker (comedian) explained

Tom Walker
Education:École Philippe Gaulier
Channel Name:TomWalker
Years Active:2020–present
Genre:Gaming
Followers:13.3 thousand
Stats Update:27 February 2024

Tom Walker is an Australian comedian, podcaster, and Twitch streamer.

Career

Walker trained in clowning at the École Philippe Gaulier in 2014.[1] [2] His improv awards include the 2007 Sydney School Theatresports Cup (Senior Division)[3] [4] and 2011 National Theatresports Championship.[5]

He won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Best Newcomer and Director's Choice awards in 2016 for his show Beep Boop and appeared in Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia.[6] His show Bee Boo was nominated in the category of Best Show for the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award.[7] Walker was long-listed for the 2021 AACTA Awards.[8]

His 2019 show Very Very, directed by Zoë Coombs Marr, was picked up as an Amazon Prime special and released in May 2020.[9]

Walker and his partner Demi Lardner's 2019 show We Mustn't won the Sydney Comedy Festival's Directors Choice award in 2019.[10] They also co-host the podcast bigsofttitty.png.[11]

Walker was selected as part of the 2023 lineup of International New Faces of Comedy by Just for Laughs.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boon. Maxim. 29 January 2018. Down To Clown: Demi Lardner, Tom Walker and Zoe Coombs-Marr On The Art Of Being Silly . 2021-04-07 . The Music . en .
  2. Web site: Reich . Hannah . These Australian performers survived vicious insults from a French master clown. They'd do it again . ABC News . 21 March 2024 . en-AU . 19 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Whose Line is it Anyway? Australia: Meet the cast . Foxtel . 7 December 2020 . en.
  4. Web site: Theatresports 2007 Schools Competition – Results . Impro Australia.
  5. Web site: Tom Walker . Creative Representation . 7 December 2020.
  6. Web site: Cast announced for Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia. 19 July 2016. 7 December 2020. MediaWeek.
  7. Web site: Melbourne International Comedy Festival announce nominations for 2017 Barry Award . Beat Magazine . 7 December 2020 . en-AU . 17 April 2017.
  8. Web site: Best Short Form/Online Entertainment Contenders. 24 August 2021.
  9. News: Bennett . Steve . Amazon reveals its Australian stand-up release schedule . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
  10. Web site: Sydney Comedy Festival Announces 2019 Award Winners.
  11. Web site: bigsofttitty.png on acast . 2022-05-30 . acast . en.
  12. Web site: Just for Laughs Reveals the List of the Esteemed 2023 New Faces.