Tom Toal is a twenty-four year old comedian, writer and actor from the town of Bexleyheath, South East London, which is famed for being the birthplace of Kate Bush”¦.and that’s it.
He performed his debut show On The Scrapheap about the break-up of his 6 year relationship at the Edinburgh and Leicester Festivals in 2010 and his follow up Rom-Coms and Revolutions goes to Edinburgh this year.
Tom performs heartbreaking but ultimately heart-warming material about life, love and what it is truly like to be Tom Toal in this crazy world.
Gigged for Laughing Horse, Out of Bounds Comedy, Mirth, Oi Oi Comedy(Taunton and Eastbourne), CKP, Komedia(Brighton) Chuckle Club, Bromley Comedy, Funhouse (Leicester) Havant Comedy Club, Up the Creek (sunday special), Comedy Bar(Southampton), Just The Tonic(Nottingham), Comedy at the Old Benny(Portsmouth) Fat Lils (Whitney, Oxfordshire) Crack Comedy (Kingston) Punchlines (Reading) Bad Clowns (Colchester) Laughing Pod (Southend)
A regular at the Funny Folk Comedy Night- Goldsmiths University Comedy Night.
Resident MC at ‘A Gig For Giggling’ at The Miller in London Bridge.
MC’d Socialist Workers Benefit Nights and Album Launches
Winner of the 1st ever Wheel Inn New Act Competition 2010.
Semi-Finalist in Laughing Horse Act of The Year 2011″Tragicomedy at its finest” Smiths
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‘Toal’s ease of interacting with the audience is a true talent’- Hairline
‘Funny and touching. Winning over his audience with charm, genuine depth of feeling, and free tiny yoghurts, Toal painted an impressive, and at times, disturbing picture of a man on the edge….humour from the heart’ – Three Weeks