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Tom Stade
STAR OF BBC ONEʼS LIVE AT THE APOLLO & MICHAEL MCINTYREʼS COMEDY ROADSHOW
CH4ʼS STAND-UP FOR THE WEEK & DAVEʼS ONE NIGHT STAND
Since arriving in the UK, Canadian émigré Tom Stade has steadily earned a reputation as one of the most original and
exciting stand-up talents around. He instantly made a splash on the UK circuit with his magnetic stage presence,
irrepressible charm and first-class story-telling, and after years topping the bill and playing at international comedy
festivals around the globe, he is now established as a leading touring act in his own right, and finds himself well on the
road to being a household name.
2011 saw Tom embarking upon his eagerly-awaited debut tour; playing to packed houses across the UK, and
garnering rave reviews. The tour played at over 100 venues nationwide, with extra dates added due to phenomenal
public demand. Tomʼs inimitable style and sharp observations caught the eye of talent executives at 4DVD, and has
recently signed an exclusive deal to release his debut Live stand-up DVD. Recorded at Londonʼs Bloomsbury Theatre
in the summer of 2012, Tom Stade Live is due for release in 2013 and available to preorder now.
2011 was certainly the year when Tom really found his stride. He scooped a nomination for Best Headliner at the
Chortle Awards, and returned to the Edinburgh festival causing a stir at the Pleasance Courtyard with his hit show
What Year Was That?, firmly cementing his reputation as a distinctive and formidable live act. A complete sell-out
success, with extra dates added due to overwhelming demand, it was rumored to be on the shortlist for a nomination
from the luminaries at the Edinburgh Comedy Award. Tom returned to the festival in 2012 with a brand new offering:
Tom Stade Totally Rocks, playing in the prestigious Cabaret Bar at 8pm in the Pleasance Courtyard, and again
receiving rave reviews, and adding extra dates due to demand. Tom will be touring the show to theatres across the
UK in 2013.
Tomʼs irrepressible charm translated effortlessly to TV, and in the past two years, he has been invited onto every
major stand-up TV show in the country; clocking up stellar performances on BBC Oneʼs Live at the Apollo, Michael
McIntyreʼs Comedy Roadshow and Lee Mackʼs All Star Cast as well as BBC 3ʼs Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live
and Ch. 4ʼs The Boyle Variety Performance. He has also performed twice on Ch4ʼs Stand-Up for the Week, and
was given an extended set on Daveʼs One Night Stand. Other stand-up appearances include Comedy Centralʼs The
World Standʼs Up, ITV2ʼs Comedy Cuts and multiple performances on Comedy Centralʼs The Comedy Store. He
was the co-writer and co-star of Frankie Boyleʼs recent Ch4 series Tramadol Nights. Back in his native Canada, Tom
appeared in the critically acclaimed sitcom The Newsroom and the award-winning feature film My Own Private
Oshawa. As a stand-up he starred in his own hour special for CBC/Comedy Central Stade and Confused. Tom is
currently working on several original ideas for TV.
Tom remains in great demand internationally and has accepted invitations to perform at notable comedy festivals
worldwide including New York, Aspen, Montreal, Toronto, Amsterdam, Kilkenny, Adelaide, Melbourne and New
Zealand. He has also regularly entertained British troops overseas, braving the freezing cold Falklands, and been
under fire in Afghanistan and Iraq.
“UNMISSABLE” ★★★★★ Edinburgh Evening News
“PART JESUS, PART CHARLIE MANSON” ★★★★★ Herald
“JOKES THAT BITE” ★★★★ Independent
“SUBLIME, WONDERFULLY IMAGINATIVE, ORIGINAL AND HILARIOUS” Rhod Gilbert
“SO COOL HE COULD WELL BE THE ANSWER TO GLOBAL WARMING. HE USES GENTLE BEMUSEMENT AND
INNOCENT AMAZEMENT AS POWERFUL COMEDY TOOLS.GLORIOUSLY FUNNY SILLY AND SMART”
“ROCK ʻNʼ ROLL COMEDIAN. ABSOLUTELY BOXFRESH. NOTHING IS STAID ABOUT STADE
….HOT FAVOURITE” Evening Standard
“ONE OF THE BEST PRACTITIONERS OF STAND-UP WEʼVE GOT, WITH A SHEDFUL OF CLASSY ROUTINES…STADE IS
THE SORT OF COMIC YOU COULD LISTEN TO ALL NIGHT AND YOU SUSPECT
HEʼS GOT THE MATERIAL TO PULL THAT OF.STAND-UP ELITE” ★★★★ Chortle
“AN INSIDERʼS TIP FOR COMEDY GREATNESS; COMIC RIFFS OFMONUMENTAL PROPORTIONS”
“FRESH AND ENDLESSLY FUNNY. SLICK, INTELLIGENT AND SOMETIMES ʻOFFENSIVEʼ STUFF LEAVENED BY A
SPARKLING CHARM” Independent
“IT TAKES YEARS OF HARD, DEDICATED GIGGING TO APPEAR AS RELAXED AS TOM STADE DOES
ON STAGE. CHARMING, HANDSOME AND UNFLAPPABLE HE MAY BE, BUT THE CANADIAN ÉMIGRÉ
ALSO POSSESSES THAT INDEFINABLE KNACK OF DRAWING YOU COMPLETELY INTO HIS
OFFBEAT PERSPECTIVE” List
“TOM STADE IS A GREAT COMIC.AN UNDERCURRENT OF A BYGONE YOUTH AND MOVING FROM LIVING BY HIS OWN
RULES TO ADAPTING TO FAMILY LIFE. HE STILL GOES OUT DRINKING BUT THATʼS SUBJECT TO ʻA BUDGET MEETING
ON THURSDAY” Independent
“GREAT CHARM AND A FOUL MOUTH. STONKINGLY GOOD. STADE DELIVERS QUALITY
SATIRE, INTELLIGENT, PASSIONATE, CRACKINGLY FRESH AND VERY, VERY, FUNNY“ Scotsman
“A NATURAL PERFORMER…A FLAIR FOR STORYTELLING AND A VILLAINOUS SENSE OF HUMOUR…MASTER OF
HARDCORE COMEDY“ List
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
EDINBURGH Aug 2012
TOM STADE TOTALLY ROCKS – Pleasance Courtyard TOM STADE: WHAT YEAR WAS THAT? – Pleasance Courtyard TOM STADE: OH FUCK DO WE NEED A TITLE TOO? – The Stand TRUE WEST - Assembly Rooms - starring alongside Phil Nichol in Pulitzer prize-winner Sam Shepard's comical expose of sibling rivalry.
INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVALS
KILKENNY, June 2008
MELBOURNE, March/April 2008
www.tomstade.co.uk
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