COMEDY
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Tom Allen’s Afternoon Tea
Gilded Balloon

A sumptuously pleasant hour with Tom Allen and his artful-dodger-meets-Harvey-Nicks decadent demeanour. 

Allen interacts with his audience on everything from the London riots to religion, interspersed with tales of his antics like throwing a disabled man’s bag down the stairs and legging it.

Mincing through the hour with his customary Victorian upper class jargon, he introduces 3 guests to the audience, playing them with tea and cupcakes. First up was the uber hot Zoe Lyons, discussing the resurgence of political comedy and slankets and clowns. That’s my kinda juxtaposition right there! Next up was Rosalind Hanson of Shameless/This is England fame. A very bizarre and surreal character who could barely (a) stay awake; or (b) keep up with such highbrow questions as ‘did you hear about the riots in Nottingham, where you’re from?’ And finally Tom Clark, who talked rather glibly about gender stereotyping and the innate facism in Disney.  Allen facilitated seamless and pleasant conversation with his own brand of camp humour thrown in.

Tom Allen is like a siamese cat. A little bit posh, a little bit cosy but he’ll rip your face off without a second thought … verbally of course! Quick-witted, intelligent humour that will leave you wanting more than afternoon tea.