About Me

My professional background's in sketch comedy - I've been performing live around the country in different groups (including three Edinburgh Fringe runs) since 2012. I have played a variety of characters in that time, and as a solo character comedian I've played ages 8-80. My vocal dexterity and expressive physicality have helped make these acts a big success, and I've gigged alongside household names like Sarah Millican, James Acaster and Phill Jupitus as a result.

I was invited to play several roles on the BBC Radio series Gein's Family Giftshop Presents... in 2015. The same year enjoyed on-camera experience as part of a CBBC work placement, adding to a number of appearances I've made in online content filmed by my sketch groups - one of these reached the 2015 final of the Met Film School's national Comedy Challenge competition.

Acting

Experience

Accents

Employment History & Experience

Radio:
Various guest roles, "Gein's Family Giftshop Presents..." (BBC Radio Wales, August 2015)

Film/Online:
Tom, "Cellar Dwellers", (dir. Sam Nicoresti, 2015), finalist - Met Film School Comedy Challenge

TV:
Stage Manager, "InfoWow" (Sheffield Live, to be broadcast 2016)

Live:
Writer/performer, "Staple/face: Bathtime with Tom's Dad", Edinburgh Fringe sketch show, 2013

Writer/performer, "Staple/face are... Going Down Fighting", Edinburgh Fringe sketch show, 2014

Writer/performer, "Sam & Tom, from TV!", Edinburgh Fringe sketch show, 2015.

Extras Work, Partipant, Contestant

Experience

Employment History & Experience

TV: Hacker Time Series 5 (CBBC, August 2015)

Languages Spoken

Experience & Qualifications

General Experience

I've participated in community theatre since the age of eleven, acting in plays and contributing as part of a band in musicals (eg. trumpet in West Side Story).

As a student, I played an active role in a university chamber choir for four years, taking part in regular concerts as an ensemble and solo singer. I also took part in sketch, stand-up and improv comedy shows. This experience led to successful live performances around the UK comedy circuit and three Edinburgh Fringe runs. Off the back of these, my group won a national award (So You Think That's Funny? Best New Sketch Act) in our debut year, 2013.

Qualifications & Training

Full, clean driving license (since March 2009)
Grade 8 trumpet
Grade 5 piano

Other Information

Relevant Skills

Experienced driver, singer, trumpeter and pianist. Stand-up, sketch and improv comedy. I'm a keen knitter, too.

Interests & Hobbies

Comedy (writer/performer), cult/archive TV anorak, singing.

Miscellaneous Information

"Comedic brilliance... an outstanding performance by Tom Burgess" - Three Weeks
"Extraordinary comic" - Manchester Evening News
"Blankly sweet... coldly psychotic" - Chortle