Radio 1 DJ TOM DEACON, whose stand up has featured on The Rob Brydon Show for BBC Two, Dave’s One Night Stand for channel Dave and Edinburgh and Beyond for Comedy Central returns to Edinburgh with a brand new show, Can I be Honest?

TOM has always been told honesty is the best policy, but who’s to say that’s true all the time? Especially when he’s spent his life bottling up his annoyances like a fine wine. Now TOM wants to unleash his anger and let the world know what’s annoyed him. Living with the lads he’s learnt a valuable life long lesson that he’d like to pass onto as many people as possible and now, finally, he’s going to say what really needs to be said about the important things in his life. . . things like ‘Effort Fruit’ and ‘Printer ink cartridges’. . . In the past TOM has been too honest with his mates. Sometimes he’s too honest with his girlfriend. Sometimes he’s even too honest with his audience. Now TOM would like to be honest with you. . . but only if you’re ready for it.

Since March 2010 TOM has been the host of his own Radio One Show which broadcasts every Sunday night featuring music and chat from celebrity guests. He first burst onto the comedy scene as the winner of Chortle’s Student Comedian Award and as a finalist in the Amused Moose New Act Competition. He’s since presented 5:19 - a youth orientated show for BBC Switch featuring comedy sketches, music and celebrity shows and took part in the Edinburgh Festival’s longest running group comedy show, The Comedy Zone, which previously launched the careers of DAVE GORMAN, HARRY HILL, STEWART LEE, AL MURRAY and ROSS NOBLE.
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What the press have said about Tom Deacon:
“Looks, confidence, charm and great material, expect other comics to lynch him.” The Sunday Times
“. . . slick stagecraft, bags of energy” Chortle


LISTINGS INFORMATION
Venue: Pleasance Dome
Date: 3rd - 27th August (not the 7th, 14th and 21st)
Time: 8:20pm
Box Office: 0131 556 6550

For more information and press tickets, please contact: edinburghpress@avalonuk.com or phone: Celeste Berry, Nicola Wilkinson, Debra Clavey, Alex Beedell or Dan Lloyd on 020 7598 7222

AVALON PROMOTIONS

Avalon Promotions Limited is one of the leading promoters of live comedy in the UK, bringing household names and breakthrough comedy acts to stages across the country.

This year alone will see; RUSSELL HOWARD continue extended arena tour Right Here, Right Now, performing to over 240,000 people, including 3 dates at London’s O2; AL MURRAY - THE PUB LANDLORD turn his attention to the needs of his Beautiful British public with the second extension of critically acclaimed national tour Barrel of Fun Extra: Classic Hits and New Bits; DAVE GORMAN take to the road with his hotly anticipated Powerpoint Presentation tour; CHRIS ADDISON’s new 39-date tour The Time is Now, Again; brand new tour Manscaping from Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010 winner RUSSELL KANE; breakthrough BBC Three star LEE NELSON with fat legend ‘Omelette’ embark on their Well New Tour!; star of The Inbetweeners and Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010 nominee GREG DAVIES continue his extended 93 date tour Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog; JENNY ECLAIR with Old Dog, New Tricks; RICHARD HERRING’s forthcoming tour What is Love, Anyway?; and present some of the UK’s fastest rising talent; Edinburgh Festival Award 2010 nominee GARETH RICHARDS, Chortle Award nominated PEACOCK & GAMBLE, Chortle Student Comedian of the Year finalist CHRIS RAMSEY, star of BBC Three hit comedy Him and Her JOE WILKINSON, Radio 1 DJ TOM DEACON and Chortle Award ‘Best Headliner’ 2011 nominee CRAIG CAMPBELL.

Avalon Promotions has staged major shows and tours including; NEWMAN & BADDIEL in the first ever comedy show at Wembley Arena; FRANK SKINNER’S record-breaking performance to an audience of 6,000 at the Battersea Power Station; Jerry Springer - The Opera in London’s West End, on national tour and at New York’s Carnegie Hall; HARRY HILL at the Palace and Dominion Theatres in London; DAVE GORMAN’S Googlewhack Adventure at the Sydney Opera House, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, on national tour and at the Village Theatre, New York; Grumpy Old Women Live, which has toured the UK three times and performed a highly successful run in Australia, LAURA SOLON winning the Perrier Award with her debut solo show; and FRANK SKINNER’S Credit Crunch Cabaret - offering recession hit audiences the chance to see acclaimed comedians for just £10.

This year Avalon presents 21 acts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it has promoted a total of 7 Perrier Award/Edinburgh Comedy Award winners and 18 Perrier Award/Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees in just 22 years.