Trotting around Northcote Town Hall in a pair of yellow heels and green printed dress with fat suit underneath, Tommy Bradson looks comfortable. He’s used to it, of course – his latest cabaret show, Sweet Sixteen or the Birthday Party Massacre, … Continue reading →

  Wildly entertaining, captivating and hilarious Sweet Sixteen or The Birthday Party Massacre  is a rollicking romp that promises to offend and delight in equal measure.  Tommy Bradson dazzles, shines and provokes in his latest offering. Part Cabaret, part comedy, part Australiana … Continue reading →

    How best to write about a show in which you were pulled up on stage for? Of course, it radically changes the way you perceive the show: vast chunks of it get sieved through thoughts preoccupied with “what … Continue reading →

Australia’s suburban culture is a frequent target for parody, which means it takes something special for it to stand head and shoulders above the rest. “Tommy Bradson – Sweet Sixteen or the Birthday Party Massacre” certainly does that. Think Kath … Continue reading →

  Those fossils old enough to remember the cabaret heyday of Reg Livermore are likely to find a resonant nostalgia in Tommy Bradson. But while Reg played an unbelievably solid eight-month season at the Balmain Bijou in 1975, with Bradson it’s a case … Continue reading →

WHAT: The Men My Mother Loved (Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival) WHEN & WHERE: Sunday 30 September to Friday 5 October, Lithuanian Club In his third solo show, Tommy Bradson narrates how Aussie rock legends played substitute for his father. Simon Eales gets the full story. … Continue reading →

Multiple award winner Tommy Bradson (Sydney Fringe 2011 Award for excellence) is back with a much anticipated one-man show Sweet sixteen – or the birthday party massacre. With show notes indicating “there should be cake. There might be blood. There … Continue reading →

This review is somewhat coloured by the fact that I spent the greater part of this performance seated on the stage, wearing a party hat and knocking back Coolabah red out of a cask. Written and performed by Tommy Bradson, … Continue reading →

4.5 Stars I’ve said it before and I’ll say it now, I love what Tommy Bradson brings to the Australian cabaret scene. I have always admired not only his fabulous singing voice and his ability to flawlessly play both male … Continue reading →

HUMOUR and tragedy is the most enviable mix we can hope for in a work of art, so I was thrilled to be a part of the audience at Tommy Bradson’s The Men My Mother Loved, where he seamlessly delivered … Continue reading →