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 Tomas Ahlbeck
Tomas has a multifarious career as base-player in a punkrockband, cartoonist, teacher, satirist and Press Secretary.
Furthermore he is a father of three.
His first career as base player in the punkrockband The Vomiting Frog abruptly ended when the bandmembers could not agree on what name they would change to that particular week.
His career havered on through cartoon drawing and causerie writing, via satiric and novel writing, to the stand up of today. Besides this, he has also had a full time job as Press Secretary at, among other places, the Swedish Parliament.
As a comedy writer, Tomas has experience from daily press aswell as novel-writing. Except for his own book En Tunn Bok ( A Thin Book), the novel Love, Sex & Funny Business, co-written with musician John Davies, has recently been published.
Tomas act on stage has been mentioned as dry, intelligent and alert, while sometimes touching the absurd.
His main theme is his refusal to admit that there are things he does not understand. His reflections on current news mixed with witty and quirky oneliners have been appreciated by the audience.
MERITS 2010/2011
These are just a few of the places where Tomas has performed in 2010 and 2011:
Laughing Horse, Richmond, London
Electric Mouse, Red Lion Pub, London
TNT at the Torriano, London
East Meets Jest, Covent Garden, London
Standup Sverige på BigBen, Stockholm
GASTA Club, Gävle
Lkpghaha, Linköping
Laughs at the Liffey’s, Stockholm
Tiny Comedy, Stockholm
El Mundo, Stockholm
Sylvia Comedy, Eskilstuna
Harry’s, Katrineholm
Standup Kalmar, Kalmar
Quotes about Tomas Ahlbeck:
‘i’m going to have to watch that a second time to try and work out what you did with the ball. pure genius’
‘this man is unbelievable.’ (Anonymous)
‘When I started off watching this video, I had a small smile on my face, and the longer I watched the more I smiled, and then I laughed, and then I couldn’t stop laughing….you’re kinda strange but still so funny
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