Tomás Ford

Alternative cabaret crooner based in Perth, Western Australia. He has built a cult audience through Australia, New Zealand and Europe. His live shows are an unusual combination of live electronica, cabaret, video projections and his distinctive way of making his audience part of the show. His first shows more or less consisted of what he had at the time: a laptop full of weird evil-disco, a microphone, a couple of milk crates and a hurricane of ‘don’t know what else to do with it’ energy. The more the word spread, the bigger the stages got… and the bigger the stages got, the bigger Tomás made his show; next level live electro, cinematic audio-visual accompaniment, spectacular light-up costumes, delicate crooning and… well… whatever inarticulable thing it is that Tomás does. From a start in touring Australian pubs, Tomás moved towards touring at Fringe Festivals in 2012, following a very well received debut for his show "An Audience With Tomás Ford" at Edinburgh Fringe. The show played to sold out crowds and received a nomination for the inaugural TO&ST Edinburgh Cabaret Award. He has since become a late night fixture at the festival, bringing new work every year from the David Lynch inspired "Electric Cabaret" to the high-concept narrative of "Tomás Ford Stop Killing People". He has expanded his touring to include festivals in Brighton, Adelaide, Prague and New Zealand, picking up cabaret awards at Adelaide Fringe and Perth's Fringe World in the process. On record, Tomás has released a steady stream of EP's and albums, along with a sizable amount of YouTube music videos. The success of this video content has meant that since his 2012 album "An Audience With Tomás Ford," he has focused on single releases to support them. After a five year gap between album releases, Tomás will release his new album "Chase!" in 2017.