Thom Allison
is an Canadian Screen Award winning actor, singer, director, writer, and educator
“This is a strong cast headed by Thom Allison as Coalhouse. Allison is glorious. He has pride and dignity. He’s almost courtly, and the man can burst your heart with his singing.”
“Just when you think you’ve seen a definitive production or performance, along comes another one of such blazing originality that it knocks your fedora off. Case in point: Thom Allison’s performance as Nicely-Nicely Johnson”
Canadian Screen Award winner, Thom Allison can be seen as “Pree” in the hit series, KILLJOYS, on Space/Syfy Networks. Thom has appeared on Broadway in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and in the original Canadian companies of Miss Saigon, The Who’s Tommy and Rent. He was also a judge on CBC's Over the Rainbow, searching for Dorothy in Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of The Wizard of Oz. At The Stratford Festival, Thom has appeared in Romeo and Juliet, Pericles, My Fair Lady, Threepenny Opera, The King and I, King Henry VIII, and Into the Woods. At the Shaw Festival: Ragtime, Wonderful Town, A Little Night Music and Follies: In Concert. Some other credits include The Wizard of Oz at Young People's Theatre (Toronto), Cabaret at Theatre Calgary, Annie at the Grand Theatre (London), Evita at Theatre Calgary/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (Winnipeg) and The Drowsy Chaperone at The Vancouver Playhouse, The Citadel (Edmonton), National Arts Centre (Ottawa) and Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. TV/Film: Murdoch Mysteries, Kim’s Convenience, I Me Wed, Road to Christmas, Leaving Metropolis.
Thom can be heard on the original cast recording of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. His CD, “A Whole Lotta Sunlight” can be purchased on iTunes and streamed on Spotify.
“...This Mary Poppins is a great show and a good time... The ensemble cast is excellent, and director Thom Allison (a Stratford perennial stalwart with a dab hand for an all-cast number) finds an absolute ton for them to do. Allison makes great use of acrobats, dancers, vocalists and generally fun humans”