Tom Royce-Hampton is a director, actor, creative producer, and artist based in Melbourne/Naarm.

A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts School of Music, Actors Centre Australia, and most recently of the VCA’s 2020 Master of Theatre (Directing), Tom began his career as a member of Taikoz, Australia’s leading taiko ensemble, touring nationally and internationally for over a decade and performing with artists and companies as diverse as Lingalayam Dance Company, Matthew Doyle, Kaoru Watanabe, Douglas Dunn + Dancers, Sandy Evans, Synergy, Eitetsu Fuun no Kai, and Kodo, as well as concerto performances with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Western Australia Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and Dresden Sinfonika. During his time with Taikoz, Tom travelled extensively to Japan to study with traditional masters of many various styles of Wadaiko (Japanese drumming), dance, and theatre.

Since 2015 Tom has been prolific as an actor and director. His theatre credits include: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Michael Cassel Group; Hamlet, Bell Shakespeare; Moby Dick and Antigone, Sport for Jove; Pericles, Bell Shakespeare. Television credits include: Good Cop Bad Cop, Stan; La Brea S2, Universal Pictures; The Quest, Productions on Rye; and Miss Fisher’s MODern Murder Mysteries, Every Cloud Productions. Tom’s directing credits include: Bernhardt Hamlet (Assistant Fight and Movement Director), Melbourne Theatre Company; Hearth (Director), 29 Scenes; Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Assistant Fight and Movement Director), Bell Shakespeare; ABYSS (Director), Machinal (Assistant Director), VCA Theatre School; The View Upstairs (Assistant Director), Sugary Rum Productions; and Chi Udaka Australia and India Tour (Director), Taikoz.

Tom is passionate about the development of new Australian work across film and theatre and is a founding member of independent theatre company 29 Scenes and production company Brickwood Films. He directed Fleur Murphy’s “Hearth” for 29 Scenes presented by La Mama Theatre in 2021, and produced Murphy’s follow-up play “The Fence” for 29 Scenes and Darebin Speakeasy in 2023 (with subsequent tours scheduled for 2024 and 2025). For Brickwood Films he is at the helm of a film adaption of “The Fence” by Fleur Murphy and starring Louisa Mignone. Tom’s video work “Name, Height, Location…” was the catalyst for the group exhibition "RENDITIONS" by Cura8 for Project 8 gallery in 2023.