An Unfunny* Evening With Tim Minchin And His Piano
Warning: This is not a comedy gig. Attendance is not compulsory.
The Olivier Award-winning, Grammy and Tony Award nominated polytalent plays a handful of intimate, informal, solo dates in the UK this summer.
Tim will perform songs drawn from his 2020 studio album, Apart Together, from his musicals, Matilda and Groundhog Day, from his TV and film writing, and perhaps even some from his early songwriting days in the late 20th century.
The set list will be fluid, the chat unplanned, and the vibe informal. He may well get the audience to vote on some of the song choices.
Sometimes You Have To Be A Little Bit Naughty is now available in the UK!
Sometimes You Have To Be A Little Bit Naughty is a mischievous, funny and empowering picture book inspired by Naughty, Tim’s much-loved song from the multi-award-winning Matilda The Musical and beautifully illustrated by Steve Antony
More details here, including a peek inside at some of the pages.
Available in-store and online from the following UK retailers and more:
Tim’s critically acclaimed, record breaking, sell-out show BACK is available to watch at home, just in time for Christmas viewing and gifting!
Filmed live at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, with Tim’s 8-piece band, BACK is a comedic and musical extravaganza.
You can now download or rent BACK from a wide variety of platforms in the UK, Éire and Australia, so check your favourite digital retailer. It’ll be released in the US on the 3rd January and in New Zealand on the 1st February.
Rent or download here: TimMinchinBACK
Platforms are listed below the trailer.
BACK is available on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK only. You can order on Amazon here or HMV here.
Groundhog Day the critically acclaimed hit musical is making its long clamoured for return to London’s Old Vic theatre next year.
The show will run from May 20th to August 12th* 2023, with a press night on June 8th. There will be an audio described performance on July 7th and a captioned show on July 20th.
Directed by Matthew Warchus, artistic director of the Old Vic, with the book by Danny Rubin, and music and lyrics by Tim.
The original London production was nominated for eight Olivier Awards, winning Best New Musical and Best Actor in a Leading Role in Musical for Andy Karl who will be reprising his role as Phil Connors, the cynical Pittsburgh TV weatherman.
Further casting is still to be announced.
Every year, all proceeds from the sale of (either version of) Tim’s sentimental Christmas song White Wine In The Sun during the months of November, December and January, go to an organisation which supports children and adults on the autism spectrum. Once again, that will be Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect).
If you already have the song, you might like to gift it via iTunes or donate directly here.
This new video is the latest version of the song, from Tim’s soon to be released special, BACK, which was filmed at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire in 2021:
There’s a YouTube Playlist here with two other versions from 2009 and 2017.
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical will be showing in cinemas only in the UK and Ireland from November 25th; you can get tickets here. The film will then debut in select cinemas in Australia from December 8th and the US from December 9th before becoming widely available on Netflix on December 25th. (Netflix UK & Ireland Sunday 25th June 2023).
VINYL UPDATE:(4/03/23)Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical is available – ON VINYL from April 21st. Find it here for pre orders.
UPDATE:(20/02/23) UK and Ireland! Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical is available to Buy or Rent from all the usual digital platforms: Apple TV, Sky Store, Amazon Prime, YouTube, Google Play and more. Now available on Blu-ray (including Sing-Along) and DVD!
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical (Soundtrack From The Netflix Film) will be released digitally on the 18th November and on CD on the 9th December.
Within the album’s 22 tracks are 12 songs written by Tim for the critically-acclaimed, award-winning West End production, newly-recorded by the film’s extraordinary cast: Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Andrea Riseborough, Stephen Graham, and newcomer Alisha Weir as Matilda. Track 22 is a special new song Tim wrote for the movie: ‘Still Holding My Hand’.
In addition, the soundtrack also includes 10 instrumental score pieces by Christopher Nightingale, music supervisor and orchestrator of the original stage production.
There’s a Songbook too! Available in the UK and Europe now from Musicroom. If you’re in the US and Canada you can preorder from Hal Leonard. They will both ship internationally and the folio will arrive on Australian shores shortly so it’s now available to preorder from Hal Leonard Australia.
The Songbook presents the 12 songs from the hit movie soundtrack, arranged for voice and piano with chord symbols, including ‘Still Holding My Hand’ which you can also acquire as Digital Sheet Music for Piano, Vocal and Guitar Chords or for Easy Piano from Sheet Music Direct.
Lucky (Tim) and Meg (Milly Alcock) will hit the open road – and river – once again when the misfit duo are unexpectedly reunited four years after their epic adventure crossing the Nullarbor Plain with a cherished piano. This time they trade the desert for the steamy tropics of Far North Queensland on a mission to find Meg’s mum.
Tim: “We worked so hard on this second season, having to overcome many hurdles on the way. The making of art imitating art, I guess. Things are different in Meg and Lucky’s world, and shit gets even weirder than in season 1, but hopefully it will connect with people in the same way. Ep 8 is another tear-jerker, if jerking tears is your thing. (It is mine!)”
Both Seasons are already available in:
Australia: FOXTEL and BINGE (from Tuesday November 15th, 2022), UK: Sky Comedy and NOW TV (from Tuesday November 22nd, 2022) Now available on DVD in the UK too. Canada: Super Channel Fuse (from Sunday December 18th, 2022) and now on CBC GEM too.
Streaming on Amazon Prime Video channels and Apple TV+. Flanders, Belgium: Streamz (from Wednesday 18th January, 2023) USA:Sundance Now (from Thursday 26th January,2023) New Zealand:TVNZ(from Tuesday February 28th, 2023) Spain: Filmin Netherlands: Ziggo
This list is not exhaustive. It’s worth searching for UPRIGHT on streaming services in your country.
UPRIGHT Season 1 – from Amazon, HMV and more.
UPRIGHT Season 2 – from Amazon, HMV and more.
Upright Seasons 1&2 Box Set – from Amazon, HMV and more.
Season Two is directed by Mirrah Foulkes. Tim: “We were so lucky to have the brilliant Mirrah Foulkes steering the metaphorical tinny up the allegorical creek.”
Tim, the Executive Producer, Lead Writer, and star of UPRIGHT has again written some music for the series, alongside another beautiful score by Jackson Milas and Antony Partos. Tim wrote The Aeroplane which was released earlier this month and Spider Girl which he’s been playing at Australian festivals this year for the series.
“Australian Story” this week addresses the topic about which I know the most but am least interested: me. It’s also about Sarah, so there’s redemption in that.
Right now, if you click this link or head over to Tim’s YouTube Shorts, you can find out how to win an Apart Together Vinyl Bundle: https://tktrev.com/TimMinchinAeroplane
Here’s the video. He’s wearing a beanie and there are some familiar faces for those of you who caught the BACK tour.
Tim’s critically acclaimed, record breaking, sell-out show BACK will be in UK and Éire cinemas for one night only!
So if you missed the tour or you fancy reliving the spectacle you can catch it on the big screen on Wednesday 23rd November.
Filmed live at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, with Tim’s 8-piece band, BACK is a comedic and musical extravaganza.
Tim: “The “Back” tour spanned 3 years, was seen by 261,000 people, survived 1 pandemic, and almost killed me. I’m completely stoked that people will now be able to spend 2 hours with my massive f*****g head rendered more massive by massive f*****g cinema screens”.
The Australian edition of Sometimes You Have To Be A Little Bit Naughty is available today!
Sometimes You Have To Be A Little Bit Naughty is a mischievous, funny and empowering picture book inspired by Naughty, Tim’s much-loved song from the multi-award-winning Matilda The Musical and beautifully illustrated by Steve Antony
More details here, including a peek inside at some of the pages.
Available in-store and online from the following retailers and more:
Tim’s returning to the spectacular Sydney Opera House Forecourt stage on Saturday 12th November for a special performance with his 8-piece band as part of the Opera House’s 50th Anniversary. The famous Forecourt stage is framed by the sails with the Harbour Bridge as a backdrop.
TIM MINCHIN Sydney Opera House Forecourt
Saturday 12th November 2022
TICKETS go on sale 9am AEST Friday 30th September here.
Tim says this’ll be “a festival set that we’ve been performing, loads of songs, improvised rambling in between, me running around on stage being a goose and you having a good time”. (more…)
Tim and his fabulous 8-piece band will be performing at Melbourne’s Palace Foreshore on November 26th, 2022.
Tim: “It’s a festival set that we’ve been performing, loads of songs, me running around on stage being a goose and you having a good time”.
TIM MINCHIN LIVE Palace Foreshore, Melbourne
Saturday 26th November 2022
TICKETS go on sale Wednesday September 21st at 11am (AEST) here.
Live Nation pre-sale: 10am Tuesday September 20th – 10am Wednesday September 21st.
You know what to do!
Ooh! The first Matilda the Musical teaser!
(Wait until the end for the Emma Thompson reveal. She is EXTRAORDINARY).
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, coming to Netflix Film and in theatres in the UK (and hopefully Australia… stay tuned) this December.
UPDATE (30/06/22): The London Film Festival [LFF] has announced that Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical will be opening the festival on Wednesday, October 5th. This will be the global premiere of the film, two months before its nationwide release.
The musical stars Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull, Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey and newcomer Alisha Weir in the title role. Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough feature as Matilda’s parents and Sindhu Vee as Mrs Phelps.
Dennis Kelly has written the screenplay with music and lyrics by Tim. Directed by Matthew Warchus.
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