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Tim’ll be sitting down with Andrew Denton on Channel 7’s “Interview” next Tuesday 3rd July at 8:45pm.

This is the second time Tim’s been interviewed by Andrew, the first being back in 2008. Tune in to see what they talk about after an eventful 10 year interval. There’s a piano so it’s a safe bet that Tim will be hitting the keys.

Alternatively, you can watch the programme live online here and you’ll be able to catch-up on 7Plus here, shortly after it airs.
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Tim: “I’m looking forward to sitting on top of a mountain in the middle of New South Wales and stargazing with my favourite astrophysicist. We might even play a song or two.”

Tim will be joining Professor Brian Cox, Julia Zemiro and a team of scientists and space enthusiasts on Tuesday May 22nd for ABC’s 2018 Stargazing Live.

Broadcasting live around the country from Australian National University’s Siding Spring Observatory (SSO) in New South Wales, the programme will air across three nights on ABC and ABC iview at 8.00pm AEST, 7.30pm ACST, and 6pm AWST on 22nd, 23rd and 24th May 2018.

Stargazing Live will also be streamed live on the ABC TV YouTube channel and ABC TV Facebook page.

You’ll find heaps more information, images, ways to watch and get involved on the Stargazing Live website: abc.net.au/stargazing.

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Photo by Anthony Harvey for The Old Vic

Photo by Anthony Harvey for The Old Vic

Announced today: Tim will play a couple of songs as part of The Old Vic Theatre’s Bicentenary Variety Night on Saturday 12th May.

The auditorium will be transformed into a cabaret space reminiscent of The Old Vic’s days as a Music Hall in the 1880s. For full line-up details and Tickets click here.

Update: SOLD OUT

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Tim will be giving an exclusive solo performance at Dark Mofo on Tuesday 19th June, 2018. This will be his first Hobart show since 2011 with the Tasmania Symphony Orchestra and his first Tasmanian solo show since 2009!

Tuesday 19th June, 2018
7:30pm (Doors 6:30pm)
Odeon Theatre, Hobart
$49-$79 + booking fee

Tickets go on sale at 11am (AEST) Friday 4th May here
Snap them up as they’re sure to fly!

Here’s Tim to tell you all about it and to show you around his studio:

The Program is out now at darkmofo.net.au/program

UPDATE: This show sold out in about 15 minutes! They’ve added a second show waiting list via the ticket link above, so sign up to wait for news.

UPDATE 2: Both shows – 18th and 19th June, 2018, have SOLD OUT. No more shows will be added.

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Tim was at the 2018 Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Music Awards at the International Convention Centre, in Sydney, this week.

In keeping with the APRA Music Awards tradition, artists put their own spin on the songs nominated in the coveted peer-voted APRA Song of the Year category. Tim performed Paul Kelly and Billy Miller’s Song of the Year winning Firewood and Candles live, with a seven piece band.

The Band:

Tim – Piano
Ben Vanderwal – Drums
Jak Housden – Guitar
James Haselwood – Bass
Ken Allars – Trumpet
Mike Raper – Trombone
Steve Fitzmaurice – Alto/Bari Saxes

There’s a little pre show interview with Tim here.

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The US edition of When I Grow Up, the new magical picture book inspired by Tim’s hit song from the acclaimed and multi-award-winning Matilda the Musical is out today! It imagines life from a child’s viewpoint, with all the humour and poignancy of the song.

The book is illustrated by Steve Antony, an internationally published, award-winning author and illustrator of many picture books, including the Mr Panda series.

Published by Scholastic Press US, it’s available from all good booksellers, including:

Amazon US
Barnes & Noble
Books-A-Million
IndieBound
Target

Or on Kindle.

You can take a peek inside and find details about the already published UK edition here and the Australian edition here. Each cover, for the three editions, is slightly different but infused with the same playful energy and imagination for which When I Grow Up is so beloved.

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Tim the Baker

Tim the Baker

Tim’s episode of The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer will air this Tuesday, 20th March, at 8pm on Channel 4*. His fellow bakers are Ruth Davidson, Jamie Laing and Ella Eyre.

Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood will be judging, with Bake Off hosts Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig on hand at all times to oversee things.

It’ll be available to catch-up on ALL 4.

So, will Tim whisk everything to prove his stellar baking talents or will he always be a Rock-cake ‘n’ Roll Nerd?

Donate to Stand Up To Cancer here. (By text, phone or online) Thank you!

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It’s a serious business

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Tim’s performance of ‘Heaven On Their Minds’ from the Jesus Christ Superstar Arena Tour is available on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new audio release: Unmasked: The Platinum Collection (Deluxe).

This new collection is to mark Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 70th birthday this month and a composing career spanning almost 50 years.

Available on iTunes, Apple Music and Amazon.

Full tracklistings, MP3, Audio CD and streaming available on Amazon.
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The first stage of voting is now open for the 2018 Logie Awards.

Tim’s in the running for Most Popular Actor for Paul in Squinters, and the six-part comedy series itself is up for Most Popular Comedy.

Please cast your VOTE HERE.

Voting runs until Sunday 1st April, with final nominations announced on Monday 27th May.

All six episodes of Squinters are available on ABC iView.

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Photo by Melanie Escombe-Wolhuter

Photo by Melanie Escombe-Wolhuter

Tropfest Australia have today unveiled the judging panel, the hosts and the musical acts for the FREE independent short-film festival event on Saturday 17th February, in Parramatta Park, Sydney.

Tropfest is Australia’s biggest and most prestigious short film festival and the largest short film festival in the world.

Tim will be performing three songs at 9:15pm, during the live national broadcast, which will be hosted by ABC’s Zan Rowe and comedian Susie Youssef.

The 16 finalists’ films will be screened before the winner of the coveted trophy is announced.

The broadcast starts at 8pm on ABC COMEDY, airs simultaneously on iView and will be streamed globally on YouTube here:

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Photo by Joan Marcus

Tim’s been revealed as one of the bakers on The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer!

The celebrities will enter The Great British Bake Off tent to face the signature, technical and show-stopper challenges across five episodes. In each episode four celebrities will battle it out over three rounds in a bid to be crowned Star Baker.

So… is Timmy gonna be bringin’ home the gingerbread or will he be left flailing in a floury flurry?

Taking part are: Tim, Teri Hatcher, Stacey Solomon, Ruth Davidson, Roisin Conaty, Ricky Wilson, Perri Kiely, Nick Hewer, Melanie Sykes, Martin Kemp, Lee Mack, Kadeena Cox, Joe Lycett, Jamie Laing, Harry Hill, Griff Rhys Jones, Ella Eyre, Bill Turnbull, Alan Carr and Aisling Bea.

Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood will be judging, with Bake Off hosts Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig on hand to delight in the glorious successes and epic fails as the pressure builds.

Stand Up To Cancer is a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4.

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer will air later this year on Channel 4.
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The Arts Centre Gold Coast has become HOTA, Home of the Arts and to celebrate Tim’s kicking off their new programme with a free open air concert next month!

It’s free but you will need a ticket, so make sure you sign up to HOTA NEWS before 2am Thursday 8th February for your chance to secure limited pre-release tickets.

At 9am Thursday 8th February HOTA will send you an email with a special link to get your tickets. It’s only two tickets per person, so be sure to tell your friends they’ll need to sign up too.

UPDATE (08/02/18): Ticket allocation now exhausted.

Any remaining tickets will be released to the general public at 9am on Friday 9th February.

Tim Minchin In Concert

Outdoor Stage
HOTA, Home of the Arts
Gold Coast

7pm, Saturday 17th March, 2018
FREE EVENT (tickets required)
Tickets

Tim: “I’ve just moved back to Australia after 12 years living overseas, and the first stage I get to play on is a spanking new, world-class amphitheatre on the beautiful Gold Coast! It’s a hugely exciting venue in a part of the country I’ve not been to in years. Can’t frickin wait.”
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Chihoohoo

Chihoohoo

Tim will play Chihoohoo in Nathan Jurevicius’s upcoming animated movie Arkie. He joins, already announced, cast members Shailene Woodley, Jai Courtney and Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor.

Arkie is a fantastical adventure about an inventive and inquisitive young girl, Arkie (Woodley) who must leave the safety of her home and embark on an epic journey to the dazzling but dangerous metropolis The City Of Light to rescue her father Blister from the clutches of the evil scientist Dr. Maybee (Courtney).

Chihoohoo (Tim), a hybrid Chihuahua, is a baddie! Boo hiss! He’s one of Dr Maybee’s sly underworld contacts, a ruthless underworld lord who controls The City of Light’s lucrative black market.

Arkie will be on a big screen near you in late 2019.

Arkie was created by artist Nathan Jurevicius (the award winning talent behind the Scarygirl graphic novel and video game). To see additional images and learn more about the film and the team behind it, head over to @arkiethemovie on Facebook.

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Yesterday, Tim was in Adelaide, celebrating the brand new Walk of Fame promenade, overlooking the River Torrens and the reopening of Adelaide Festival Centre’s updated Festival Theatre.

Tim performed When I Grow Up, one of his new songs If This Plane Goes Down and to the delight of the audience I Still Call Australia Home with Todd McKenney who was hosting the event.

Adelaide Walk of Fame Promenade

Adelaide Walk of Fame Promenade


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Tim as Paul

The first episode of the new six-part comedy series Squinters, created by Adam Zwar and Trent O’Donnell, airs Wednesday 7th February at 9pm on ABC with ALL episodes available on ABC iView, if you wanna binge.

The series tracks the lives and aspirations of five carloads of rush-hour commuters from Sydney’s western suburbs, as they drive to work together in the morning and return home again in the evening, finding out how their workdays went in the meantime.

Tim plays delivery driver Paul, who starts an eco-carpool with his secret crush Romi (Andrea Demetriades) from Marketing. She’s the woman of his dreams and she thinks he’s kinda cute but she’s a little wary of her new car-buddy…

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