Tim Minchin
- 49 years old
- Australian
- Actor, writer, composer and stand-up comedian
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Tim Minchin & Tom Allen working on the TV BAFTAs
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced that Tim Minchin will be opening and closing this year's star-studded Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards 2020 with a special musical performance.
Ahead of the BBC One show, comedian Tom Allen is also announced today as host of the Virgin Media BAFTA TV Pre-Show, which will stream live on BAFTA's social channels (YouTube, Twitter and Facebook) from 18:00 BST, leading up to the main event.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th July 2020Tim Minchin: interview
Tim Minchin, best known for his stand-up, satirical songs and Matilda The Musical, is releasing his debut album. He tells Alice Jones why he has finally learned to take himself seriously.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 22nd July 2020Tim Minchin: Closest brush with the law? Nude run, 1996
The Australian comedian and musician on social media, the anxiety of love and Abba hits.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 11th July 2020Tim Minchin releases single from debut studio album
Groundbreaking Australian musician Tim Minchin today releases the first single from his debut studio album via BMG.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th March 2020Opinion: top comedy gigs of 2019
Here are my top comedy gigs of 2019 very much in no particular order. Impossible to pick one out, but hopefully if you've been reading beyond the joke over the last twelve months some of these are favourites of yours too.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th December 2019The decade in culture
The Times's critics select their preferred cultural moments and institutions of the 2010s.
The Times, 19th December 2019London comedy 2019: The best comedy shows of the year
Good lord, haven't we all needed a laugh this year? Shout out to all the comedians who have kept us on the right side of despair.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 16th December 2019Upright review
Tim Minchin's pitch-perfect Aussie odyssey.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 13th December 2019Tim Minchin's odd sadcom continues - not always convincingly, but with enough big-hearted eccentricity to make perseverance worthwhile. Tonight, Lucky awakes to discover that Meg has vanished, along with his ute and piano. But just as he is contemplating giving up, a revelation comes.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 12th December 2019TV review: Upright, series 1, episodes 1 and 2
The first episode initially moves at quite a fast pace with the duo together within six minutes, but then it spends the rest of it's run time teasing us as to whether they will actually team up, despite everyone knowing that's the concept of the show and it's definitely going to happen.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 10th December 2019