Tim Minchin's brand of dark comedic cabaret has received increasing critical and public acclaim in the last two years. His show 'Dark Side' won the 2005 Perrier Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Festival Directors’ Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and was featured at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival in July 2006.
His most recent show, 'So Rock', was nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the MICF and received universally rave reviews.
He has appeared live in the UK at the Soho Theatre and the Lyric Theatre, and at the 'Tickled Pink' breast cancer fundraiser at the Royal Albert Hall. He has also appeared on British television and radio, and on Paramount Comedy’s 'The World Stands Up'.
In Australia in 2003 Tim's first show, Navel, received Green Room Award nominations for Most Innovative Use of Form and Most Outstanding Songwriter. The following year his second effort, Perineum Millennium, received Green Room Award Nominations for Best Cabaret Artist and Most Outstanding Songwriter.
He was a Raw Comedy Victorian state finalist in 2004.
What the press says about Tim:
"He plays like an angel, sings like the rock star he always wanted to be and has a devil sense of humour." (The Scotsman)
"Take out a second mortgage, sell the car, and put the money on the safest bet you'll ever make in this uncertain world; that Tim Minchin will be the next big thing in musical comedy." (Time Out)
"...an immensely talented musician... a bright, quirky and hugely entertaining comedian. It’s the sort of all-round package of genius that could drive other comics furious with envy... Impeccable stuff." (Chortle)
"Articulate, thoughtful, dry and unashamedly polysyllabic... Dark, irreverent and talented... Excellent, provoking, funny." (The Age)
