Tim Minchin
Australian musician
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| 2024 | Wrote the song 'Good Day Sunshine' for the Netflix series Eric, serving as a theme song for a fictional show within the series. |
| December 3 2024 | Announced five intimate shows titled 'First at the Foundry' to celebrate the opening of the Foundry Theatre at Sydney Lyric, scheduled for February 2025. |
| June 2024 | Announced North American tour for 'An Unfunny Evening' show, including dates in Canada and the United States. |
| 2023 | Portrayed Darius Cracksworth in the Australian series The Artful Dodger, a sequel to Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. |
| 2023 | Announced 'An Unfunny Evening with Tim Minchin and His Piano' tour across the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. |
| November 17 2023 | Released live album 'Apart Together (live at Trackdown Studio)' as a digital download through Navel and BMG |
| August 12 2023 | Groundhog Day musical revival at The Old Vic concluded. |
| May 20 2023 | Groundhog Day musical was revived at The Old Vic theatre. |
| 2022 | Second season of Upright was released on Fox Showcase in Australia and Sky Atlantic in the UK. |
| December 25 2022 | Matilda the Musical was released on Netflix globally, with Minchin's additional music and songs, screenplay by Dennis Kelly, and directed by Matthew Warchus. |
| December 12 2022 | BACK tour performances released on DVD and Blu-ray. |
| November 25 2022 | The feature film adaptation of Matilda the Musical was released in the UK and Ireland, with Minchin writing additional music and songs. |
| November 23 2022 | Final UK shows at Shepherd's Bush Empire were broadcast to cinemas. |
| 2021 | Minchin completed voiceover work for Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (as Busker K. Bushy, Esq.) and Back to the Outback (as Pretty Boy), also writing and performing the single 'Beautiful Ugly' with Evie Irie. |
| October 2021 | BACK tour encore in the UK, performing shows across October, November, and December. |
| June 2021 | BACK tour resumed in Australia after COVID-19 pandemic postponements. |
| 2020 | Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours for significant service to the performing arts and to the community. |
| 2020 | Performed the opening and closing songs for the BAFTA awards ceremony, which took place behind closed doors. |
| November 20 2020 | Released his debut studio album Apart Together, accompanied by a streamed digital concert. |
| June 2020 | Began early stages of composing a new biographical musical in collaboration with a British playwright, with plans to open the production in Australia. |
| March 2020 | Minchin signed a record deal with BMG and announced plans to release his debut studio album, Apart Together. |
| 2019 | Awarded an honorary Doctorate of Performing Arts from Edith Cowan University. |
| 2019 | Co-wrote and starred as Lucky Flynn in the TV series Upright. |
| 2019 | Awarded a third honorary doctorate for his contribution to the arts by the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. |
| October 2019 | BACK tour continues with performances in the UK during October and November. |
| October 2019 | BACK tour continued in the UK, with Minchin performing with a new band and introducing songs from his musical works and new compositions. |
| March 2019 | BACK tour began, touring Australia and New Zealand, featuring new songs like 'Fuck This', 'Leaving LA', and 'If This Plane Goes Down'. |
| 2018 | Acted in Squinters, an ABC comedy. |
| 2018 | Minchin co-starred as Friar Tuck in the American film Robin Hood. |
| August 30 2018 | Tim Minchin announced his return to touring with the BACK show, marking his first major tour since 2012, with the exception of a micro tour in Los Angeles in October 2017. |
| 2017 | Won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical for 'Groundhog Day The Musical' and received the Richard Dawkins Award. |
| 2017 | Minchin created the protest song 'I Still Call Australia Homophobic', a reworked version of Peter Allen's 'I Still Call Australia Home', during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey. The video was shown on the ABC Insiders TV current affairs program. |
| December 2017 | Returned to Australia from Los Angeles with his wife Sarah, settling in Sydney. |
| October 2017 | During a Facebook Live Q&A with The Guardian, discussed Matilda and expressed interest in potentially adapting Neil Gaiman's novel Stardust into a stage musical. |
| September 17 2017 | Groundhog Day musical closed on Broadway after 176 performances and 31 previews. |
| April 17 2017 | Groundhog Day musical officially opened on Broadway. |
| March 2017 | The Larrikins animation project was cancelled, reportedly by Comcast after their acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, which Minchin described as 'unbearable'. |
| March 16 2017 | Groundhog Day musical began Broadway previews. |
| 2016 | Received the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor for 'The Secret River' and appeared in the documentary 'Matilda & Me'. |
| 2016 | Groundhog Day musical premiered at The Old Vic theatre. |
| 2016 | Composed the musical 'Groundhog Day' |
| September 19 2016 | Groundhog Day musical's initial Broadway preview run concluded. |
| July 2016 | Groundhog Day musical began previews on Broadway. |
| April 23 2016 | Minchin participated in Shakespeare Live! at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, celebrating Shakespeare's birthday and 400 years since his death. He performed in the 'To be, or not to be' sketch with several notable actors including Benedict Cumberbatch, David Tennant, and Ian McKellen, in the presence of Prince Charles and Camilla. |
| February 20 2016 | 'Come Home (Cardinal Pell)' reached No. 11 on the Australian Singles Chart. |
| February 17 2016 | The ABC 7.30 programme reported that Minchin's song 'Come Home (Cardinal Pell)' had gone viral with almost 200,000 YouTube views. |
| 2015 | Tim Minchin was announced as the music and lyrics writer for the stage musical Groundhog Day, collaborating with director Matthew Warchus and the creative team from Matilda, alongside book writer Danny Rubin. |
| 2015 | Played the role of Smasher in the Australian TV mini series The Secret River. |
| 2015 | Awarded a second honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. |
| 2015 | Guest starred in the Australian comedy television series No Activity. |
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