December 2014

Tim will be on your telly Christmas Day at 9pm on BBC2. Tim Rice: A Life In Song sees a host of special guests celebrate the life and work of the great lyricist at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

Michael Grade hosts and is in conversation with Tim Rice, teasing out the stories behind some of the best loved songs from stage and screen over the last five decades.

‘Our Tim’ joins Alexander Armstrong, Gemma Arterton, Rob Brydon, Roger Daltrey, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Rufus Wainwright amoungst many others. They are accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Mike Dixon. Full details and line-up are to be found here.

Tim opened the show with, Heaven On Their Minds from Jesus Christ Superstar*, on the night, so it might be worth tuning in early if you’re sitting down to watch it on the telly box in your paper hats.

Otherwise it’ll be available on iPlayer shortly after it airs and via the BBC RED Button: 10:25pm until 6:00am.

* As many of you will know: In 2012, Tim toured with the spectacular first ever UK arena tour of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary rock classic Jesus Christ Superstar, cast in his dream role of Judas Iscariot, reprising his award winning role when the show toured Australian arenas and then the UK again in 2013.

It’s finally time to announce something that’s been on most North American fans’ wishlists – region 1 DVDs!

Comedy Dynamics released So F**king Rock Live and Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra on streaming site Hulu (and Netflix for the Heritage Orchestra show) earlier this year and now they’re releasing both shows on DVD!

The DVDs are being released on 20th January 2015 – a bit too late for Santa to leave them under your tree, but we’ve heard that they make equally as excellent birthday presents!

They’re available to preorder from Amazon (US and Canada) from the following links:

• So F**king Rock Live (US)
• So F**king Rock Live (Canada)
• Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra (US)
• Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra (Canada)

So F**king Rock Live was filmed at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London, way back in May 2008, and features all of Tim’s greatest hits from his first two shows, Dark Side and So Rock. It’s filled with such musical highlights as Canvas Bags, If You Really Loved Me, Some People Have It Worse Than I and You Grew On Me.

Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra was recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London in April 2011 and includes a mix of spectacular reworkings of classic Tim tracks and funky new tracks written especially for the show. The tracklisting includes delights such as The Pope Song, Lullaby, Not Perfect and Thank You God.

Both shows also feature fabulous Minchin choreography, his trademark big hair and bare feet, and some hilarious talky bits.

Still not convinced? Then here are some preview clips for you!

Due to the phenomenal demand for tickets for the show on the 23rd, causing it to sell out in minutes, Tim will be doing a second and final date On The Steps of the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday 24th February, 2015.

The presale opens on Wednesday 10th December at 12noon and closes on Thursday 11th December, 2014, at 5pm.

The rest of the tickets will go on general sale at 10am on Friday 12th December, 2014, here.

If you didn’t have tickets to the 23rd, we hope this other date will do…

So, if you’d like to see Tim take over the steps of the Opera House with his band, shake out that glorious mane, bust some moves and entertain you wildly with concert versions of his greatest hits (and if you’re lucky maybe a song or two from Matilda and/or his new musical Groundhog Day) best get your wiggle on to grab tickets!

Tim was interviewed on The Morning Show last week and at 07:48 he talks briefly about what you can expect from his show on the steps of the Sydney Opera House and whether he’ll choose a swanky new costume or appear in his “birthday suit”…

Photo by Lyndsey Gardiner

It’s been a few years since Tim visited San Francisco. So, having heard your numerous pleas, he’ll be performing at the Nourse Theatre, San Francisco, CA, at 7pm on Sunday, January 25th, 2015!

This will be vintage Tim; delivering a heady mix of clever, satirical and often beautiful songs, along with his musical athleticism and a ferocious hairdo.

Tickets to this special evening, at the newly renovated and reopened Nourse Theatre, are likely to sell fast so be sure you’re adequately prepared to snap them up at the presale:

The presale starts tomorrow Wednesday 3rd December, 2014, at 10am (PST) and runs until 10pm Thursday.
Use the presale password: PRESENTS

Tickets will then go on general sale at 10am Friday 5th December, 2014, here.