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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.

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!

It’s a serious business

Or not…

The Bakers

Bakers, Judges & Hosts

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

UPDATE:
Tim’s Trailer

Will his baking go down under? Join @TimMinchin for #GBBO for @StandUp2C. Tonight. 8pm. @Channel4. pic.twitter.com/rd37AO9gEP

— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) March 20, 2018

*The programme will be repeated on Channel 4, Sunday 25th March at 5:15pm.

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.

Here’s Tim performing the song at the ‘Tim Rice: A Life In Song’ concert, at London’s Royal Festival Hall in 2014:

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.

New this year: the Logies have announced that fans will get a second chance to vote for their favourites from the shortlisted nominees, with a final round of live public voting, starting from Friday 29th June right up until the end of the red carpet telecast on Sunday 1st July.

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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It will be possible to catch-up on iView afterwards with the full programme available until 19th March, 2018.

The latest additions to the esteemed judging panel have also been announced. Joining Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon on the Tropfest Australia 2018 Jury are: Primetime Emmy-nominated filmmaker Garth Davis (Lion), BAFTA-nominated Aussie documentarian Jennifer Peedom (Mountain), and Logie award-winning Indigenous actor Rob Collins (Cleverman). More to be announced later this week.

For full event details, screening venues, public transport options and Trop Jr. (10-12), head to www.tropfest.org.au.

Tropfest 2018

Saturday 17 February, 12 – 11pm
Price: FREE
Location: The Crescent – Parramatta Park, Parramatta, NSW 2150 – maps here.

12:00pm: Gates open – Tropfest Food Village opens
4:00pm: Entertainment at The Crescent – Hosted by Andy Ryan and Kristy Best
4:30pm: Screenings of Trop Jr 2018 final three films + the Best of Tropfest
5:25pm: Cumbiamuffin performance
6:30pm: Thandi Phoenix performance
8:00pm: ABC live national broadcast commences / screening of the finalist films
9:15pm: Special guest performance by Tim Minchin
10:45pm: Announcement of Tropfest winners + awards presentation

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.

If you look really closely at the trailer (don’t blink!) you might spot ‘someone’ looking very focussed on a blue piping bag:

UPDATE (22/02/18): The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer kicks off its five-episode run on Tuesday, March 6th at 8pm.

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.”

This’ll be a very special concert indeed, in a beautiful outdoor setting – and it’s FREE! Don’t miss out, get a wiggle on and register for tickets here now.

*****

UPDATE (13/02/18): HOTA contacted us with this statement for those who missed out: “Sorry Tim Minchin fans, we sent the email at 9am and we realise some of you didn’t get it in time. It appears that some servers like Hotmail delayed the delivery. We are as disappointed as you are.”  They have taken steps to try to ensure that this won’t happen again.

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.

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

Media Event

When this was first announced Tim said:
“I’ve always loved Adelaide. From playing with Eddie Perfect at the Cabaret Festival, through shows in tents in the Garden of Unearthly Delights, to playing with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, to having Matilda the Musical play at Adelaide Festival Centre, I have always loved the gigs, the audiences, and the place. It’s a huge honour to be represented star-shaped in your pavement.”

The prestigious Walk of Fame will initially include more than 130 names and will be extended annually. A full list can be seen here.

Photos by Kelly Carpenter

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…

The other commuters include: a single mum keen to avoid her teen daughter making the same mistakes in love, while juggling a new romance of her own; a clueless ex- school bully hitching a ride with the guy he tormented; best girlfriends whose friendship is tested when one becomes the other’s unlikely boss; and a middle-aged man grappling with a flighty boyfriend, a possible redundancy and a recalcitrant dog.

Tim joins an extraordinary ensemble cast including: Academy-Award nominee Jacki Weaver, Mandy McElhinney, Miranda Tapsell, Damon Herriman, Sam Simmons, Andrea Demetriades, Wayne Blair, Justin Rosniak, Christiaan Van Vuuren, and Jenna Owen, along with young comic talents Susie Youssef (Rosehaven), Rose Matafeo (NZ’s Funny Girls), Steen Raskopoulos (BBC’s Top Coppers) and YouTube sensation John Luc (aka ‘MyChonny’), as well as the UK’s Nyasha Hatendi (Hulu’s Casual).

Squinters is produced by the team at Jungle Entertainment (No Activity, The Moodys and the forthcoming Sando).

Last night, Tim performed White Wine in the Sun, with Iain Grandage’s beautiful strings arrangement, on The Late Late Show with James Corden (guest host Bryan Cranston):

If this is still geo-blocked in Australia: you’ll find the full episode on Tenplay. Tim’s on at about 33:30.

As in previous years, all November, December and January profits from the sale of Tim’s much loved sentimental Christmas song, will go to The National Autistic Society.

There are two versions; the 2009 solo version and the 2012 studio version, with strings, french horn and more.

More details here.

Tim’ll be performing White Wine in The Sun on The Late Late Show with James Corden on Wednesday, December 13th, 2017.

The other guests on the show are actors Dwayne Johnson and Jack Black.

US:
CBS 12:37am/11:37pm c.
If you miss it or prefer to watch it later, the episode and clips should appear online here.

Australia:
The programme airs a day later on Channel ELEVEN with catch-up on Tenplay.

UK:
UPDATE: Unfortunately, unlike last time, Season 3 episodes are not available on Sky or Now TV a day later. 

As in previous years, all November, December and January profits from the sale of Tim’s much loved sentimental Christmas song, White Wine In The Sun, will go to The National Autistic Society. More details here.

To see Tim’s last appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden, including ‘Donald: The Musical’ take a look here.

Tim will be performing at Adelaide Festival Centre’s Walk of Fame Gala in January, 2018. He joins an amazing star-studded line-up of artists, already honoured in starry form on the walkway, including: Paul Blackwell, Greta Bradman, Rhonda Burchmore, Beccy Cole, Peter Combe, Slava Grigoryan, Nancye Hayes, James Morrison, Garry Stewart’s Australian Dance Theatre and Niki Vasilakis, with the event hosted by the charismatic Todd McKenney.

There will be two concert extravaganzas on the 19th January at 1pm and 8pm.

Further information and Tickets can be found here.

The Walk of Fame Gala will celebrate the brand new Walk of Fame promenade, overlooking the River Torrens and the reopening of Adelaide Festival Centre’s updated Festival Theatre.

Photo by Toby Burrows

Tim says: “I’ve always loved Adelaide. From playing with Eddie Perfect at the Cabaret Festival, through shows in tents in the Garden of Unearthly Delights, to playing with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, to having Matilda the Musical play at Adelaide Festival Centre, I have always loved the gigs, the audiences, and the place. It’s a huge honour to be represented star-shaped in your pavement.” 

The prestigious Walk of Fame will initially include more than 130 names and will be extended annually. A full list can be seen here. 

Tim’ll be interviewed on the Kevin & Bean Show on KROQ, tomorrow morning, 28th November, 2017.
ATT* 8:05am PST.

The Kevin & Bean Show airs on 106.7 KROQ FM from 5am-10am PST.

You can Listen Live at kroq.com/listen.
or
You’ll find the Podcast on iTunes or kroq.com/podcast shortly after it airs.

*Approximate Timmy Time (ATT)

White Wine in the Sun

Hey! It’s that time again and as in previous years, all November, December and January profits from the sale of Tim’s beloved sentimental Christmas song, White Wine In The Sun, will go to The National Autistic Society. The NAS provide support, information and services for people with autism and their families and campaigns for “a better world for people with autism”.

There are two versions; the 2009 solo version and the 2012 studio version, with strings, french horn and more.

Here are a few more of the places you can download the 2012 single internationally: iTunes, Amazon (UK), Amazon (US) and 7digital.

If you have it already, you may fancy gifting it, along with the socks, jocks or chocs…