Tim will be helping to raise money for the anti-poverty charity War On Want, when he headlines their Comedy Gig on the 1st May at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London!

Also appearing on this amazing bill will be Shappi Khorsandi, Seann Walsh, Robin Ince, Kevin Eldon, Andi Osho, Hal Cruttenden, Frisky and Mannish and more.

War On Want will use proceeds from the night towards their work in fighting the root causes of global poverty. You can read more about the work they do on their website.

Shepherd’s Bush Empire is a relatively small venue, with roughly 1,000 seats, and tickets are already selling fast, so if you want to see Tim up close, be sure to grab yours from TicketWeb quickly!

Unfortunately, we have to announce that this year’s Sonisphere festival at Knebworth is cancelled. Below is a statement from the promoters.

It is with very heavy hearts and much regret that we announce the cancellation of Sonisphere Knebworth 2012.

Team Sonisphere.

Tim will be rocking up, in some natty attire and with that hair of his, to do a 30 minute in-store performance at Amoeba Music in LA, on Tuesday, April 10th at 6pm. He’ll then hang around to do some signing.

You’ll need to purchase a copy of Ready For This?, Tim’s first US DVD/CD release, that night at Amoeba ($15.98) in order to participate in the signing but you’ll also get a free poster and you’ll be able to get one additional item signed, be it the poster, a canvas bag, a… banana or whatever takes your fancy.

This is likely to be a very popular event, especially as there’s no age limit, so it might be wise to get there a bit early to ensure a decent view.

Amoeba Music
6400 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 245-6400
www.amoeba.com

Tim will be appearing at this year’s Cheltenham Science Festival on the 13th June 2012 at 6.30pm. He’ll be talking with Robin Ince about bringing science and rationalism to his audiences via his musical, lyrical and satirical songs, followed by a short performance.

Tickets go on general sale on the 2nd April at 10.30am, but they’re already selling extremely quickly to festival members!

If you wish, you can find out about and sign up for the Cheltenham Festivals Membership here as that will allow you to book for this and other festival events, right now, before the public booking opens on Monday.

For further information on the show itself, Turning Science into Song, take a look here.

Tim will be joining the lovely and hilarious Richard Herring, as the first guest, in his new London run of Podcasts at the Leicester Square Theatre on Monday 7th May 2012.

Richard Herring, who recently held on to his Chortle Internet Award crown, will be bringing his extremely popular iTunes chart topping Edinburgh Fringe Podcast to London’s Leicester Square Theatre for eight shows May – June. Typically it involves topical humour, comedy chat, improvisation, prizes and more. So, if you fancy seeing Tim jousting* with a fellow comedy knight, fashion icon and facial hair aficionado head along to the podcast recording.

If you can’t make it to the show, due to pesky geography or something, you’ll be able to catch all the episodes on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide.

Tickets and further details can be found here.

* There may not be any actual jousting due to the logistics involved.

Tim has been announced on an astounding bill of comedians for Scope’s Big Comedy Night on 20th May 2012 at Hammersmith Apollo in London!

Tim will be joining Richard Herring, Al Murray, Francesca Martinez, Doc Brown, Hal Cruttenden, Milton Jones and more for a night of japes in aid of the charity, Scope.

The idea of holding a comedy event in support of disabled people came from disability rights campaigner Nicky Clark, who worked with fellow Scope supporters Richard Herring and Francesca Martinez to help the charity secure the line-up.

The event will raise funds for Scope’s work to support disabled people and their families to have the same opportunities as everyone else.

Tickets are on sale now and can be bought from HMVTickets and Ticketmaster!

Matilda the Musical has earned itself a whopping ten nominations for this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards, which is the maximum for which it was eligible, including Best New Musical!

The four young actresses playing Matilda – Sophia Kiely, Eleanor Worthington Cox, Kerry Ingram and Cleo Demetriou – are up jointly for Best Actress in a Musical, while Bertie Carvel and Paul Kaye are up for Best Actor in a Musical and Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical, respectively.

Other nominations go to Matthew Warchus for Best Director, Rob Howells for Best Set Design and Best Costume Design, Hugh Vanstone for Best Lighting Design, Peter Darling for Best Theatre Choreographer and Simon Baker for Best Sound Design.

The Olivier Awards are the UK’s most prestigious theatre awards, recognising excellence in professional theatre in London shows. They’re often considered to be the theatre industry equivalent of the BAFTA Awards or the UK equivalent of Broadway’s Tony Awards.

The awards will be handed out on the 15th April, at the Royal Opera House. The ceremony will be broadcasted live on BBC Radio 2 and on the BBC Red Button services – who knows, you might even see a nattily dressed Tim (on the TV, not the radio)!

You can view a full list of all the awards and nominees on the Olivier Awards website here.

Huge congratulations to Tim and everyone at Matilda the Musical on this phenomenal news!

Tim will be performing satirically, lyrically and musically with his band*, on the Main Stage at GuilFest 2012, near Guildford, Surrey, on Saturday 14th July.

The festival is held over the weekend of Friday 13th to Sunday 15th July and features eight stages of live music. The full line up is yet to be announced but already confirmed are Jools Holland and the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra headlining Friday, with special guest Roland Gift and the Saturday night headliner is Olly Murs, supported by Jimmy Cliff.

Names announced, so far, for the great comedy line up over the weekend include: Jarred Christmas, Mitch Benn, Helen Arney, Jess Fostekew, Danny Ward, Tiernan Douieb, Brian Lacey, Yianni, Matt Richardson, Rich Wilson, Jonny Awsum, Chris Turner, John Mann, John Ryan, Brendan Dempsey, Tom Glover and Mark Simmons.

You can find out more about the festival, look out for further line up announcements and buy your tickets from the festival site here. There are weekend and day tickets available.

* The unreasonably handsome Pete and Brad.

Tim is to perform at The Secret Garden Party 2012, as it celebrates its 10th birthday, at Mill Hill Field in Abbots Ripton on the 19th to 21st July. He’ll be joined on stage by his distinguished band, Pete Clements and Brad Webb. Collectively they’ll surely have no trouble at all in complying with the Arts & Expression theme for this year: “Standing On Ceremony” despite all three being seated for most of the show…

Tickets are now being sold on a tiered system and they are available here.

More information can be found on their Facebook page and the full line up is on the festival website www.secretgardenparty.com

Tim will be pottering over to the Kew Royal Botanical Gardens with his not-at-all-weedy band, Pete Clements and Brad Webb, on the 5th July 2012!

The show is part of their summer series of events, Kew The Music, and Tim will be a special guest to Pink Martini, who are a thirteen member ‘little orchestra’ that draw their inspiration from the romantic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 50s.

Other shows in the series include Status Quo, Will Young, Gypsy Kings and M-People. Details of these shows and tickets purchasing information can be found on the Kew Gardens website.