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The Australian edition of Sometimes You Have To Be A Little Bit Naughty is available today!

Sometimes You Have To Be A Little Bit Naughty is a mischievous, funny and empowering picture book inspired by Naughty, Tim’s much-loved song from the multi-award-winning Matilda The Musical and beautifully illustrated by Steve Antony

More details here, including a peek inside at some of the pages.

Available in-store and online from the following retailers and more:

Harry Hartog – Tim will be signing books in the Marrickville store 19th Oct. Register here.
Booktopia – A limited number of copies signed by Tim are available while stocks last.
Angus & Robertson
Dymocks
Readings

(UPDATE 13/04/2023) Now available in the UK too.
US publication details will be announced once confirmed.

Tim’s returning to the spectacular Sydney Opera House Forecourt stage on Saturday 12th November for a special performance with his 8-piece band as part of the Opera House’s 50th Anniversary. The famous Forecourt stage is framed by the sails with the Harbour Bridge as a backdrop.

TIM MINCHIN
Sydney Opera House Forecourt
Saturday 12th November 2022

TICKETS go on sale 9am AEST Friday 30th September here.

Tim says this’ll be “a festival set that we’ve been performing, loads of songs, improvised rambling in between, me running around on stage being a goose and you having a good time”.

Heads-up! There’s a Pre-sale here for you which opens at 12pm AEST on Wednesday 28th September. (Due to expected high demand, you may be placed into a queue to purchase tickets).

Tim and his fabulous 8-piece band will be performing at Melbourne’s Palace Foreshore on November 26th, 2022.

Tim: “It’s a festival set that we’ve been performing, loads of songs, me running around on stage being a goose and you having a good time”.

TIM MINCHIN LIVE
Palace Foreshore, Melbourne
Saturday 26th November 2022

TICKETS go on sale Wednesday September 21st at 11am (AEST) here.
Live Nation pre-sale: 10am Tuesday September 20th – 10am Wednesday September 21st.
You know what to do!

Ooh! The first Matilda the Musical teaser!
(Wait until the end for the Emma Thompson reveal. She is EXTRAORDINARY).
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, coming to Netflix Film and in theatres in the UK (and hopefully Australia… stay tuned) this December.

UPDATE (30/06/22): The London Film Festival [LFF] has announced that Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical will be opening the festival on Wednesday, October 5th. This will be the global premiere of the film, two months before its nationwide release.

The musical stars Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull, Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey and newcomer Alisha Weir in the title role. Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough feature as Matilda’s parents and Sindhu Vee as Mrs Phelps.

Dennis Kelly has written the screenplay with music and lyrics by Tim. Directed by Matthew Warchus.

Australia! Tim’ll make his Darwin debut this August, with a spectacular performance with his full band, under the stars at the Festival’s stunning outdoor Amphitheatre.

Tickets are on sale now!

Saturday 13th August, 8pm. Gates open 5.30pm, Support 6.30pm.
Darwin Amphitheatre, The Gardens.
Tickets: Full $95, Concession and Friends of the Festival $91.

Darwin Festival’s full program of cabaret, theatre, comedy, dance, visual arts, outdoor concerts and fun family events will be announced on Thursday 16th June.

Slate 1. Take 1.
Let’s go baby.

#UprightSeason2

Season 1 details and where to watch.

To mark the end of the BACK tour (finally), here are some stats, for people who like stats. (Everybody).
#BackStats

ATTENDEES:
260,836 humans
(You were all uncommonly sexy)
#BackStats

DOLLARS TO CHARITY:
$1.25M
Yes, that’s one and a quarter million bucks baby. We – and the recipients – are incredibly grateful to those of you who bought VIP charity tickets.
#BackStats
*thank you* *raised hands* *heart*

TREES PLANTED: 500
SPECIES: 20
CARBON OFFSET: 90 (tonnes of CO2e sequestered over 30 yrs)
#BackStats

PERFORMANCES: 133
(Standing Ovations: 131 *cry* *lol* *shrug*)
#BackStats

PIANO STOOLS BUSTED: 3 (Oops)
#BackStats

BIRTHS: 3 (Same number as the busted piano stools. Coincidence? I think not.
#ThePowerOfRock)
#BackStats

DEATHS:
1
We miss you Greg!
(Oh, guys, you should get the new Whitlams record. It’s bloody fantastic and has two songs about Greg on it!)
#BackStats

TOTAL BAND-MEMBERS: 15
TOTAL CREW-MEMBERS: 63
TOTAL VENUES: 39
AVERAGE AUDIENCE: 1,961
TOUR POSTPONEMENTS: 5
PIANO TUNINGS: 399
FIRINGS: 37 (nearly all Dane)
TEQUILA GLASSES SMASHED: 1
CHEESE CONSUMED: Incalculable
NIGHTS RECORDED: 2
PEOPLE STILL READING STATS: 7
#BackStats

And finally…
We recorded BACK at the iconic Shepherds Bush Empire. I’ve watched it, and it’s a pretty fkn tight little gig, if I do say so myself. It’s being mixed and graded and when it’s all pretty I’ll let you know when we’re gonna release it. Stay tuned!

And thank you. We are so lucky to have been able to work (on and off) through this mad old time.
*heart* *thank you* *heart*
#BackStats

Sarah Belkner
Jak Housden
Brad Webb
Ben Vanderwal
Evan Mannell
James Haselwood
Pete Clements
Tom Richards
Matthew Ottignon
Rory Simmons
Dane Laboyrie
Emma Bassett
Ben Gurton

BACK TO THE OUTBACK, the new animated family comedy is out only on Netflix. It tracks the adventures of a group of “deadly” but cute animals and a narcissistic celebrity koala called Pretty Boy (voiced by Tim!).

The movie stars Isla Fisher, Tim, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Miranda Tapsell, Angus Imrie, Keith Urban, Aislinn Derbez, and Jacki Weaver.

Tim wrote and recorded Beautiful Ugly, featuring Evie Irie, for the credits. The song has been released as a single, available to stream or download here and as part of the full soundtrack album here, where you’ll also find another song written by Tim for the movie: Maddie’s Lullaby, sung by Thelma Plum.

There’s a lyric video for Beautiful Ugly:

A few more videos to whet your appetite:

The Official Teaser is pretty fun.

Here’s the Official Trailer:

Tim: “Pretty Boy is not, if we’re honest, the least narcissistic marsupial on the planet”:

#BackToTheOutback
Netflix
Sony Music Soundtracks

Tim’ll be performing at ELEVATE Sydney Final Night: 5th January 7pm – 10pm.
The evening features Courtney Act, Tim and Tones And I.

Tickets are FREE but limited and go on sale on the 2nd December here, so grab ’em while you can!
UPDATE: Ticket allocation for Tim’s event is now exhausted but you can join a waitlist for new ticket releases.

ELEVATE Sydney is a 6-day extravaganza on Sydney’s Cahill Expressway Jan 1st – 6th, 2022.

Visit elevatesydney.com for full details and tickets.

Splendour In The Grass is now Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th July 2022 at North Byron Parklands.

Tim’s performing on Saturday 23rd July 2022!

A limited number of preloved tickets will go on sale Monday 6th of December, 9AM AEDT.

You’ll find the full line-up and more information at splendourinthegrass.com #SITG2022