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“One of the funniest and most amazing shows you will ever see.” (Daily Telegraph)

“Simultaneously an excellent stand-up comedian, a purveyor of physical comedy, an accomplished musician and a lyricist of diabolical ingenuity. Witty, smart, and unabashedly offensive.” (The Age)

“Minchin is a genuine musical virtuoso, whose songs are constructed and sung with an attention to detail that would make Rufus Wainwright sit up and look nervous. And that’s even before we get to the jokes.” (The Times, London)

“Articulate, thoughtful, dry and unashamedly polysyllabic… dark irreverent and talented… excellent, provoking, funny.” (The Age)

“Take out a second mortgage, sell the car, and put the money on the safest bet you’ll ever make in this uncertain world: that Tim Minchin will be the next big thing in musical comedy”. (Time Out, London)

“He plays like an angel, sings like the rock star he always wanted to be and has a devil of a sense of humour. This is an extraordinary performer.” (The Scotsman)

“Brilliantly inventive.” (The West Australian)

“One of the best hours you could spend.” (The Advertiser Adelaide)

“Tim Minchin has a rocket marked “fame” strapped to his backside… An extraordinarily charismatic performer”. (The Age)

“It’s this fine line between comedic gold and pushing the limits of good taste that little bit too far which Tim Minchin has proven himself a master of walking”. (AAP April 2007)

“Tim Minchin is a theatrical genius.” (9 to 5)

“Mr Minchin has fine musicality, fine poetry, fine wit, in short, a fine madness. This is quality comedy.” (Max Gillies)

“An immensely talented musician… a bright, quirky and hugely entertaining comedian. It’s the sort of all-round package of genius that could drive other comics furious with envy… Impeccable stuff.” (www.chortle.co.uk)

“Cabaret cannot possibly get any better than Tim Minchin’s Dark Side… hit after hit of wise, wicked and joyfully hateful tunes that made me laugh so hard I snorted. The whole audience was giddy… Brilliant.” (Beat Magazine)

“It saddens my heart to think that there are still people out there who haven’t witnessed Tim Minchin live in action.” (The Groggy Squirrel)

“Tim Minchin is the thinking person’s comic crumpet.” (The Program)

“Extremely musical and totally hilarious… Minchin also has a potty-mouth, a self-deprecating grin, a sparkling wit, and the likeable dishevelled manner of Chaplin’s Little Tramp. All this goes together to make Minchin’s Darkside amongst the most enjoyable one man performances you are ever likely to see.” (The Swine Newspaper)

“Take a dose of Ben Folds Five’s pop satire, a pinch of David Helfgott’s piano virtuosity and a whole lot of talent, mix it… and you have the wonderully dark world of Tim Minchin.” (MX Newspaper)

“Articulate, thoughtful, dry and unashamedly polysyllabic… Dark, irreverent and talented… Excellent, provoking, funny.” (The Age)

“A hilariously entertaining show.” (Buzz Cuts)

“With a brain roughly the size of a bookstore’s cultural studies section and a vocabulary to match… Minchin is indisputably chucklesome.” (The Age)