June 2017

#AuthorsForGrenfell are raising money for the Red Cross fund for the Grenfell Tower victims.

There’s a rare limited edition hardback of the graphic novel version of Tim’s much-loved beat-poem ‘Storm’ up for auction. Tim will sign and personalise the book for the winner.

Co-creators of the book Tracy King and DC Turner will also include some hand-drawn, unique ‘Storm’ artwork.

The auction ends 8pm (BST) Tuesday 27th June, 2017.

If you’d like to bid click here for full details. You simply comment with your bid (in £) at the bottom of the auction page.

If you’re not able to make a bid yourself, you can help by spreading the word or take a look at the many other items available in the #AuthorsForGrenfell auction.

Thank you!

An exclusive event for those in Australia and New Zealand!

Tune in tomorrow, Wednesday 21st June, 2017, from 7.30PM AEST / 9.30PM NZST as Tim goes #OneOnOne with Sir Paul McCartney on Facebook Live!

As well as revealing all the details of Paul’s upcoming Australian and New Zealand Tour, Paul will be answering some questions from fans, asked on your behalf by Tim:

For your chance to have a question answered by Paul live tomorrow night, please submit your question here.

The video will remain on Paul McCartney’s Facebook Page after the stream ends, viewable only by Australian and New Zealand audiences.

UPDATE (21/06/17): Full details of Paul McCartney’s Australia/New Zealand #OneOnOne Tour here.

Next week, Tim’ll be joining Eddie Izzard and Kristen Schaal on the panel of @midnight on Comedy Central! This will be his third appearance on the internet-themed improv comedy panel show, hosted by Chris Hardwick.

The show will air on Comedy Central on Tuesday 20th June, 11:30/10:30c. Check your local schedules for further details. Episodes can be found for catch-up on the Comedy Central @midnight website after they air.

Tim will be recording this episode on Monday 19th June, 8:30pm, at Hollywood Center Studios, so if you’re in or near LA, you might like to request tickets here.

Having received SEVEN nominations including Best Musical, the cast of Groundhog Day Broadway will perform at The Tony Awards tomorrow evening!

The glittering ceremony will air on the CBS Television Network at 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT, on Sunday 11th June, live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Kevin Spacey is hosting.

Tune-in at 8/7c on CBS

or

via the Tony Award’s official live stream to watch!

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Here are a few production photos, by Joan Marcus, to whet your appetite:
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Tim joins Jesse David Fox on Good One: A Podcast About Jokes to talk about Groundhog Day and about the song ‘Stuck’ in particular. He even plays the keyboard. Yippee!

Listen to, or download, the podcast here, or you’ll find it on iTunes here soon.

If you enjoyed the musical nerdery of Tim’s Facebook Live Q&A and you like to analyse musical comedy this is for you!

You can check out the lyrics to ‘Stuck’ by viewing or downloading the Groundhog Day Lyric Book here. (On the right hand side of the page).

Tickets to see the show, at the August Wilson Theatre, NY, are on sale from Ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 745-3000. Additional information can be found at groundhogdaymusical.com. Details of the Groundhog Day (Original Broadway Cast Recording) album can be found here.

Tim will play two late night shows next week:

Tim Minchin

Feinstein’s/54 Below – 254 W 54TH ST. CELLAR, NYC 10019

Wednesday June 7th at 9:30PM and Saturday June 10th at 11:30PM

Tickets will be available here

There will be a presale to Club 54 Members on Friday June 2nd at 12pm EST

Tickets will go on general sale Saturday June 3rd at 12pm EST

Tim: “I’m very much looking forward to being back in the warm embrace of Feinstein’s/54 Below, playing songs and drinking wine and talking about whatever pops into my head.”

This is a very intimate venue so tickets are likely to sell out extremely quickly.