There’s no news yet as to whether The Secret River will air outside Australia or if the DVD will be made available in other region formats, but we’ll let you know straight away if we hear anything. (more…)
The Secret River, the ABC mini-series in which Tim plays the malevolent Northern Irish ex-convict Smasher Sullivan, concludes with Episode 2, this Sunday 21st June, 2015, at 8:30pm, on ABC.
Episode 1 will be repeated this Saturday 20th June at 9:05pm on ABC or you can catch-up onABC iView. (iView is available to Australian viewers only)
On Monday, 15th June, Tim returns to chat with Conan O’Brien on his hit US TV show for the fourth time! The other guests are Angie Harmon and Jeff Garlin.
Previous appearances saw Tim perform Inflatable You and Prejudice. Maybe, this time, there’s a chance of a song from Matilda The Musical…
Tune to tbs at 11/10c to catch the show and find out.
Those living in Canada will be able to catch the episode a day later on The Comedy Network.
If you missed it or you fancy a blast from the past, here’s Tim being interviewed on the show in April 2012:
Details about the programme can be found on the ABC website where (if you scroll down and to the right a bit) they describe Smasher Sullivan’s background and character. Below, Tim talks briefly about playing him:
Tim’ll be joining the Festival Supreme line-up, at the Shrine Expo Hall & Grounds, Los Angeles, on Saturday 10th October, 2015.
Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D have once again put together an extraordinary line-up for their third LA comedy rock festival, including Die Antwood, The Kids In The Hall, The Darkness, Dan Deacon, Jenny Slate, Big Freedia, Amy Poehler, Kristen Schaal, Tenacious D (of course) and many many more. See the poster below.
Yesterday evening Tim attended the official Matilda The Musical US Tour opening night at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. The show will enthrall LA audiences at the Ahmanson until July 12th, before heading around the country to a theatre near or near-ish to you!
There are performances at cities all over the US, including San Francisco’s SHN Orpheum Theatre, Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, Dallas’ AT&T Performing Arts Center and many more. It’s a delightfully long list!
The three girls sharing the title role are Gabby Gutierrez, Mia Sinclair Jenness, and Mabel Tyler. The principal cast also features (alphabetically): Jennifer Blood (Miss Honey), Quinn Mattfeld (Mr. Wormwood), Bryce Ryness (Miss Trunchbull) and Cassie Silva (Mrs. Wormwood).
Below you can see the three US Tour Matildas with Tim and Lucy Dahl. For the sake of fairness, Tim picked a name out of a hat to see which of them would play Matilda on opening night. Click here if you’d like to see who was chosen.
(L-R Front) The Matildas – Gabby Gutierrez, Mabel Tyler and Mia Sinclair Jenness with (L-R Back) Lucy Dahl and Tim at the opening night party.
Next month Tim will be doing a charity show for Guardian Scholarsat Largo, in Los Angeles.
Monday June 8th, 2015
Doors: 7pm
Show: 8:30pm Tickets are $50 and available here.
Tim:“I’ll play and chat for an hour or two. We’ll drink some wine. It’ll be fun. Please note that this is a “greatest hits” show. Not that I’ve had any hits, but you know what I mean. It’s old material. (There is new stuff afoot, but not just yet.) Tx”
You can learn more about the work of Guardian Scholars here.
The ABC mini-series The Secret River, adapted from Kate Grenville’s acclaimed novel, will be shown at 8:30pm, Sunday 14th June and Sunday 21st June, on ABC.
This is your chance to see Tim, as Northern Irish ex-convict Smasher Sullivan.
Directed by Daina Reid, the series, which will air on ABC in two 90 minute episodes, stars British actor Oliver Jackson-Cohen as William Thornhill, a convict, and Sarah Snook as Sal, his free settler wife, who are transported to the new colony of New South Wales in 1805. Tim is amongst a stellar cast which also includes: Lachy Hulme, Genevieve Lemon and Trevor Jamieson.
The Secret River was shot in locations across Victoria and on The Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney, last year. If you’ve not seen it already, then take a peek at the trailer to fire up your anticipation:
Lucky folk of Seattle, Tim’s coming to play for you!
Friday, 12th, June 2015.
8pm PDT
The Moore Theatre
Seattle, WA
Tickets will be available online here at 10am PDT today, 15th May, 2015.
This will be a show featuring your vintage satirical lyrical favourites and just maybe a song or two from one of his musicals Matilda (already on in the West End and on Broadway, soon to open in Sydney and about to tour the US) and Groundhog Day (opening in London’s West End, 2016 and then heading to Broadway in 2017).
Tim only performs live occasionally, at the moment, so tickets for this are likely to fly, so be sure to snap them up quickly!
Coming soon to ABC TV Australia: Tim, as Northern Irish ex-convict Smasher Sullivan, in the mini-series The Secret River, adapted from Kate Grenville’s acclaimed novel.
Directed by Daina Reid, the series, which will air on ABC in two 90 minute episodes, stars British actor Oliver Jackson-Cohen as William Thornhill, a convict, and Sarah Snook as Sal, his free settler wife, who are transported to the new colony of New South Wales in 1805. Tim is amongst a stellar cast which also includes: Lachy Hulme, Genevieve Lemon and Trevor Jamieson.
Whet your appetite with this trailer and glimpse Tim, as the Hawkesbury River resident, looking and sounding as you’ve never seen or heard him before:
The Secret River was shot in locations across Victoria and on The Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney, last year.
As we announced last year, the First National Tour of Matilda The Musical, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Dodgers, will begin this May in the US, with technical rehearsals and performances in New Haven at the Shubert Theater. Then the tour opens officially at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles on the 7th June, 2015.
There will be dates at cities all over the country, including San Francisco’s SHN Orpheum Theatre, Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre and Dallas’ AT&T Performing Arts Center.
The three girls sharing the title role are Gabby Gutierrez, Mia Sinclair Jenness, and Mabel Tyler. The principal cast also features (alphabetically): Jennifer Blood (Miss Honey), Quinn Mattfeld (Mr. Wormwood), Bryce Ryness (Miss Trunchbull) and Cassie Silva (Mrs. Wormwood).
The ensemble includes Cal Alexander, Kayla Amistad, Cameron Burke, Brittany Conigatti, Michael Fatica, Wesley Faucher, John Michael Fiumara, Camden Gonzales, Shonica Gooden, Evan Gray, Cassidy Hagel, Meliki Hurd, Michael Jablonski, Luke Kolbe Mannikus, Stephanie Martignetti, Megan McGuff, Ora Jones, Justin Packard, Serena Quadrato, Aristotle Rock, Jaquez Andre Sims, Ian Michael Stuart, Danny Tieger, Kaci Walfall, Natalie Wisdom, and Darius Wright.
If you’d like to catch up with how Tim came to write the music and lyrics for the stage musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s famous book, then the story so far is here. You’ll also find the reviews and a huge list of international awards Matilda has received, including four Tony Awards and a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards, along with photos and videos marking key chapters.
The four young actresses who are excited to share the title role in the Australian Premiere Season of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical were announced today. They are (in alphabetical order) Molly Barwick, Sasha Rose, Georgia Taplin and Bella Thomas.
Matilda The Musical, commences performances from July 28th, 2015, at the Sydney Lyric Theatre with tickets currently on sale via the Matilda The Musical website for performances through to October 25th.
When news first broke that Matilda was joyfully swinging over to Australia, Tim said: “Working on Matilda has been one of the greatest thrills of my life, and I’ve been aching to let her loose on audiences at home. Most of us grew up reading Dahl – the Australian sense of humour gels so well with his dark, iconoclastic tone. The last time a musical I helped write opened in Sydney, the actors almost outnumbered the audience, the theatre leaked, and my drummer was a bass player. If Matilda’s arrival is half as fun as that was, it’ll be a hoot.”
All four of Sydney’s Matildas will be making their professional musical theatre debut.
Left to right – Molly Barwick, Sasha Rose, Georgia Taplin & Bella Thomas
Tim will be joining the panel on @midnight on Comedy Central again next week. Hosted by Chris Hardwick, the show is an internet-themed improv comedy panel show, where comedians compete to find the funniest take on the day’s social media.
The show will air on Comedy Central on Thursday 16th April, 2015, 12A/11C. Check your local schedules for further details. Episodes can be found on the Comedy Central @midnight website after they air.
Hulu will post the show the day after it airs and it will be available for 30 days. For more details check hulu.com/midnight.
Tim will be recording this episode on Wednesday, April 15th, 2015, at 7:00pm, at Hollywood Center Studios, so if you’re in or near LA, you might like to apply for tickets from On Camera Audiences (OCA).
UPDATE (15/04/15): The other panellists are Rhys Darby & Rich Fulcher!
Tim is one of 63 comedians interviewed for the new three-part documentary series Stop Laughing…This Is Serious, which starts at 9pm this Wednesday on ABC.
The series, narrated by Eric Bana, explores the development of Australian comedy through social and political change, inter-weaving extensive archive material and intimate interviews with some of the country’s best loved comedians, revealing how humour, laughter and comedy are integral to Australian national identity.
Episode 1: ‘Faark, Faark’ looks upwards at those in authority and “punching upwards”.
Wednesday, March 25th at 9pm
Episode 2: ‘Look at Moi, Look at Moi’ looks inwards at the importance of the Australian ability to laugh
at themselves.
Wednesday, April 1st at 9pm
Episode 3: ‘Hello Possums’ looks at Australian comedy on the world stage.
Wednesday, April 8th at 9pm
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