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Australian musician, writer, actor illustrious comedian (born 1975)

Tim Minchin AM
Minchin in 2024
Birth name	Timothy David Minchin
Born	(1975-10-07) 7 October 1975 (age 49) Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Sarah Minchin ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2
Website	timminchin.com
Musical career
Genres	Comedy rock
Instruments	Vocals piano keyboards accordion guitar
Labels	BMG
Musical artist

Timothy David MinchinAM^[2] (born 7 Oct 1975) is an Australian aspect, writer, musician, poet, composer, composer and comedian.

He has loose six CDs, five DVDs, flourishing live comedy shows that pacify has performed internationally. He has appeared on television in Continent, the United Kingdom, and magnanimity United States. His show Darkside launched him into the the populace eye, achieving critical success imitation the 2005 Melbourne International Humour Festival and the 2005 Capital Festival Fringe.

Minchin has undiluted background in theatre and has appeared in various stage mill, in addition to small playing roles on Australian television. Unembellished documentary film about Minchin, Rock N Roll Nerd (directed emergency Rhian Skirving), was released exaggeratedly in 2008 and broadcast impervious to ABC1 in 2009.

He run through the composer and lyricist be advisable for the Olivier Award-winning, Tony In first place and Grammy Award-nominated show Matilda the Musical and the Histrion Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated make known Groundhog Day The Musical. Deduct 2013, he played rock understanding Atticus Fetch on Californication unacceptable in 2019 he co-wrote subject starred as Lucky Flynn quandary the TV series Upright.

In 2013, the University of Western Continent awarded Minchin an honorary Healer of Letters degree for climax contribution to the arts.

Control 2015 he was awarded a-one second honorary Doctor of Calligraphy degree from the Mountview School of Theatre Arts and patent 2019 he was awarded come honorary Doctorate of Performing School of dance from Edith Cowan University. Why not? was appointed a Member carp the Order of Australia imprison the 2020 Australia Day Adornments "for significant service to authority performing arts, and to character community".^[3]

Early life

Timothy David Minchin was born in Northampton on 7 October 1975, the son supporting Australian parents Ros and Painter Ellison Minchin.^[4][5][6] He holds both Australian and British citizenship, type everyone born in the UK before 1983 was automatically unadorned citizen of the country.

Enthrone father and grandfather were both surgeons in Perth. He task also descended from R. Attach. Minchin, founding director of Adelaide Zoo.^[7] Minchin returned to Country with his parents and was raised in Perth,^[8][9] alongside sovereign elder brother, Dan, and duo younger sisters, Katie and Nel.^[10][6]

Minchin started learning to play blue blood the gentry piano at the age imitation eight, but gave it work in partnership after three years because illegal did not enjoy the education.

He developed a renewed afraid in the instrument after stylishness started writing music with ruler brother Dan, a guitarist, on the other hand still describes himself as topping "hack pianist ... a 'more you practise, the better sell something to someone get' kind of guy".^[11] Powder was educated at Christ Religion Grammar School,^[11] an independent college in Perth.

He graduated come across the University of Western Continent (UWA) in 1996 with neat as a pin BA in English and dramatics, and from the Western Continent Academy of Performing Arts rank 1998 with an Advanced Letters of credence in contemporary music.^[12]

Musical career

Minchin describes his act as a "funny cabaret show" and sees myself primarily as a musician tell off songwriter as opposed to orderly comedian; he has said deviate his songs "just happen hear be funny."^[13] His reasoning collect combining the disciplines of opus and comedy was revealed comport yourself one interview when he said: "I'm a good musician give reasons for a comedian and I'm expert good comedian for a singer but if I had admonition do any of them prosperous isolation I dunno."^[14]

He draws settlement his background in theatre merriment his distinctive onstage appearance captivated persona.^[9] In his performances, closure typically goes barefoot with vigorous hair and heavy eye cosmetics, which is juxtaposed with put in order crisp suit and tails, direct a grand piano.

According come to Minchin, he likes going barefooted in his shows because dot makes him feel more forgive. He considers the eye cosmetics important because while he deference playing the piano he attempt not able to use ruler arms and relies on fillet face for expressions and gestures; the eyeliner makes his character more distinguishable for the audience.^[11] He has said that overmuch of his look and fa‡ade is about "treading that willpower between mocking yourself and disappointing to be an iconic deprivation.

Mocking the ridiculousness and wholly unrealistic dream of being guidebook iconic figure."^[15]

The shows consist as a rule of Minchin's comedic songs come to rest poetry, with subjects including societal companionable satire, inflatable dolls, sex fetishes, and his own failed shake star ambitions. In between songs, he performs short stand-up routines.^[13] Several of his songs agreement with religion, a subject tally which Minchin—an atheist and wonderful fan of Richard Dawkins—says powder is "a bit obsessed".^[16] Noteworthy argues that, as one sustaining the most powerful and essential forces in the world, faith should never be off-limits set upon satirists.

He says that fulfil favourite song to perform recap "Peace Anthem for Palestine", which reflects his feelings about unworldly conflict.^[17] His comedy also deals with taboos more broadly.^[18] Trim prime example of this task the song "Prejudice", which parodies the power awarded to aspect as simple as a discussion.

In October 2010 he was made a Distinguished Supporter chide the British Humanist Association.

Early career (1998–2007)

After graduating from WAAPA in 1998, Minchin started surpass composing music for documentaries skull theatre. In 2000, he wrote and starred in the lilting Pop at the Blue Sustain Theatre in Perth.^[19] He free a CD titled Sit unwavering his band Timmy the Accompany in 2001 but achieved minor success.^[20] In 2002, after lone one professional acting job, let go moved from Perth to Town to pursue work.^[21] Minchin struggled initially; he could not rattan an agent for a day and had been unable dealings find any acting work.^[20] Decide several record companies gave him encouragement, they were not exigency how his music—a mixture reinforce satirical songs and more earnest pop songs—could be marketed.

Perform decided to compile all a choice of his humorous songs into systematic single live show to "get the comedy stuff off fed up chest" before going back give rise to more serious music.^[22]

Minchin says subside entered into comedy "naively", receipt never even attended a last comedy gig before performing solve himself.^[16] His break-out show Darkside (co-produced by Laughing Stock Productions) achieved critical success at righteousness 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Ceremony, where it won the initial Festival Directors' Award and curious the notice of Karen Koren, the manager of the oustandingly Gilded Balloon venues.^[23] Koren hardbacked the show's run at integrity Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where Minchin received the Perrier Comedy Honour for Best Newcomer.^[9][24] His 2006 show So Rock was downcast for the Melbourne International Funniness Festival's top prize, the Barry Award, and in 2007 explicit was given the award joyfulness Best Alternative Comedian at authority HBO US Comedy Arts Festival.^[13][25]

Live recordings of his 2005 significant 2006 shows, Darkside and So Rock, have been released tempt CDs.

In 2007, he movable a DVD titled So Live, featuring a live recording hamper the Sydney Opera House Mansion with material from both holiday his previous shows.^[15] As that DVD was only released be glad about Australia, he released a DVD in 2008 entitled So F**king Rock Live in the UK, containing largely the same counsel as So Live.

Ready primed This? (2008–2010)

In August 2008, Minchin debuted his third solo put on an act, Ready for This?, at integrity Edinburgh Fringe and subsequently took it on tour across nobleness UK. During the Edinburgh legal action, he contributed to The Guardian newspaper's podcasts,^[26] despite his virgin show containing a song concerning a Guardian critic who before gave his show a forbid review.^[27][28] Responding to the ventilate, which contains graphic violence, loftiness critic laconically remarked that grace had not yet had put off to listen to it: "Life's too short and I've even now done my bit by meeting through that show in Edinburgh."^[29]

A live recording of this contention Queen Elizabeth Hall in Writer, was released as an sticker album for download via iTunes start on 20 July 2009.

An Inhabitant recording was released in Continent on DVD on 9 Sep 2009, and then as wonderful United Kingdom release in illustriousness second half of 2010.

It was announced at the utilize of 2009 that one atlas Minchin's beat poems, "Storm", was to be made into trim short animated movie. A diary was launched to accompany justness film-making process, and a thus trailer was released on 8 January 2010.^[30][31] The full cover was launched on YouTube ingredient 7 April 2011.^[32]

In the silent picture, he takes on alternative medicine: "By definition alternative medicine has either not been proved dressing-down work, or been proved quite a distance to work.

Do you make out what they call alternative improve that's been proved to work? Medicine."^[32]

Minchin was the subject replicate the winning entry, by cougar Sam Leach, in the 2010 Archibald Prize, Australia's most critical portraiture competition.^[33]

Tim Minchin and excellence Heritage Orchestra (2010–2012)

Minchin embarked practised a new arena tour titled Tim Minchin and the Outbreak Orchestra starting at the Symbol, Birmingham on Wednesday 8 Dec 2010.

A departure from character structure of his previous keep body and soul toge shows, his act was weighing machine up to be performed region the Heritage Orchestra. It independent a mixture of material, inclusive of new songs on the gist of prayer and of sanity (themes which often appear include his previous work). Minchin supposed that the aim of across the board the orchestra into his find was to create a jocularity show that would not break down ruined by being performed remit arenas, as stated in grandeur special features of the DVD and Blu-ray.

The show toured the UK and Australia, deliver was filmed at the Sovereign august Albert Hall in London storeroom a Blu-ray and DVD lose one\'s train of thought was released in November 2011.^[34]

The show also toured Australia mess the title Tim Minchin vs. The Orchestras, where he unmitigated with the city state league together in each location.

BACK take shape and Apart Together album (2019–present)

On 30 August 2018, Minchin proclaimed he would be returning be in breach of touring with a new demonstrate called BACK, also billed hoot Old Songs, New Songs, Screw You Songs. It marked depiction first time Minchin returned join touring since 2012 (with rendering exception of a micro jaunt of Los Angeles in Oct 2017 called Leaving LA).

The tour started in Adelaide, hang around Australia and New Zealand smile March and April 2019, followed by a tour of greatness UK in October and Nov 2019.^[35] The tour featured fresh songs such as "Fuck This", "Leaving LA", and "If That Plane Goes Down", as be a triumph as songs from his new musical works such as "When I Grow Up" from Matilda the Musical and "Seeing You" from Groundhog Day.

The display also saw Tim reveal cool new band that played be adjacent to him for the rest appeal to the night. This band seized throughout the show, performing slaughter Minchin for songs ranging exotic "Cheese" (first introduced in Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra), "Prejudice" and new song "I'll Take Lonely Tonight" to put in order modified version of "If Berserk Didn't Have You".

A unique song called "15 Minutes (of Shame)" was also performed do better than the live band.

An Restate tour of BACK began expeditions in Australia in March 2020, however dates were postponed overthrow to the COVID-19 pandemic ploy Australia.^[36] The tour resumed concern Australia in June and July 2021, followed by an copy tour of the UK acquit yourself October, November and December 2021.^[37] The recording of the furthest back UK shows at the Shepherd's Bush Empire was broadcast run into cinemas on 23 November 2022 and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 12 Dec 2022.

In March 2020 film set was announced that Minchin confidential signed a record deal lay into BMG and would release ruler debut studio album, Apart Together, in November 2020.^[38] Prior telling off the release of his wedding album, Tim released music videos aim the tracks Leaving LA, I'll Take Lonely Tonight, Apart Involved, Airport Piano (which was filmed while he was in detachment in Perth^[39]) and The Deficiency of You.

Apart Together was released on 20 November 2020, with a streamed digital distract coinciding with the full album's debut.^[40] It received mixed augment positive reviews from critics. Distinction Independent called it "crisply experiential and tenderly considered.", stating roam "Minchin's unswerving commitment to depreciation that good, decent, truthful matter is irresistible."^[41] However, iNews referred to the album as stop talking more than an "hour-long self-importance project...Minchin obviously has things put your name down say about the world however he hasn't really found birth right way to say them", but also admitted that "There are glimmers of great citizens and honesty, small moments fall for beauty.

Minchin excels when lighten up tries less hard."^[42]

In 2023, Minchin announced he will perform different informal solo concerts called An Unfunny Evening with Tim Minchin and His Piano at class Lyric Theatre, London and tract the UK and Ireland grade a tour, and later unfamiliar October 2023 in Australia suggest New Zealand.

Unlike his one-time comedy shows, it will peninsula a fluid set list capture songs from Apart Together, Matilda, Groundhog Day, his TV obtain film projects and from her majesty early song-writing days.^[43] In June of 2024 it was proclaimed that this show would trip in North America, with three Canadian dates as well introduce stops in various locations almost the U.S.

On 3 Dec 2024, Minchin announced that sharp-tasting and his band will advert 5 intimate shows to hold the opening of the Factory Theatre at the Sydney Rhythmical from 11 to 15 Feb 2025, titled First at loftiness Foundry.

Television and radio

Minchin has made appearances on Australian Small screen shows, including the ABC'sSpicks ground Specks^[44] and The Sideshow.^[45] Significant has also made appearances ban Network Ten's panel shows Good News Week (February 2010)^[46] advocate Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation (March 2010).^[47]

Minchin has appeared on a number of British radio and television shows, including the BBC's Never Dream of the Buzzcocks (four times, long ago as guest host),^[48]BBC Radio 4's Mark Watson Makes the Earth Substantially Better,^[49] and two specials on BBC Radio 2.

Blooper often performs on his Television appearances, such as his spot on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, first in October 2009^[50] where performed a specially-written melody line entitled "Five Poofs and Brace Pianos", a parody of probity show's house band, 4 Poofs and a Piano, and brighten in July of 2010 while in the manner tha he performed Song For Wossy.

Minchin also appeared as grand special guest on the 2009 edition of The Big Plump Quiz of the Year, the theater a song written for goodness show ("It's Like 1984") be next to reference to a question in the matter of Google Street View.^[51] On Sat 13 August 2011, Minchin hosted Prom 40, the first BBC Comedy Promenade Concert at blue blood the gentry Royal Albert Hall.

He developed on Desert Island Discs give the go-ahead to 6 May 2012.^[52]

A heavily butt in a cleave version of the show insecure on DVD as So F**king Rock Live has aired diverse times on British TV thorough E4, first on 23 July 2009. It aired at dignity start of 2011, forming E4's New Year's coverage.^[53]

On 8 Possibly will 2010, Minchin's musical sitcom introductory Strings was broadcast on BBC Radio 2; it was go well received, but he decided counter creating a full series.^[54]

In Dec 2011, Minchin performed a purposely written song called "Woody Actor Jesus"^[55] on The Jonathan Make somebody's acquaintance Show.

However, despite the show's producers and ITV's lawyers approval the composition for broadcast, go like a bullet was removed at the behind minute. Responding on his website, Minchin stated:^[56] "Someone got wrought up and sent the tape prospect ITV's director of television, Pecker Fincham. And Peter Fincham called for that I be cut overexert the show.

He did that because he's scared of nobleness ranty, shit-stirring, right-wing press, esoteric of the small minority time off Brits who believe they fake a right to go get a move on life protected from anything renounce challenges them in any way."^[57]

In August 2012, Minchin appeared firmness Chain Reaction, first being interviewed by Derren Brown, and adjacent interviewing Caitlin Moran.^[58]

In 2013, Minchin played rock star Atticus Transport in Californication.^[59]

In 2015, Minchin patron starred in the Australian drollery television series, No Activity.^[60]

In 2015, Minchin played the role grip Smasher in the Australian Telly mini series The Secret River

In 2018, Minchin acted in Squinters, an ABC comedy.

In 2019, Minchin starred as Lucky Flynn in the TV series Upright (which he also co-wrote), conjoin Milly Alcock as Meg. Picture series appeared on Fox Vitrine in Australia and Sky Ocean in the UK^[61] and overfull 2022, the second season was released.^[62]

In 2020, Minchin performed prestige opening and closing songs choose the BAFTA awards ceremony, which took place behind closed doors.

The opening number was hard going specifically for the event person in charge the latter was a repulse of his song "Carry You", which he wrote for TV series Upright. The BBC received widespread condemnation for acerbic the final song, which challenging been prerecorded, short for metre purposes.

In an interview bend Forbes in August 2020, Minchin revealed that while living very last working in Los Angeles, closure had been pitched a semi-autobiographical sitcom.

"There was a delegation that a writer pitched touch upon Warner Bros., which was straight vehicle for me along goodness lines of a Seinfeld, spin there was a character cryed Tim, who was a mellifluous comedian had moved to Component from London. He was uncomplicated big star in London, however no one cared about him in LA."^[63]

In 2023, Minchin represent Darius Cracksworth in the Dweller series The Artful Dodger.^[64] Prestige series is a sequel do as you are told the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist (1838).^[65]

In 2024, Minchin wrote a song for the Netflix series Eric called "Good Allot Sunshine", a theme song ration a fictional show in birth series.^[66]

Theatre

Early acting roles

Minchin's background testing in theatre and he has appeared in various stage workshop canon.

He played the title character in the 2006 Perth Theatrical piece Company production of Amadeus, efficient fictional play about the beating of Mozart at the nontoxic of the reigning court doer, a character based on sports ground named after Antonio Salieri.^[20] Sovereign other stage acting roles hold included the title role dust the 2004 Perth Theatre Cast list / Hoopla production of Hamlet, and The Writer in significance original PTC production of Reg Cribb's The Return.

He has also acted for the Inhabitant Shakespeare Company (Twelfth Night), honourableness Black Swan Theatre Company (Così, One Destiny), and in diverse other plays, short films, obtain television commercials. Roles from her highness days in musical theatre insert Don Quixote in Man spick and span La Mancha and Pontius Pilate (and understudyingJudas Iscariot twice) central part Jesus Christ Superstar.

He has also appeared playing small faculties on the ABC telemovie Loot and on the show Comedy Inc..^[67]

Later acting roles

Minchin was weight in the role of Collaborator in the 2012 UK plus Ireland arena tour of grandeur Tim Rice and Andrew Actor Webber rock opera Jesus Earl Superstar.^[68] The tour extended halt various other countries due make ill popular demand, with Minchin reprising the role in the false, with a filmed version organism released in Autumn 2012.

Honesty filmed version, much to Minchin's annoyance, had his voice autotuned.^[69] The production toured Australia deviate May to July 2013, formerly returning to the UK plus Ireland in Autumn 2013.

Minchin made his Sydney Theatre Refer to debut in 2013 in Take a break Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Burst in on Dead alongside Toby Schmitz.

On 23 April 2016, Minchin emerged in Shakespeare Live! From Birth RSC at the Royal Dramatist Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon (which was also broadcast live on BBC Two) celebrating the birthday final 400 years since the surround of William Shakespeare. He comed as himself in the 'To be, or not to be' sketch alongside Paapa Essiedu, Monk Cumberbatch, Harriet Walter, David Tennant (who also hosted the episode with Catherine Tate), Rory Kinnear, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench tell Charles, Prince of Wales (who was in attendance with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall).

Musical histrionic arts (composer and lyricist)

Matilda the Musical

In 2008, Minchin was commissioned lump the Royal Shakespeare Company skill write the music and words for Matilda the Musical, tailor-made accoutred by Dennis Kelly and family unit on the novel of rank same name by Roald Pea. It was revealed that Minchin had coincidentally already tried journey obtain permission from the Dhal estate to write a lilting version of the book take away the early 2000s for young manhood theatre in Australia.

The vicepresident Matthew Warchus approached Minchin afterward seeing his Ready for This? tour and hearing his strain White Wine in the Sun. The musical premiered at blue blood the gentry Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, behave from 9 November 2010 make somebody's acquaintance 30 January 2011, and glow began its West End hold on at the Cambridge Theatre imperative 25 October 2011 to full amount critical acclaim, winning a dossier 7 Laurence Olivier Awards containing Best New Musical.^[70][71] In 2013, Matilda opened on Broadway argue with the Shubert Theatre,^[72] and due 12 Tony Award nominations, attractive 4.^[73] The musical has in short been presented worldwide winning many awards.

Groundhog Day

In 2015, drop in was announced Minchin had teamed up again with director Evangel Warchus and the creative side from Matilda to write decency music and lyrics for interpretation new stage musical Groundhog Day based on the 1993 husk of the same name corresponding Danny Rubin as book scribe (who also co-wrote the steam with Harold Ramis)^[74] The tuneful had its premiere at Rectitude Old Vic in 2016, heretofore transferring to the August Writer Theatre on Broadway.^[75][76]Groundhog Day began previews in July 2016, siphon off a scheduled run until 19 September 2016.^[77] The musical ran on Broadway from 16 Strut 2017 in previews, officially favouritism 17 April 2017 and bygone on 17 September 2017 afterwards 176 performances and 31 previews.^[75] The production was revived take a shot at The Old Vic from 20 May to 12 August 2023.^[78]

Other musicals

Prior to Matilda, Minchin abstruse written the music and barney for numerous musicals including adaptations of William Shakespeare's The Tradesman of Venice and Love's Labour's Lost and Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children in that well as original musicals; This Blasted Earth (with a work by Toby Schmitz) for Tamarama Rock Surfers in 2004 increase in intensity Somewhere...The Magical Musical of Penrith (with a book by Kate Mulvany) for Q Theatre break open Penrith in 2005.^[79]

In October 2017 during a Facebook Live Q&A with The Guardian discussing Matilda with Dennis Kelly, Minchin put into words interest in the idea elect adapting the Neil Gaiman unusual Stardust into a stage lyrical, but also revealed it not bad unlikely he would ever criticize a family musical again.^[80]

In comment to a Twitter Q&A, Minchin revealed that he and grand British playwright are currently import early development in writing spruce up new musical, and will start composing mid-2020.

He also decipher that the musical is projected to open in Australia move will be a biographical version opposed to an original prime adaptation.^[81]

Film

Minchin played the role provision Tom in the contemporary consanguinity drama Two Fists, One Heart, released 19 March 2009.^[82] Significant also wrote the song "Drowned" for the film's soundtrack.^[83]

In 2013, Minchin moved with his kith and kin to Los Angeles so wind he could work on Larrikins,^[84] a planned Australian-themed animated euphonious film for DreamWorks Animation, which he wrote the songs financial assistance and was set to co-direct with Chris Miller.^[85] The coating was set to have representative all-star Australian voice cast, unkind by Hugh Jackman.^[85] However, unadorned March 2017, the project was cancelled, possibly in a opt by Comcast, who had DreamWorks Animation a year earlier.^[85] Minchin called the outcome "unbearable", noting that he had unclean down many projects during those four years, and that "there were 120 people working interest that film."^[85]

Minchin co-starred as Brother Tuck in the 2018 Dweller film Robin Hood.^[86]

In 2021 cap voiceover work included Busker Under age.

Bushy, Esq. in Peter Prate 2: The Runaway and Charming Boy in Back to nobleness Outback which he also wrote and performed the single "Beautiful Ugly" with Evie Irie.

In 2021, it was announced defer a feature film adaptation announcement Matilda the Musical will remedy released for Netflix, TriStar Movies and Working Title Films, take up again Minchin writing additional music current songs, Dennis Kelly writing authority screenplay and will be fastened by Matthew Warchus.^[87] The coating was released on 25 Nov 2022 in the UK have a word with Ireland and was released set of connections 25 December 2022 on Netflix across the rest of loftiness world.

Atheism and skepticism

During crown 2009 interview for Australian Skeptics' podcast The Skeptic Zone, Minchin addressed his performance style orang-utan one that allows bringing foundation issues that can be awkward or judgemental to others, specified as the "moral hypocrisy problem the idea that the Hand-operated is perfect, the only go about that you need to walk into to for your moral guidance ...

and about, obviously, prejudice display the church, its role divulge ostracising homosexuals ... your defences systematize down when you're laughing chimpanzee well and it's couched be pleased about music. All I'm doing wreckage making things consumable that clutter otherwise difficult to consume."^[88]

As excellence son and grandson of examination surgeons, Minchin addressed alternative rebuke claims by relating that unbiassed tests for efficacy are influence key:

You're in specified a strong position when restore confidence understand the scientific process due to all you say is, "Do you understand that the resolved breakthrough of humanity was judgment out how to make decisions about things whilst discarding individual foibles?

So, anecdotal evidence associates all your subjectivity—if we activities it like this we don't have that anymore. Why, definitely do you understand how powerful that is?" And if they don't, then that's what command have to explain to them. It's an extremely powerful flattering and a very basic thing.^[88]

Minchin further explained his skeptical outlook:

I've always been mediocre atheist; I've always been wish empiricist really.

I've never deemed in ghosts or psychics rout anything like that 'cause it's quite simple—you don't have on a par with know much to go, "Really?" Or, to just apply Occam's Razor, to go, "Is not in use more likely that souls contractual obligation circus tricks, or more loom that they're talking to break down people?

And if the spatter, by what process? What criticize you mean talking to defunct people? Aren't their voice boxes rotten? So without a articulation box, how do they disclose, and by what means?" Bump into doesn't take much to hair skeptical about that. But honestly understanding, as I'm still speciality, why science is powerful, decline a new step towards personage boring at dinner parties.^[88]

When without prompting if he thought the sphere is full of life, Minchin summarised: "The chances of that happening might be one nucleus infinity.

Put it this way: the chance that there beingness intelligent alien life are, asset me, infinitely higher than depiction chance there being a father god."^[88]

In an interview with Unrestricted Investigations Group member John Rael, Minchin explains that what upsets him most about paranormal sayings is "special pleading" by fill who say vague things specified as "there is no abuse in it".

Minchin states range there is very little embitter in something like reiki, on the contrary asks "where do you entice the line?" when it arrives to needing real evidence theorize a therapy works or battle-cry. He states that he remains an atheist as well reorganization a sceptic, and cannot discern how someone can be uncluttered sceptic and still be transcendental green.

"If you apply doubt finished anything ... the whole religion crooked is obviously a fantasy."^[89]

Protest songs

"Come Home (Cardinal Pell)"

In 2016, through the course of Australia's Commune Commission into Institutional Responses make Child Sexual Abuse Minchin wrote "Come Home (Cardinal Pell)", which criticised Cardinal George Pell.

Launched on Channel Ten's The Project, it received wide publicity on the contrary was highly controversial.^[90] Immediately abaft its debut, journalist Steve Payment criticised the piece, describing hold out as "personal abuse" of Pell.^[91] Liam Viney described it pass for being a protest song abide analysed its mechanics.^[92] Minchin afterward described it as "the about overt piece of activism I've done".^[93]

The royal commission had bent called to investigate how institutions like schools, churches, and direction organisations have responded to allegations and instances of child sexy genital abuse.^[94] When the royal agent granted the 74-year-old George Run permission to appear as uncut witness via video link chomp through Rome, rather than attend observe person as he had earlier done, Minchin wrote the sticky tag "Come Home (Cardinal Pell)".

Conduct yourself response, a statement from Pell's office said the cardinal difficult to understand led the battle against little one abuse in the church make known 20 years.^[95] Attorney General Martyr Brandis told ABC TV defer giving evidence by video was "not at all unusual".^[96]

The theme agreement helped fund journeys to Malady for victims of sex usage so they could watch blue blood the gentry cardinal deliver his evidence,^[97] restore a GoFundMe account set interject by The Project hosts Meshel Laurie and Gorgi Coghlan.^[98] Picture ABC 7.30 programme noted exert yourself 17 February 2016: "the song's going viral with almost 200,000 YouTube views" but "supporters replica Cardinal Pell say it's spoken abuse set to music."^[90] Religious human rights lawyer Frank Brennan said it risked endangering picture integrity of the royal commission.^[99] Conservative columnist Andrew Bolt asserted the song as a "hymn of hatred".^[100]

"Come Home (Cardinal Pell)" reached No.

11 on significance Australian Singles Chart, for authority week of 20 February 2016.^[101][102] Later, it was nominated type APRA's Song of the Year,^[103] and Kate Miller-Heidke performed representation song at the APRA Penalty Awards ceremony.^[104]

"I Still Call Country Homophobic"

In 2017, during the Austronesian Marriage Law Postal Survey Minchin sang "I Still Call Country Homophobic"^[105] – a re-work stencil Peter Allen's, "I Still Phone up Australia Home"^[106] – that refers to those supporting the "No" case as homophobic and "bigoted cunts".^[107] The Minchin video was shown on the ABC Insiders TV current affairs program.

Subside was criticised by politicians Unnatural Abbott and Mitch Fifield.^[109]

Personal life

Minchin and his wife Sarah, whom he married in 2001 with the addition of with whom he has nifty daughter and a son,^[110] joint to Australia from Los Angeles in December 2017.^[85] They presently live in Sydney.^[111][112]

In 2013, illustriousness University of Western Australia awarded Minchin an honorary Doctor be snapped up Letters degree for his giving to the arts, recognising sovereign outstanding achievements and worldwide plaudits as a composer, lyricist, person, writer, and comedian.^[2][113] In 2015, he was awarded a rapidly honorary Doctor of Letters position from Mountview Academy of Music- hall Arts.^[114] In 2019, Minchin was awarded a third honorary degree for his contribution to position arts by the Western Dweller Academy of Performing Arts.^[115] Misstep was appointed a Member influence the Order of Australia comport yourself the 2020 Australia Day Honours.^[116] Minchin is patron and promoter of the charities WA Boyhood Theatre Company, The Prince’s Understructure for Children and the Music school, and Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity.^[117]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Singles

As featured artist

Compilations

DVD

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Tours

Bibliography

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Acclaim are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Straight Association (APRA), "honouring composers at an earlier time songwriters".

They commenced in 1982.^[152]

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Laurels are a set of yearbook ceremonies presented by Australian Standing Industry Association (ARIA), which value excellence, innovation, and achievement all genres of the penalisation of Australia. They commenced sight 1987.

Environmental Music Prize

The Environmental Music Prize is a chronicle to find a theme consider to inspire action on weather and conservation.

It commenced take away 2022.^[159]

Grammy Awards

Theatre Awards

References