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Last Updated: 11/24/2009

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Country: UK
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 
Tim will be appearing in the Perth Theatre Company Production of An Oak Tree by Tim Crouch.

The comic play is set in a stage hypnotist’s act and is performed by two actors: the star Luke Hewitt and twenty three guest actors. There are no rehearsals for the guests so Tim won’t know anything of the script until he is performing on his night! Exciting huh? Tim reckons: “it’ll be great whatever night”.

The dates of each guest’s performance are being kept top secret but the curious and speculative amongst you can take a look for further information and the alphabetical (see no clues there) list of featured actors here.

On the QT all I can say is that Tim will be performing on one of the November or December dates...*wink*

Shhhh...

Shell
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 
Tim is appearing once again on Never Mind The Buzzcocks on BBC Two next week; they seem to love him over there. It will air at the following times:
    Wednesday 11th November, 10pm (England, Scotland, Wales only)
    Thursday 12th November, 11:20pm (Northern Ireland only)
    Sunday 14th November, 10:30pm (all regions)
This time, the guest host will be Mark Watson, with the other guests being Shingai Shoniwa, Donal McIntyre and Daniel Merriweather.
And, of course, if you’re scatterbrained and completely forget and miss all of this, you’ll be able to stream it on the BBC iPlayer for a week.

Linzy
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 
Tim will be appearing on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross tomorrow, 23rd October. The other guests include 50 Cent, Joanna Page, Boy George and Jamie Cullum.

The programme will air on BBC One at 10:35pm, with a repeat being broadcast on Saturday night/Sunday morning at 12:45am and it will also be on BBC iPlayer for seven days afterwards for those of you in the UK.

Linzy
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Friday, October 16, 2009 
Tim has been nominated for the award of Comedic Talent of the Year in the 2009 GQ Australia Man of the Year Awards alongside Lawrence Leung, Charlie Pickering, Josh Thomas and Dave Hughes.

The winners will be announced at the Men of the Year Awards night, in Sydney, on the 19th November. If Tim wins he may get giddy enough to buy a new pair of trousers or a hat, oh yeah.

Australians can vote for him here!

Shell
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Monday, October 05, 2009 
Tim’s DVD, ‘So F**king Rock Live’ has been re-released today in the UK as a special edition, available exclusively from HMV both in stores and online. Essentially, it’s the same old DVD but with fun new packaging for Christmas.

This version of the DVD contains a lyric booklet to help you sing along with all the songs from the show as well as a second bonus disc full of extras, including sing-along Canvas Bags, several performances from The Sideshow and various other TV appearances.

And for those of you overseas, it can be imported to most countries though, in most cases, you’ll only be able to watch it on your computer. Better than nothing though, right?

So Fucking Rock Special Edition DVD

Order it online [here]
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 
Matilda!

We can finally un-shush! Tim is currently writing the music and lyrics for the musical ‘Matilda’ with the Royal Shakespeare Company: an adaptation of the Roald Dahl children’s story about a very bright and rebellious little girl, attributed with special powers. Mathew Warchus is directing with a script by Dennis Kelly. It’s expected to open around Christmas 2010 in Stratford-upon-Avon.

You don’t need wits like Matilda’s to know this is going to be mind-blowing!


Shell (Web Ass't)
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 
Ahhhh festivals. Last week I did the Big Chill. I got muddy cowboy boots which I still haven’t cleaned and briefly resented all the good-looking young people in deliberately comical hats and accidentally comical sunglasses… but then I did a really fun set in front of many of them and was yanked from my curmudgeonousness. Thanks, Youth.

The related news is this: I’m playing at Reading Festival on Friday 28th August and Leeds Festival on Saturday 29th August. I think I’ll be playing in the afternoons, but I’m not sure. And I don’t know how long I’ll be doing, but prob 30 mins or something. Think they’ll be fun.

Loads of cool acts there, including lovely friends of mine like Jamie Kilstein, Brendon Burns, Sarah Millican, Doug Stanhope and Stephen Grant.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 
The release date of the 'Ready For This?' DVD in Australia has been confirmed as 9th September and can now be preordered from Madman [here].

PFAQ (Potential Frequently Asked Questions):


Do I have to live in Australia to buy this DVD?
No! Most places that will sell the DVD online will ship to most countries across the world.

But it won't work on my DVD player though, right?

Maybe, maybe not. The DVD is region free with PAL encoding meaning if you have a PAL DVD player you'll be able to watch it without any problems. If you don't, however, you can still watch the DVD on your computer using VLC Media Player.

How awesome is it?
Very. It'll certainly be the best DVD from a pianist/comedian/environmentalist/hair-model released in September!

Linzy (Webmistress)
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Friday, January 23, 2009 
I did a tour last year to which as many people came as there were seats available. Now unless there was an extraordinary cosmic coincidence and it just happened that at every venue I visited, the number of seats correlated exactly with the number of people who wanted to see my show, we can infer that in all probability there exist some people who wanted to see my show but were unable to, due to demand for seats exceeding supply of seats.

So. I'm going back on the road y'all. Fuckin yeah. Woot. et cetera.

During September and October, "READY FOR THIS?" will be playing at the following venues in the following order:

Salford Lowry; Derby Assembly Rooms; Warrington Parr Hall; Swansea Grand; Swindon Wyvern; Cheltenham Town Hall; Cardiff St Davids Hall; Southampton Guildhall; Norwich Theatre Royal; Buxton Opera House; Dublin Vicar Street; Brighton Dome; St Albans Alban Arena; Stoke-on-Trent Victoria Hall; York Grand Opera House; Cambridge Corn Exchange; High Wycombe Swan; Birmingham Town Hall; Coventry Warwick Arts Centre; Bradford St Georges Hall; Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall; Bristol Colston Hall; Reading Hexagon; Newcastle City Hall;  Perth Perth Concert Hall; Dunfermline Alhambra; Inverness Eden Court; Glasgow Pavilion; Aberdeen Music Hall; Bournemouth Pavilion; Belfast Ulster Hall; Sheffield City Hall; Oxford New Theatre; London Hammersmith Apollo.

Not all these dates are on sale yet, but I thought I'd give you kind persons the heads-up, as I don't want you finding out some other way, and feeling all dirty and used. Keep an eye out on the gigs page for shows coming on sale.

My Australian tour  seems to be selling with heart-warming rapidity. As a result, there have recently been extra shows added in Perth, Sydney, Wollongong and Adelaide and we've shifted to a bigger venue in Geelong. (If things continue like this, I'm going to buy myself a pair of trousers in celebration.) Yessirree.

Again, the place to find out about these shows and all the others is the gigs page.

This post is very linky ain't it. I just like linking. I feel like Abraham Linkin' would feel sitting in Linkin' Park.

There are also a few shows happening in Auckland, New Zealand. Tickets for them ones is got by clickin' here.

And as always, one must plug ones crap: Get a DVD. Buy a song.

Oo, oo, also, (almost forgot) I PROMISE there'll be Tee Shirts (including a new design) and Canvas Bags on sale on this site by March. Not to mention the little detail of the "Ready For This? Live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall" album being available around the same time.

Oh, it's all so exciting. I hope you are all healthy and amused.

tx
Saturday, January 03, 2009 

Category: Music
Just wanted to let y'all know that 'Drowned' - the ballad I wrote for the film Two Fists One Heart - has been released on itunes, and you can buy it by clicking here.

You can also watch the music video exclusively at my website. Check it out.

Oh, and I just noticed my new DVD, So F**king Rock, seems to be on special at HMV at the moment. I don't know if that's good for me, but it's potentially rather good for you.

Bless.
tx