Tim Minchin

Roald Dahl's 1988 tale of the precocious girl and her experiences at the hands of cruel adults has been superbly adapted by Dennis Kelly, with catchy songs by Aussie comedian Tim Minchin.

This week's new theatre and dance 2011

From Tim Minchin's majestic take on Roald Dahl's Matilda to Danielle Ward's revenge musical Gutted, musicals are turning out to be a growth market for adventurous comics.

This week's new comedy 2011

Out of Australia, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann's "The Lost Thing" narrated by the brilliant satirical pianist Tim Minchin is a warm and quirky tale of a boy of his attachment to a half-octopus-like, half-metallic creature looking for a place to belong.

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Writer Dennis Kelly and composer and lyricist Tim Minchin go to the top of the class with this anarchically joyous, gleefully nasty and ingenious musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's story about a girl, Matilda, played by Kerry Ingram, who scoffs Dickens and Dostoevsky like other kids eat sweets.

Matilda - review 2011

Spread out over 11 days, it's garnished with big crowd-pullers including Dylan Moran, Russell Kane, Greg Davies and Tim Minchin but also offers the chance to check out some less heralded talents – including gothic sketch comic Colin Hoult and offbeat cerebral stand-up John-Luke Roberts.

This week's new comedy 2011

But what chiefly occupies the orchestra, is its work as a backing band: they've appeared live with a motley selection of acts, including Dizzee Rascal, Antony and the Johnsons, Tim Minchin, and recently had a No 1 hit with Professor Green.

When pop meets Prokofiev 2011

Guaranteed room-fillers come in the shape of Omid Djalili, Tim Minchin and Sean Lock, while a more anarchic element comes courtesy of oddball character comic Kevin Eldon and glorious freak Angelos Epithemiou, once again stealing the show on the latest series of Shooting Stars.

This week's new comedy 2011

The team behind the hit musical Matilda were also recognised, composer Tim Minchin and director Matthew Warchus making their top 20 debut.

Stage 100 lists theatre's most influential people 2012

Some of the smartest satirists of the current generation, comics such as Jeremy Hardy, Marcus Brigstocke, Mark Thomas, Andy Zaltzman, Robin Ince or Tim Minchin, clearly approach their material from a similar standpoint.

A little conservative laughter, please | Stephanie Merritt 2011

Tim Minchin, Charlie Higson and Michael Moore all feature, but it is probably the people you've not heard of who are behind the most intriguing events, with talks on wearing the England football shirt, class, and running the economy all on offer.

This week's new events 2011