Tim Minchin's latest tour is special. In Songs The World Will Never Hear he is deep diving into the undergrowth of his back catalogue, airing compositions written in the 1990s when he was a struggling performer dreaming of playing the Sydney Opera House. It's an eclectic, electrifying, entertaining evening charting the evolution of one of the world's finest musical comedians.
Yes, musical comedian. It's the most workable way of describing Minchin, but it doesn't do him justice. As he says onstage, this gig marks 20 years since his UK breakthrough and as a birthday treat to himself he is not going to try to decide what genre he belongs to any more. Music, comedy, he transcends both.
