Tim Minchin to Perform at the Scherr Forum Theatre, 10/17

Australian Tim Minchin brings his special brand of comedy to the intimate Scherr Forum Theatre, Saturday October 17, 2015 at 8:30 pm.

Tim Minchin is an Australian musician, composer, songwriter, actor, comedian and writer. He has been performing his unique brand of musical comedy in front of appropriately excitable and ever-growing audiences since starting out in South Melbourne's Butterfly Club in 2005. He won the Directors' Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for his break-out show Darkside, and followed this later the same year with one of the most successful debut acts ever at the Edinburgh Fringe - winning the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer.

He plays the piano, always nicely and oftentimes uproariously and excitingly, whilst looking wonderfully athletic in a pair of delightfully uncomfortable skinny jeans. As well as his grand piano and apparel befitting a style guru, Tim is joined onstage by his iconic dance moves, wildly teased hair, gently calmed eyebrows and his natural aplomb.

During 2009 and 2010, Tim wrote the music and lyrics for Matilda The Musical with the Royal Shakespeare Company. This adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic ran, from November 2010 until January 2011, in Stratford-upon-Avon and then transferred triumphantly to London's West End, at the Cambridge Theatre in October 2011, winning great critical acclaim and a stack of awards.

During a trip to LA, Minchin successfully auditioned for the role of Atticus Fetch in Showtime's Californication. He played rock star Atticus in 10 episodes.

He is currently developing a stage musical adaptation of Groundhog Day, with Danny Rubin and Matthew Warchus. It will open at The Old Vic in London in early summer of 2016, and then transfer to Broadway in 2017

Only a few single tickets remain. Single tickets are priced at $49 - $39 with group discounts available. Tickets are available from Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000, online at www.ticketmaster.com, or through the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Box Office, located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard. For more information call 805-449-ARTS (2787) or visit www.civicartsplaza.com.

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