Tim Minchin: Ready for This?

Whilst I admit to a soft spot for both the Gingers and the Aussies, most musical comedy leaves me cold. I’ve seen too many good musicians who just aren’t funny or side-splitting comics who take their chord inspiration from Alanis Morrisette. And I’ve seen far too many bad musicians who couldn’t instill laughter from a crowd of three year olds on a cocktail of nitrous oxide and Sunny Delight, but that’s another story. Tim Minchin, however, delights and surprises by having both brilliant comic insight and undeniable musical talent.

I first saw Ready for This? at last year's Fringe and thought it was great, 'If I Didn't Have You' being a personal favourite. Some of the songs were a little self-derivative, but now it's been right round the world at least once, I'd expect Minchin is showing his very polished best.