Tim Minchin marks 20 years since his impactful 2005 Edinburgh fringe debut with a celebratory concert featuring 20 songs. Accompanied by a five-member band, Minchin skillfully balances his roles as a troubadour and performer, embracing his unique misfit status. The concert includes a variety of songs from his 28-year career, each contextualized with personal anecdotes. Highlights showcase both comedic and serious themes, culminating in a dynamic performance that reflects Minchin's artistic excess and unwavering honesty.
Minchin has always been a curious mix of cool and uncool, sending up rock theatrics while openly in thrall to them.
The balance is roughly equal between comic songs, serious songs and bits-of-both songs.
With a five-strong band in tow, the balance is better than on his last tour between troubadour and rock Gargantua.
None of the songs, selected from a 28-year career, are left to speak for themselves; they're all chattily placed in the context of Minchin's life at the time.
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