applause tim minchin, the cabaret star who wrote matilda the musical. he grew up in western australia, started writing songs in his teens and made his name as a musical comedy performer at the 2005 edinburgh festival. mrtim minchin! after a series of live solo albums, tim was commissioned to write a stage adaptation of the roald dahl book, matilda. the show went on to win olivier and tony awards and has now been turned into a film. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast, he reveals his formative influences and experiences and how, despite fame and acclaim, bad reviews still hurt. no, i m not good at taking criticism. you still take it personally? 0h, hugely, yeah. i ll take myjacket off. yeah, you ll get warm.
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at taking criticism. you still take it personally? 0h, hugely, yeah. i ll take myjacket off. yeah, you ll get warm. you ll get warm. what, are you going to ask me some quite heated questions? yeah. you re going to be sweating. no, stay cool. let s stay cool. tim minchin, welcome to this cultural life. hi, john, how are you? you were born in northampton. yeah, can t you tell? and moved to perth in australia at a young age? yeah. musicalfamily? what sort of music was played at home? not particularly. although one quirk of my
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