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It says a lot about Tim Minchin that even when he pauses to take stock, the very opposite seems to happen. In this case, the ldquooppositerdquo is a brand new studio album, Apart Together which is set for a worldwide release on November 20. That itrsquos taken Minchin until now to release his first ldquoproperrdquo album speaks volumes about the twists and turns his career has taken since he made the 14,500 mile journey to London from Perth in the hope of finding an audience for a kohleyed, shockheaded musical comedian. Since landing the 2005 Perrier Award for Best Comedy Newcomer, the bullet points mark a vertiginous ascent into wider renown his music and lyrics for Matilda the Musical, which helped propel the Royal Shakespeare Companyrsquos adaptation of Roald Dahlrsquos book to a recordbreaking number of Tony and Olivier Awards a string of soldout arena tours his celebrated portrayal of Judas in the 2012 touring version of Jesus Christ Superstar and a snowballing acting and writing career which dramatically bore fruit in the acclaimed Sky AtlanticFoxtel 2019 series Upright. Tim Minchin CD is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £10