# Tim Minchin on Reddit (u/timminchinreddit)

Part of Celebrities on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-06. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/celebrities-on-reddit/tim-minchin

Tim Minchin: Comedian, musician and songwriter of Matilda the Musical.

- Reddit account: [u/timminchinreddit](https://www.reddit.com/user/timminchinreddit/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [His 2020 r/Music AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/i989em/im_musician_actor_comedian_etc_tim_minchin_and_my/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/Music (51)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2020 to 2020
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Minchin

## Moments

### u/timminchinreddit in r/Music, Aug 13, 2020 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Tim, appreciate you doing this! I really appreciated Matilda both in terms of it's quality as a musical and the positivity and lessons it taught to kids. Do you plan on doing more musical theatre in the future? (You're very good at it) Strange question: After one of your…

> 1. Yes! (Thank you)
> 2. I love that you cared about my work enough to get a tattoo of my signature. However, let's be honest, my signature ain't pretty. I hope you found a way to incorporate it into a tree or an octopus or something.
> Hello Becky. Get back to your infernal tooting.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/i989em/im_musician_actor_comedian_etc_tim_minchin_and_my/g1dnsmf/ · 88 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/timminchinreddit in r/Music, Aug 13, 2020 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Tim, hope you're going well. I have a very specific question: I'm a big fan of your song "Prejudice" and have spent the last several years slowly learning it by ear on piano - however, the two final chords synced with "GIN-GER" are killing me, they never sound quite right. I…

> Wow. I think I do it differently all the time. But it's basically a try-tone substituted dominant to root. Which means the bass is Bb (instead of E), and then you can make whatever altered dominant you want. Try Bb13. Then Ami at the end.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/i989em/im_musician_actor_comedian_etc_tim_minchin_and_my/g1dn7kb/ · 123 points as of Nov 6, 2026