This morning, comedian Tim Minchin joined The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X.

Speaking on Radio X Minchin teased that he ‘really wants’ to write a follow-up to rock opera stage classic Jesus Christ Superstar, after finding success with his incredible adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda.

You can read a snatch of the conversation below and watch the interview further down.

Key

Tim Minchin – TM

Chris Moyles – CM

Dominic Byrne – DB

Pippa Taylor – PT

James Robinson – JR

Transcript

CM: “Is there advice on here about how to write a really successful musical and then live off the royalties?” 

TM: “Yeah. In a manner of speaking, yeah.”

CM: “Is it time? Are you ready to do something new musical-wise?”

TM: “Yeah, I really want to write a new musical. But yes, I need your ideas. I very rarely come across a story or a property, as they say, a book or a movie where I think, ‘Yeah, that has to be a musical.’ I wondered about Jesus Christ Superstar 2. Like, the aftermath.” 

DB: “Yeah, what happened next.” 

TM: “Yeah. So, Judas is dead, Jesus is dead. It’s just Saul of Tarsus going nuts and spreading the word. And he’s a pretty interesting cat, Saul of Tarsus, who became Paul on the road to Damascus. I mean, ‘road to Damascus’ in itself is a lyric, isn’t it? Lin-Manuel Miranda should write that.”

CM: “You could do that, or you could work with me on my musical about cows.”

TM: “Oh yeah, Bovine the musical.”

CM: “Cows the musical.”

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Watch a video of the chat here.