Richard Thornton

Anything can happen when the audience can play sounds, request impersonations and choose songs...! We've had two great Melbourne Fringe shows - three more to go. Come and join the fun! https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/the-musical-comedy-jukebox/

IT'S SHOWTIME! My last Beetlejuice The Musical stream is in a little under 12 hours from now. Come and celebrate this amazing show.

IT'S SHOWTIME!! This week I'm playing the whole Beetlejuice The Musical songbook TWICE on Twitch. Check your local times via linktr.ee/richardthornton and join me on twitch.tv/richardthornton!

Sometimes, just sometimes, I sing a serious song or two. Here's one of Phantom's classic songs, The Music of the Night.

We just had an amazing weekend on my Twitch channel. At the end of my fourth music stream, with my voice rapidly disappearing, we were raided by Lara6683 and hit 1K followers. I had this secret surprise song ready for this moment! Enjoy the chaos.

Some shenanigans from my Twtich streams. This time, I Wanna Be Like You from The Jungle Book. I get carried away sometimes...

This Tuesday I'm streaming in character as Agatha Trunchbull from Matilda the Musical. Here's a little costume test.

I'm sorry I've been so quiet on facebook recently! I'm still streaming two nights a week over on Twitch and this is just a little bit of the shenanigans we get up to.

Aaaaand we're back with another Twitch Live Learn! Requested by Xotchkass, Hell in a Handbasket is by Cuban-born Amercian singer Aurelio Voltaire and after a few minutes of learning this live on stream, I recorded the song and then the trumpet lines which, through the magic of editing, come together to make this video. :)

I stream two nights a week over on Twitch - Tuesday and Friday nights from 8:30pm AEST. Come and hang out sometime on https://twitch.tv/richardthornton.

If you'd like to keep in touch behind the scenes, jump on my Discord server and say g'day! https://discord.gg/nU4Bv64

I'm back with another song I learned live on Twitch! This is a cracker from Timmy The Dog, the band Tim Minchin played with way back when he lived in Perth, Australia. https://www.timminchin.com/timmy-the-dog/

I stream two nights a week over on Twitch - Tuesday and Friday nights from 8:30pm AEST. Come and hang out sometime on https://twitch.tv/richardthornton.

If you'd like to keep in touch behind the scenes, jump on my Discord server and say g'day! https://discord.gg/nU4Bv64

[Lyrics]

You can have my body
You can steal my car
You can take my money
You can have what you like but it won't get you very far
Cos my heart belongs to an 18 year old le***an

You can be my lover
We can have a fling
You can say you're mine forever
You can tell me what you like but it won't get you anything
Cos my heart belongs to an 18 year old le***an

I can't quite believe it
After years of lonely searching
I have stumbled here on my ideal girl
And forget about logistics
So she's seven years my junior
So what if she likes kissing girls as well?
It doesn’t matter
Cos I know I've found my only one
She has my heart forever
But I'll keep my feelings to myself
I’d never dare to tell her
Cos she tends towards females
And I'm definitely a fella
But if she was mine
By God, I'd love her well

You can be my buddy
We'll be best of friends
And you may be smart or funny
We may be the perfect pair but there'll be tears in the end
Cos my heart belongs to an 18 year old le***an

I don’t see why I shouldn’t
Be allowed to have my dream
Just because we bat for different sides
Just look at Romeo and Juliet
They ended up together
Though admittedly they prematurely died
It doesn't matter
Cos next time I see her
I'm gonna pledge my heart forever
And I'll ask her for her hand
Although I won't forget to tell her
That I don't mind wearing dresses
If she wants to be the fella
Cos I think I'd make
A really lovely bride

I can't quite believe it
After years of lonely searching
I have stumbled here on my ideal girl
And forget about logistics
So she's seven years my junior
So what if she likes kissing girls as well?
It doesn’t matter
Cos she can wear the trousers
And I will wear the nighty
She can grow her armpit hair
And I will wax fortnightly
And despite the fact that hairless
I'm a little bit unsightly
I'd give more than just my hair to have this girl

Here's a peak at what you'll find on my Twitch channel.

I currently stream two nights a week over on Twitch - Tuesday and Friday nights from 8:30pm AEST. Tuesday nights are a little more laid back and I'm doing "live learns", or requests to learn songs that aren't in my song list. Come and hang out sometime on https://twitch.tv/richardthornton.

This week's request came from a regular member Athnar, who suggested Tim Minchin's The Song for Phil Daoust, a lovely little ditty journalling Tim's journey of introspection after a journalist wrote a bad review. :)

If you'd like to keep in touch behind the scenes, jump on my Discord server and say g'day! https://discord.gg/nU4Bv64

[Lyrics]

This is a song for Phil Daoust
Occasional Guardian newspaper journal-oust
I never ever ever mentioned your name
Or the review that you wrote when I was new to this game

But now the time has come
I think I've dealt with my feelings at last
I really wanna forgive you, Phil
Yeah, I wanna put the past in the past-a-a

And as this is such a big tour
I thought I ought to take the opportunity
Cause there's a pretty good chance somebody out there will know you
Maybe they will pass on a message for me

Just wanna say, Phil Daoust
Occasional Guardian newspaper journal-oust
That it's been three years since you wrote it
And time is very healing
But I still wanna cut big chunks of flesh out of your stupid face
And make your children watch while I force you to eat them
Yeah I wanna make your children watch you eat your own face-meat

Ding dang ding dang d**g
This is my Phil Doust song
Everybody sing along
La la la, la la la la
I hope one of your family members dies
Phil, ding dang d**g
I've written you this special song
To help you get the attention
You obviously, desperately lack

And I know that you're a smart man
And with such a fine mind, I guess it has to be hard
To resist throwing narcissistic, intellectual tantrums
In the supermarket aisles of your self-regard

Just wanna say, Phil Daoust
I know it must be really hard to be a journal-oust
While a deadline's always looming
And the pressure to be entertaining
So maybe you should quit and get a job that you'd be better at
Like killing yourself, you fu***ng jerk

Ding dang ding dang d**g
This is my Phil Doust song
Everybody sing along
Tra la la, la la la la
I hope something you love catches on fire

Phil, ding dang d**g
I've written you this special song
To show how far I've come along
In my efforts to be more mature in the face of negative feedback

Every Tuesday and Friday you'll find me LIVE on Twitch. During my Tuesday streams I try to "live learn" a new song, recommended by my community. This week it was this fun little song called The Cabin, from the Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis.

[Language warning!] If you haven't seen what I'm up to over on Twitch, you're missing out! :) After 30 minutes of learning this song live on stream, I hit record and captured this.