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Synopsis
Following an acclaimed season in Stratford, The Royal Shakespeare Company’s world premiere production of Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical transfers to London’s Cambridge Theatre.
Roald Dahl's much-loved story of Matilda bursts into life on stage in this brand new musical version where children and adults alike will be thrilled and delighted by the story of the special little girl with an extraordinary imagination.
Matilda’s parents think she is a nuisance and she thinks, quite rightly, they are only interested in watching telly. Life is not much better at school, where the monstrous headmistress Miss Trunchbull terrifies both students and teachers alike. Then one day Matilda discovers she has a very special power and decides it's time the grown-ups were taught a lesson. Be warned, the children are revolting...
Matilda The Musical played to sold-out audiences at the Royal Shakespeare Companies Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon for twelve weeks from November 2010 to January 2011.
The Matilda musical is written by the highly acclaimed playwright Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by the anarchic Australian comedian, musician and composer Tim Minchin, and direction by Matthew Warchus.
The cast includes David Leonard (Miss Trunchbull), Steve Furst (Mr Wormwood) Annette McLaughlin (Mrs
Wormwood) and Haley Flaherty (Miss Honey).
The show won 4 of our Whatsonstage.com Awards 2012 - Best New Musical, Best Set Designer (Rob Howell), Best Choreographer (Peter Darling) and Newcomer of the Year (Tim Minchin).
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Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 25 November 2011
After its cascade of rave reviews in Stratford-upon-Avon last December, I was expecting to really enjoy the RSC’s musical version of Roald Dahl’s brilliant children’s story. And I did.
But there are a few bumps in the adaptation by Dennis Kelly, and Tim Minchin’s songs are deficient in nothing except melody. It’s a good stomping, syncopated score, with some incessantly intricate lyrics and some especially good choral numbers for the schoolchildren of all ages, but hardly a tune to savour all night.
The narrative adds a fairy-tale told by Matilda to the school librarian (Melanie La Barrie) about the lost child of an acrobat and an escapologist, and it rather muddles up the clean classicism of Dahl’s conclusion. There’s also a sudden incursion of Russian Mafia that over-complicates the exodus of Matilda’s family to Spain, leaving her in happiness with Miss Honey.
But I have no complaints at all about [Matthew War...
Latest User Review
Karl - 25 April 2012:
Love the show but this review is littered with inhuman spoilers....
Cast
David Leonard (Miss Trunchbull)
Annette McLaughlin (Mrs Wormwood)
Haley Flaherty (Miss Honey)
Steve Furst (Mr Wormwood)
Lucy-Mae Beacock (Matilda - some dates)
Hayley Canham (Matilda - some dates)
Chloe Hawthorn (Matilda - some dates)
Lara Wollington (Matilda - some dates)
Fabian Aloise
Charles Brunton
Billy Cullum
Joseph Davenport
Lara Denning
Mark Goldthorp
Jack Greaves
Madeleine Harland
Joshua Lay
Lucy Miller
Tommy Sherlock
Marc Antolin
Verity Bentham
Melanie La Barrie
Katy Monk
Rachel Moran
Leanne Pinder
Nick Searle
Samantha Allison
India Ria Amarteifio
Robyn Ashwood
Zak Baker
Cally Callaghan
Amy Charlton
Jess Daugirda
Samantha Delaney
Oliver Finnegan
Terrell Forde
James Gardner
Lauren Halil
Holly Hazelton
Noga Inspector
Finley Jury
Brooke Kelly
Uwan Lam
George Littell
Marcus May
Ben Middleton
James Moore
Elliot Reeve
Max Stephens
Joshua Tikare
Ella Yard
Creative
Dennis Kelly (based on the novel by Roald Dahl) (Book)
Tim Minchin (Music)
Tim Minchin (Lyrics)
Royal Shakespeare Company (Company)
Andre Ptaszynski (executive producer) (Producer)
Matthew Warchus (Director)
Rob Howell (Design)
Peter Darling (Choreographer)
Hugh Vanstone (Lighting)
Christopher Nightingale (musical supervision and orchestration) (Music)
Simon Baker (Sound)
Paul Kieve (special effects and illusions) (Other)
Bruce O'Neil (Musical Director)
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