Lashana Lynch is lovely, and an impressive singer as Miss Honey, playing against her usual action heroine type. In July 2017, Seensee Company announced they would be producing a production of Matilda the Musical in September 2018. The production will be in arrangement with the RSC and be the first non-English version of Matilda produced. [52] The company includes a cast consisting of four girls, named Li Ji Na, An So Myeong, Hwang Ye Yeong, and Seol Ga Eun that will rotate in the title role of Matilda, as well as a 16-member child cast that will play the roles of Matilda's classmates. The production opened their preview show on 8 September 2018, with An So Myeong in the title role. Li Ji Na and Seol Ga Eun played their first performances on 9 September, and Hwang Ye Yeong had first debut as Matilda on 14 September. A 12 September press call included a performance of Naughty by Hwang Ye Young, Quiet by Seol Ga Eun, a performance of Revolting Children, and more. The production officially closed on 10 February 2019, with Hwang Ye Yeong playing the title role. West End Musical Matilda Will Now Begin Performances October 25". TheaterMania. 29 September 2011 . Retrieved 19 January 2012.

The Broadway production closed on 1 January 2017 after 1,555 performances. [28] US national tour (2015–17) [ edit ] In January 2021, Lashana Lynch, Emma Thompson and Alisha Weir were confirmed as cast in the roles of Miss Honey, Miss Trunchbull and the titular role respectively, with over 200 children cast as the rest of the student body of Crunchem Hall. Ellen Kane, who worked with choreographer Peter Darling on the stage production, is set to choreograph. [94] [95] The film was expected to begin principal photography on 3 May 2021 in Ireland. [96] The film is intended to be produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner through Working Title Films and distributed by Netflix worldwide and Sony Pictures Releasing through its TriStar Pictures banner in the United Kingdom. [97] I found the story very moving and tears were rolling down my face when 'Quiet' started. Yes, I'm a bloke, and unashamedly get emotional at things like this. The extraordinary power of Matilda: hit musical waltzes to more success on Broadway". The Independent. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022 . Retrieved 13 April 2013. a b Lloyd Webber, Imogen (8 September 2015). "Amy Spanger, Allison Case & More Begin Performances in Matilda on Broadway". Broadway.com . Retrieved 8 September 2015.Peter Hall and Derek Jacobi among winners at Theatre Awards UK". The Stage. 30 October 2011. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012 . Retrieved 19 January 2012. RSC's Matilda: the Musical a hit on Broadway". The Guardian. 12 April 2013 . Retrieved 13 April 2013. On 1 June 2013, Tim Minchin announced during an interview that the show was preparing for a US national tour. Minchin said, "We just got it up in New York, there's a touring version that is meant to be going on in America...". [29] Once again produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers, the tour began technical rehearsals and performances in May 2015 at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, before its official launch on 7 June at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California. [30] [31] Announced stops included the SHN Orpheum Theare in San Francisco, California, the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington, the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas, Texas, the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C., and the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida. [32] The cast was announced on 21 April 2015. [33] Three girls would alternate in the lead role: Mia Sinclair Jenness, Gabby Gutierrez, and Mabel Tyler. Gutierrez and Tyler made their tour debuts; Jenness had appeared in the original Broadway cast and 25th anniversary tour of Les Misérables. Other principal cast members included Jennifer Blood as Miss Honey, Bryce Ryness as Miss Trunchbull, and Quinn Mattfeld and Cassie Silva as Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood. Frankensteins Share Best Actor in Standard Awards, Smith Wins with Flare Date: 20 November 2011". WhatsOnStage. 20 November 2011. Archived from the original on 24 December 2011 . Retrieved 19 January 2012. Ramachandran, Naman (1 April 2021). "Stephen Graham, Sindhu Vee, Andrea Riseborough Join 'Matilda' Cast". Variety.

Matilda" – Original Cast Recording". Theatreaficionado.com. 19 October 2011 . Retrieved 19 January 2012. a b Wild, Stephi (16 January 2018). "Child Casting Announced For The UK and Ireland Tour Of MATILDA". BroadwayWorld . Retrieved 16 January 2018. On 17 October 2017, the adult cast was announced, to include Craige Els as Miss Trunchbull, Carly Thoms as Miss Honey, Sebastien Torkia as Mr Wormwood and Rebecca Thornhill as Mrs Wormwood. [49] On 16 January 2018, the children's cast was announced, with the role of Matilda being shared between Annalise Bradbury, Lara Cohen, Poppy Jones and Nicola Turner. [50] The tour officially opened as scheduled on 5 March 2018 at the Curve theatre in Leicester, with Poppy Jones in the title role on opening night. Casting announced for the Australian production of Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical". RoaldDahl.com . Retrieved 22 April 2015. Matilda at the Cambridge Theatre is hilarious, moving and magical". The Telegraph. 25 November 2011 . Retrieved 19 January 2012.After opening at the RSC's home in Stratford-upon-Avon, the musical transferred to the West End's Cambridge Theatre. Matilda won seven Olivier Awards in 2012 — alongside Hamilton and Cabaret, it’s the biggest overall win of any London musical. Even though you can now catch Matilda on the big screen, there’s nothing like seeing the musical in London live. What is Matilda The Musical about?

Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical". BBFC. 7 September 2022. Archived from the original on 25 November 2022 . Retrieved 25 November 2022. Before school, Matilda tells Mrs.Phelps a story about an escapologist who falls in love with and marries an acrobat. Arriving at school, Matilda and her fellow new student Lavender are warned about the terrible way the students are treated there. In Honey's classroom, Matilda solves a complex mathematical equation on the board and confesses that she loves reading most. An impressed Honey asks Trunchbull to move Matilda to a more advanced class, but Trunchbull refuses to let Matilda be an exception to the rules. At home, when Matilda criticizes her father, he rips her book apart and wrongly sends her to bed; the next day, she retaliates by gluing his hat to his head. Kelly adapts the Royal Shakespeare Company’s award-winning stage production for the big screen, with original music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, based on the beloved book by Roald Dahl.Lloyd Webber, Imogen (4 April 2014). "The Trunchbull Curse Continues: Christopher Sieber Delays First Matilda Performance Again". Broadway.com . Retrieved 5 April 2014. Inside the Playbill: Matilda The Musical - Opening Night at Shubert Theatre". Playbill. playbillvault.com . Retrieved 15 April 2013. On 16 March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show suspended performances, returning to the Cambridge Theatre from 16 September 2021. [18] On 12 November 2021, a 10th anniversary performance celebrated 10 years since the show opened in the West End which featured a pre-show speech by Kelly and Minchin with many of the creatives and previous cast in attendance, including 42 previous Matildas. Bennett, Steve. "Bill Bailey: They asked me to write Matilda: News 2013: Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

The next day, Trunchbull forces the children through challenging exercises to crush their rebelliousness. Lavender slips her pet newt into her drinking water, and after Matilda stands up to Trunchbull, she uses her newly discovered telekinesis to embarrass Trunchbull. Honey invites Matilda to her cottage, where Matilda learns that the escapologist and the acrobat were Miss Honey's parents and the evil stepsister is Trunchbull. Honey tries to warn Matilda about the Trunchbull's dangerousness, but she doesn't care. She then goes to the Chokey and uses her telekinesis to destroy it. Returning home, Matilda learns that her father has cheated the mafia and the family will be fleeing to Spain, distressing Matilda about never seeing her friends again.

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In December 2009, the Royal Shakespeare Company announced its intention to stage a musical adaptation with direction by Matthew Warchus and adaptation by Dennis Kelly. Musician and comedian Tim Minchin was chosen to write music and lyrics after Warchus saw his 2009 tour Ready for This? and persuaded during the encore song " White Wine in the Sun". It was also revealed comedian and musician Bill Bailey had been asked to write the songs, however turned the project down due to other works. [7] Coincidentally Minchin revealed that he had originally attempted to gain permission from the Dahl estate to stage a musical adaptation in the early 2000s when writing for a local youth theatre in Perth, Western Australia. [ citation needed] Productions [ edit ] Stratford-upon-Avon (2010–11) [ edit ] In April 2021, it was announced that Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough and Sindhu Vee would be joining the cast as Mr. Wormwood, Mrs. Wormwood and Mrs. Phelps respectively. [98] Meesha Garbett as Hortensia, Charlie Hodson-Prior as Bruce, Andrei Shen as Eric, Ashton Robertson as Nigel, Winter Jarrett Glasspool as Amanda and Rei Yamachi Fulker as Lavender make up some of the 200 dancing, singing and acting kids. Matilda Teaches Broadway a Thing or Two". The Huffington Post. 12 April 2013 . Retrieved 13 April 2013. Matilda: Oh, You Beautiful Dahl". Playbill. 11 April 2013. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013 . Retrieved 13 April 2013.