Matilda the Musical

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

In Matilda, the central character is a little girl with astonishing wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers. She's unloved by her parents but impresses her schoolteacher and, over the course of her first term at school, teacher and pupil have a profound effect on each other's lives. Matilda the Musical website.

Cast/Performers

Esme Bacalla-Hayes (Assistant Dance Captain / Swing), Rakesh Boury (Mr Wormwood), Thea Bunting (Swing), Ronan Burns (Henchman), Ella Caldwell (Swing), Stan Doughty (Henchman), Nolan Edwards (Rudolpho), Kieran Hill (Miss Trunchbull), Karina Hind (Henchwoman), Aaron Jenkins (Swing), Sam Lathwood (Dance Captain / Swing), Sean Lopeman (Children's Entertainer / The Escapologist), Ruairidh McDonald (Michael Wormwood), Kane Oliver Parry (Doctor / Sergei), Roan Pronk (Henchman), Amy Ellen Richardson (Mrs Wormwood), Gabrielle Davina Smith (Cook / Henchwoman), Deborah Tracey (Mrs Phelps), Lauren Varnham (Acrobat), Lydia White (Miss Honey), Nesim Adnan (Tommy), Sidhant Anand (Bruce), Ryo Appadu (Eric), Chloe Boyle (Amanda), Amelia Grace Cambridge (Hortensia), Anna Deikalo (Matilda), Jake Durant (Nigel), Caoimhe Fisher (Hortensia), Estella Evans (Matilda), Max Garlick (Bruce), Jesamine Bleu Gibbs (Amanda), Lilia Guinoubi (Amanda), Matthias Green (Bruce), Coco-Lili Hodder (Lavender), Daisy Jeffcoate (Alice), Kaylen Luke (Eric), Elliott Marsden (Eric), Lola McCourtie (Lavender), Yvie Moore (Alice), Harry Newby (Nigel), Zarian Marcel Obatarhe (Bruce), Toryn O'Callaghan (Hortensia), Alex Prior (Bruce), Ava Posniak (Matilda), Kristiano Ricardo (Nigel), Harriet Rogers (Alice), Sophia Saravanan (Matilda), Archie Smith (Tommy), Frankie Treadaway (Tommy), Marnie Rae Warren Baker (Lavender)

Creatives/Company

Book by: Dennis Kelly (based on the novel by Roald Dahl)
Music(s): Tim Minchin, Christopher Nightingale (musical supervision and orchestration)
Lyrics: Tim Minchin
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Producer: Andre Ptaszynski (executive producer)
Director: Matthew Warchus
Design: Rob Howell
Choreographer: Peter Darling
Lighting: Hugh Vanstone
Sound: Simon Baker
Other: Paul Kieve (special effects and illusions)
Musical Director: Bruce O'Neil