The first relaxed performance of Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre, London. Picture: Alex Rumford
Booking for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda The Musical has been extended until 28 May 2023 with tickets now on sale.
The latest extension to performances of the multi-award-winning musical at its West End home coincided with the announcement of the date for the seventh relaxed performance at the Cambridge Theatre.
Following on from six sold-out performances offering full access to the theatre for people with autism and learning disabilities and their families, the relaxed performance will be on 19 June at 3pm. Tickets for the relaxed performance are at a reduced rate of £15, £25, £35 and £45.
Rehearsals are also currently underway for the twentieth children’s cast ahead of the young performers’ debut from 22 March. The new class of 2022 are: Hari Aggarwal, Aydin Ahmed, Thommy Bailey Vine, Tilly-Raye Bayer, Sienna Clarke, Kylan Denis, Drew Edwards, Robyn Elwell, Rory Finnegan, Alexander Fitzgerald, Rosie Gell-Marquez, Rudy Gibson, Isla Gie, Beth Gilmour, Gracie Hodson-Prior, Rafferty Ison, Isabella Jonsson, Darcy Kelly, Maisie Mardle, Joshua Moabi, Keanna-Skye O’Quinn, Bella Perdoni, Chancé Quaye, Scarlett Jayne Rackham, Bren Reilly, Niamh Ritchie, Jacob Savva, Jayden Seder and Ethan Sokontwe.
Written by playwright Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by comedian, musician and composer Tim Minchin, Matilda The Musical is directed and developed by Matthew Warchus. The crowd-pleasing production which celebrated 10 years in London in 2021 boasts design by Rob Howell, with choreography by Peter Darling, orchestrations, additional music and musical supervision by Christopher Nightingale, lighting by Hugh Vanstone, sound by Simon Baker and the special effects and illusions are by Paul Kieve.
The musical version of Roald Dahl’s much-loved creation is produced in the West End by executive producers Denise Wood and Griselda Yorke for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The production was developed with the support of Jeanie O’Hare and the RSC Literary Department.
The Matilda The Musical family continues to pay tribute to Olivier Award-winning producer André Ptaszynski who served as one of the executive producers of the musical until his sudden death in 2020.
Matilda The Musical was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and premiered at the RSC’s Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in November 2010, before transferring to London’s West End in October 2011, where it opened to rave reviews.
Winner of 99 major international awards, including a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards and a total of 24 for Best Musical, Matilda The Musical has enchanted audiences in cities across the world.
Productions have toured the UK and Ireland, South Africa, North America, Australia, New Zealand, and China. The musical’s first non-English language production played Seoul in South Korea in 2018/2019.
A film version with the same core creative team is set for release exclusively in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 2 December followed by a worldwide release by Netflix.
Produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title, Jon Finn, and Luke Kelly of The Roald Dahl Story Company, Sony Pictures/TriStar Pictures will release the film theatrically in the UK while Netflix will release the film in the rest of the world.
Angela Thomas
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