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The entire cast is splendid and the dynamite decision to cast adults to play some of the schoolchildren gives the perfect mix of physicality and power on both the music and dance.

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Explore the Pose Map. All Rights reserved. order back issues and use the historic Daily Express Even Matilda’s imagination couldn't have produced sets, staging and choreography more engaging than Rob Howell's (set design) and Peter Darling's (choreography).

By contrast, Gina Beck made us ache for the sweet and spineless Miss Honey and delivered Pathetic and My House beautifully. Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Verizon Media websites and apps. Since so many of the actors in Matilda are children themselves that means that they are short, and short actors are harder to see on stage, so be sure you grab a booster seat if your kiddo needs one. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Seats on the aisle or front row of the mezzanine can make a big difference. From standing up to the meanest headmistress ever to belting out beautiful ballads, this pint-sized heroine gives you reason after reason to fall in love with her all over again. Mix Tim Minchin's genius with Roald Dahl's eternal appeal and you really do have something special. I prefer to just believe it’s magic.

Of course, five-year-old Matilda Wormwood is a most peculiar child who taught herself Russian because Dosdoevsky would obviously be better enjoyed in his native tongue. The audience members in the mezzanine may not have been able to enjoy the full effect, but it was something to behold. YAY!

In short, there is no weak link in the cast. Most of all, Minchin's lyrics and melodies are glorious. With themes of family tension, vulnerability, overcoming bullies, being yourself and supporting your friends, this show is both a fun time and an educational one. It's performed by the excellent chorus, which plays everything from doting parents in one scene to older kids at the school in the next. Concessions are also available can help little ones make it through a long evening.

Express. You can feel the audience rooting against her and holding their breath at the same time as she glares out at the audience.

I'd like to say it's good wholesome family fun but the threat of 'Chokey', Russian mafia henchmen (and ladies) and the small matter of a young girl being swung by her pigtails and then hurled up into the rafters would beg to disagree. Take "School Song," the musical number in which Matilda and the new kids are introduced to the scary world of Miss Trunchbull's school. Matilda is not only faced with the diabolical headmistress Agatha Trunchbull, but she also has two unsupportive parents who make it very clear that she isn’t wanted and doesn’t fit in. Website by Web Publisher PRO, 100+ coronavirus resources for families: websites, coping tips, things to do, 2020-21 flu shot guide for Seattle families, Find the perfect pumpkin patch for your family, 10 games to play with your family during COVID-19 times (and after), 5 fun games to spark dinnertime conversation. In the musical, this much more elaborate backstory involving the circus proves to be true, putting Matilda into Carrie territory. Unfortunately, much of the cleverness of the lyrics was lost either due the sound system or the many young singers (or perhaps both). As I’ve said before, the Southampton Mayflower is a great place to go and see shows.

See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, 5th Ave Theatre, 1308 5th Ave, Seattle, 98101 5thavenue.org. Every finger wag and arched eyebrow was perfect. For children who are not familiar with the story, this might prove upsetting.

Matilda the Musical is currently touring the UK as well as showing on the West End, and I went to see the show on its opening night in Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre, with the touring cast.
The way the seats are raked means you can’t really have a bad view, and the acoustics of the room are fantastic.

With effortless soaring high notes from Bruce (played by Toby Mocrei when I saw it), adorable characterisation from Lavender (Chantelle Tonolete) and, of course, a powerful little leading lady in Matilda (Sophie Woolhouse, who makes her professional debut), the child cast brought outstanding vibrancy to the stage. Share this: Twitter; Facebook; Like this: Like Loading... Related. The grown-ups in school shorts and caps bring such unfettered exhilaration to the group scenes that we all wish we could jump on a scooter or giant swing and play all day. Watch our latest Videos. Special note also to Alex Hammond who sings spine-tinglingly but is also a suave and sexy doctor before becoming the loving and beloved Escapologist. Intelligent and emotional, may this show never grow up. The energy of adults dressed up as kids and goofing around is very fun. The talented young story-teller suffers while living with her TV-obsessed family, but discovers her hidden talents when she meets her new school teacher, Miss Honey.

It is definitely worth a visit.

Even when the show experienced a second night of technical difficulties (albeit briefly this time), Ryness held the audience’s attention with just the power of his smirk and the twinkle in his eyes. Meet Matilda. MATILDA starts pouring the hair dye into the Oil of Violets bottle. Rating: ★★★★★ If the cast does not do enough to facilitate your enjoyment, then the set and production most certainly will. From giant soaring swings, to trampolines to choreographed scooters, the stage is like a giant playground. I took my eight-year old niece and seventy-ahem mother along for a Sunday matinee and both were beaming with delight from start to finish.

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Matilda the Musical is currently touring the UK as well as showing on the West End, and I went to see the show on its opening night in Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre, with the touring cast. Writing about music, theatre, and literature. Nor indeed, in any aspect of the production. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. If you have the opportunity to download a few songs to share with your child before the show, it's well worth the time. My kids enjoyed coming up with their own theories as to how certain scenes like the girl flung in the air by her pig-tails were produced.

Matilda the Musical is everything it promises to be. ( Log Out /  The talented young story-teller suffers while living with her TV-obsessed family, but discovers her hidden talents when she meets her new school teacher, Miss Honey. Matilda The Musical is inspired after the much loved children’s book by Roald Dahl. Ah, well, who wants good wholesome fun anyway? The show, like the novel, knows that children embrace the dark as long as there is light – and this glorious production brims with both.

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newspaper archive. Meanwhile Hayden Tee is the latest in a monstrously marvelous line of RSC Miss Trunchbulls. Writing about music, theatre, and literature. It's one psychic event too much.

It’s a good thing that the show has so many visually stimulating parts, because it’s long, at just a hair over two and a half hours. Tim Minchin’s musical, based on the well-loved book by Roald Dahl, perfectly captures the heartwarming story of this earnest, charming little girl.
Take a look through the photos from the Actor Theatre Series production in Fall of 2019. Macbeth review: Christopher Eccleston mess needs more than witchcraft. Cutting and merciless one moment, they become tender and exquisite the next. Finding her way through life with her head in a book, she plays several pranks on her cruel parents before realising her true potential.

While Harper highlighted the menacing and intimidating elements of the Trunchbull, he also brought her to life through his comic timing which made her seem awkward and almost childish at times. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Send us an inquiry and we’ll send you rental info! Matilda The Musical - Revolting Children - HC 2019 - YouTube Bohemian Rhapsody review: Queen biopic WILL rock you but is it enough? It also comes in handy when dealing with those aforementioned criminals. While Harper highlighted the menacing and intimidating elements of the Trunchbull, he also brought her to life through his comic timing which made her seem awkward and almost childish at times. With swings, scooters and moving steps in the gate of the school that spell out the alphabet, the set of Matilda is absolutely incredible. Matilda The Musical is the multi-award winning musical from the Royal Shakespeare Company, inspired by the beloved book by the incomparable Roald Dahl. The nasty parents and scary Miss Trunchbull may give pause to those little ones encountering the story for the first time, but Matilda saves the day and will steal their hearts all at the same time. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Your Privacy Controls.

Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. For younger kids, the matinee or even the earlier evening shows on Tuesdays and Wednesdays or Sundays may be a better option that the 8 pm show on Thursdays through Saturdays. A musical, of course, isn't complete without its score. However, my son has some serious concerns about Ms. Silva’s voice and that it may be permanently damaged from exaggerated speech as well as her rendition of Loud, a song that is well…loud. The seven-year-old attending the show with me admitted sheepishly that she fell asleep once. Buy tickets here. The musical version is the same story, but on steroids.


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