Matilda The Musical leaves Melbourne on a high

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Australian Production of Matilda The Musical will finish its triumphant Melbourne season this evening, having enjoyed sold-out houses since opening at the Princess Theatre in March this year.

Commenting on the success of the show, Producer Louise Withers stated “the Producers and all at the RSC just want to thank Melbourne for supporting this beautiful piece of theatre.

“The entire cast, crew and company could not be happier with what has been such a great season.”

Victorians have embraced Matilda with over 400,000 people attending the show over its Melbourne run, having received rave reviews and the season selling out weeks ahead of the closing date.

2016 saw Matilda The Musical become the most successful and acclaimed musical in Australian show business history, receiving a record 13 Helpmann Awards in July.

Continued success now looks likely with seasons at Brisbane’s Lyric Theatre, QPAC from 25th November 2016 and Perth’s Crown Theatre from 28th February 2017 currently on sale.

Tickets for the Adelaide season, commencing at the Adelaide Festival Centre’s Festival Theatre from 21st May 2017 go on sale to the general public from Wednesday 7th December 2016 at 9am.

Winner of now over 60 major international awards, including 14 for Best Musical, Matilda continues to thrill audiences in London, on Broadway, on tour around the USA, in Canada and in Australia.

Matilda The Musical is based on the beloved novel by best-selling author Roald Dahl (who also wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Fantastic Mr. Fox). It is the story of an extraordinary girl who armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.

Having proven an enormous success internationally, where productions continue to play to packed houses and capture the imagination of young and old alike, the Australian Production of Matilda The Musical opened to unqualified rave reviews in Sydney last year.

The Australian said the show “makes you want to punch the air with delight.” and Time Out Sydney pronounced the show “a freaking masterpiece”. In Melbourne, The Age described the show as “a slick and brilliant wonder” and Time Out Melbourne said, “Tim Minchin’s smash-hit musical is nothing short of a miracle.”

Matilda The Musical is directed by Tony Award® winner Matthew Warchus (God of Carnage), who helms this production with a book by Tony Award®-winning playwright Dennis Kelly and music and lyrics by Australian Tim Minchin.

The production has sets and costumes by Tony Award® winner Rob Howell, with choreography by Tony Award® winner Peter Darling (Billy Elliot), orchestrations, additional music and musical supervision by Christopher Nightingale, lighting by Tony Award® winner Hugh Vanstone, and sound by Simon Baker.

Matilda The Musical was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and played to sold-out audiences at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon for twelve weeks from November 2010 to January 2011. It transferred to London’s West End on Tuesday 25 October 2011 where it opened to rave reviews.

The New York production of Matilda The Musical opened on 11 April 2013 at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre to rapturous reviews and was celebrated on 10 “Top Ten” lists for 2013, including TIME Magazine’s #1 Show of the Year.

Matilda The Musical’s award-wining success includes sweeping the board at the 2012 Laurence Olivier Awards in London with a record-breaking seven awards, and winning four Tony Awards® and a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theater for each of the four girls sharing the title role on Broadway in 2013.

Matilda The Musical is produced in Australia by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Louise Withers, Michael Coppel & Michael Watt with André Ptaszynski and Denise Wood as Executive Producers.

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