New cast for Matilda the Musical

Published: 20 July 2023
Reporter: Steve Orme

Selena Karir, Sophia Goodman, Arabella Stanton and Estella Evans who will share the role of Matilda Credit: Ellie Kurttz
Kieran Hill will play Miss Trunchbull
Lydia White is to play Miss Honey
Rakesh Boury will be Mr Wormwood
Amy Ellen Richardson will play Mrs Wormwood

A new cast has been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s West End production of Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Theatre.

Estella Evans, Selena Karir and Arabella Stanton will join Sophia Goodman in the title role of Matilda, with their first performances from Tuesday 12 September.

Kieran Hill will join the company as Miss Trunchbull alongside Lydia White as Miss Honey. Rakesh Boury and Amy Ellen Richardson will continue in the roles of Mr and Mrs Wormwood.

Nolan Edwards, Sean Lopeman, Ruairidh McDonald, Kane Oliver Parry, Deborah Tracey, Esme Bacalla-Hayes, Ronan Burns, Ella Caldwell, Stan Doughty, Karina Hind, Roan Pronk, Gabrielle Davina Smith and Lauren Varnham will join the existing adult cast which includes Thea Bunting, Aaron Jenkins and Sam Lathwood.

The other young performers who will join the company in the roles of Bruce, Lavender, Nigel and the rest of the pupils at Crunchem Hall are Sidhant Anand, Charlie Cox, Jack Dennis, Megan Donovan, Rosy Drury, Jake Durant, Phoebe Easom, Jaydon Eastman, Benjamin El Refaie, Jax Fenner, Max Garlick, Lilia Guinoubi, Gina Harris-Sullivan, Coco-Lili Hodder, Elliott Marsden, Sophia McAlister, Charlotte Mellington, Kanon Narumi, Toryn O’Callaghan, Zarian Marcel Obatarhe, Kristiano Ricardo, Harriet Rogers, Azalea-Belle Sharp, Archie Smith and Joshua Wahab.

Written by Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin and developed and directed by Matthew Warchus, Matilda the Musical is designed 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 special effects and illusions by Paul Kieve.

The production is booking until 15 December 2024.

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