Theatre Trip: Matilda

MATILDA

Cambridge Theatre
Date: 1st August (Tuesday), 7:00pm
Seats: Upper Circle, G1/2
(with Jess N!)

Cast Changes: Biancha Szynal (Miss Honey), Maria Graciano (Mrs Phelps), Collette Coleman (Cook)

Children: Emma Moore (Matilda), Max Brophy (Bruce), Kacy O'Sullivan (Amanda), Aiyana Goodfellow (Lavender), Tori Louise Ryan (Alice), Charlotte Fallart (Hortensia), Hari Coles (Eric), Michael Hawkins (Nigel), Sebastian Harry (Tommy)

Notes:  So brilliantly clever. This is my 3rd time seeing Matilda (I saw it twice in Sydney), and it's still just as brilliant, if not more, than I remembered. The show is so so clever. I love the lyrics by Tim Minchin so much.

All the children were fantastic. The Matilda (Emma Moore) was definitely the best Matilda I've seen, musically, and in her line delivery as well. She was so excellent! The other children were great as well. There was only one small glitch - one of the kids left a hat on stage when they left, and it stayed on stage for about 20 minutes until a proper scene change allowed one of the other kids to go and grab it.

Our understudy adults were great. I especially loved Miss Honey (Biancha Szynal), with great youthful exuberance and non-dancing dancing (being thrown around by Rudolpho so twirling without looking like she knew how to dance). Vocally she was also pretty great.

I think the highlight though, was Craig Els who played the Trunchbull. He was so fantastic, just the right blend of completely scary and totally insane. I really think this show is even more enjoyable if you are a teacher, than just any adult! His dancing was also great, and vocals couldn't be faulted.

We managed to score 5 pound seats for this show! The day seats for Matilda are in the Upper Circle, and are only a fiver for those under 25... However, we were lined up before 10am, and they didn't ask or check our ages at all (despite Jess and I both being 27!), just offered us the cheap seats! Can't turn that down!!! We did have a slight obstruction in the safety rail in front of us, but it wasn't that bad, and really, for a fiver, how can you complain?! I'll be getting those tickets for as long as I can pass for under 25!!!