Look Out for Matilda the Musical This Christmas
Matilda the Musical is coming to Netflix on Christmas day. Get ready to sing your heart out with this Roald Dahl adaptation on December 25 this holiday season.
The Tony Award-winning Matilda the Musical is back and better than ever with a new musical adaptation from Sony Pictures and Netflix. Roald Dahl’s Matilda has become a worldwide phenomenon with a 1996 film adaptation and a musical in both the UK and the US.
Red Beret Girl (aka Meesha Garbett) even ATE that killer choreography during rehearsals for Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical pic.twitter.com/nHwQhHkY55
— Netflix (@netflix) November 30, 2022
If you have not seen or read Matilda, it is about an extraordinary and intelligent girl named Matilda, who has very unpleasant and neglectful parents. When she goes to school for the very first time, she finds consolation in her teacher named Miss Honey, who sees Matilda’s intelligence. However the headmistress of the primary school, Miss Trunchball hates and abuses the children. Matilda, with all her mighty power, is determined to get rid of Miss Trunchball once and for all.
Alisha Weir (Darklands) will star as Matilda. One of the best actresses of her generation, Emma Thompson (Cruella), will be playing the nasty Miss Trunchbull. The lovely Lashana Lynch (No Time to Die) will be starring as Miss Honey. Matilda’s cruel parents will be portrayed by Andrea Riseborough (Amsterdam) and Stephen Graham (Peaky Blinders).
Matilda the Musical is a masterpiece. Pure pure joy from start to finish. pic.twitter.com/dz1MBq7q6t
— Lucy Jane Atkinson (@lucypapoosky) December 4, 2022
When 13-year-old actress, Alisha Weir, found out she was playing Matilda, she tells Tudum: “I just burst into tears because I couldn’t believe it. I think my whole family… we were all just speechless.”
Get ready to re-experience the classic movie in this new musical adaptation this holiday season. You can watch the trailer here.
