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Matilda was first commissioned and produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and premiered at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England on 9 November 2010. It transferred to the Cambridge Theatre in the West End of London on 25 October 2011 and received its US premiere at the Shubert Theatre, Broadway, USA on 4 March 2013.

Orchestrations and Additional Music – Chris Nightingale

MUSICAL NUMBERS

Miracle................................................................... School Kids, Parents

Naughty.......................................................................................... Matilda

Acrobat Story I (Part 1).................... Matilda, Escapologist, Acrobat

School Song............................................................ Little Kids, Big Kids

The Hammer............................... Trunchbull, Miss Honey, Little Kids

Naughty – Superglue (Part 2)  ................................................ Matilda

The Chokey Chant                                                                    Little Kids

This Little Girl ....................................................................... Miss Honey

Bruce (Part 1)....................................... Kids, Trunchbull, Miss Honey

When I Grow Up                                                          Kids, Miss Honey

The Smell Of Rebellion .............................................. Trunchbull, Kids

Quiet............................................................................................... Matilda

Revolting Children............................................................................. Kids

Bows ...................................................................................................... All

Matilda has astonishing wit, intelligence... and special powers! She's unloved by her cruel parents but impresses her schoolteacher, the highly loveable Miss Honey. Matilda's school life isn't completely smooth sailing, however – the school's mean headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, hates children and just loves thinking up new punishments for those who don't abide by her rules. But Matilda has courage and cleverness in equal amounts, and could be the school pupils' saving grace!