Location: The Courtyard Theatre Theatre

Type of production: Musical

Opened: 09 December 2010

Booking until: 30 January 2011

Running time: To be confirmed

Author/Playwright: Roald Dhal

Synopsis:

"She had begun to imagine the most incredible tales, entire universes inside her head. Stories, stories! I'm a sucker for a good story..."

Welcome to the magical world of Matilda, the special little girl with an extraordinary imagination.

Her parents think she is a nuisance and she thinks, quite rightly, they are only interested in watching telly.  And when they are not glued to the box, her mum spends all her time practising ballroom dancing while her dad sells dodgy cars to half the town. Life is not much better at school, where the monstrous headmistress Miss Trunchbull terrifies students and teachers alike.

Then one day Matilda discovers she has a very special power and decides it's time the grown ups were taught a lesson. 

Be warned, the children are revolting...  

Roald Dahl's novel, loved by generations of readers young and old,  has been adapted in a hilarious new version by Dennis Kelly with some frankly silly songs by composer and comedian Tim Minchin.