Matilda The Musical Opened Yesterday Evening in Melbourne! (Photos!)
Last night Tim attended the official Opening Night of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Australian production of Matilda The Musical, at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne!
Four young actresses (pictured here) alternate playing Matilda, with Ingrid Torelli stepping marvellously into the title role for the premiere. The three other Melbourne Matildas are Dusty Bursill, Tiana Mirra and Alannah Parfett. They were joined by the full Original Australian Adult cast from Sydney, including the principals (in alphabetical order), Marika Aubrey (Mrs Wormwood), Daniel Frederiksen (Mr Wormwood), Elise McCann (Miss Honey) and James Millar (Miss Trunchbull).
Tim joined the cast on stage for the bows where they received a standing ovation.
Tickets are on sale for performances through to July 2016 via Ticketmaster.
On the red carpet:
Tim with mother Ros Minchin, wife Sarah and father David
Tim & Eddie Perfect
Tim & Father Bob Maguire
Melbourne cast members
All photos by James Morgan
To learn more about the Australian production of Matilda the Musical, and hear some previews of Tim’s songs for the show, visit matildathemusical.com.au where you can also join the waitlist for tickets for Matilda in Brisbane in November and Perth in February 2017! If you want to know all about the show’s journey from a small theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon through to being a worldwide smash hit, you might take a look here.
Good show. Luv u tiana mira
I have seen Matilda the musical (Melbourne) and it was absolutely FANTASTIC! 6 children from my dance school are in the musical, and two of them got the main roll Matilda (Tiana Mirra) and (Dusty Bursil) I am hoping to see it one more time before the 2016 cast finishes! Everyone in the musical cast should be so proud of themselves ?
(MY FAVOURITE MUSICAL)
AV: privileged; stupendously; at the weekend
DS: amazing, funny, scary, brilliant, fabulous … you’ve run out of adjectives. Really??
I saw the musical last night and the whole time, I just kept thinking ‘Man Tim Minchin is a genius’ – my group of 8 and I absolutely loved it. I heard many ‘that was better than…’ on my way out, but the one that stood out was ‘That was better than the recent Melbourne production of Les Mis’. I found myself crying and laughing, and I just want to see it again!!
Congratulations! Lovely photos. A proud moment.
Minchen and Dahl – a truly deliciously cunning combination. I was priviledged enough to be there last night and what a stupendiously brilliant show. I am delighted my children get to see it on the weekend. Roald Dahl is a very tricky text to transition to film or stage but Minchin in his brilliant mad way has done it proud.
We saw Matilda on Wednesday night. Amazing, funny, scary and brilliant. The cast are so fabulous that I have run out of adjectives to do them justice.
The set, the direction, the music…..
Thank you all for such a wonderful experience.
Many congratulations! Just saw Matilda! here in Detroit, MI on Tuesday evening and it was lovely…so much fun!