A significant restructuring and a short period of rewriting was undertaken in the autumn, and – with Tim on tour in Australia – a second workshop took place in November. Working from Kelly’s script adaptation, Tim wrote his first draft in the middle of 2009, with the first workshop production taking place in London in September.
Tim had little hesitation: not only was the chance to write for the RSC impossible to resist, but as a life long fan of Dahl, he had – coincidentally – attempted to secure the stage rights to Matilda ten years earlier, when he was writing for theatre in Perth, WA. In December 2008, director Matthew Warchus approached Tim about writing the music and lyrics for a stage musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s famous book, to be produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company. Eventually she decides the grown-ups should be taught a lesson and in the process discovers her supernatural powers Chapter One: Stratford-Upon-Avon Matilda fights against the injustices at home and at school. At school things are no better as despite the care and support of her teacher, the lovely Miss Honey, Matilda has to contend with the terrifying headmistress Miss Trunchbull who rules the school with cruelty and fear. She spends most of her time reading books from the library astonishingly quickly, whilst they watch the telly and Mr Wormwood sells dodgy used cars. Matilda’s parents, Mr and Mrs Wormwood, have no time for her and treat her as a nuisance. It is the story of a very bright and rebellious little girl, with special powers. Roald Dahl’s children’s novel Matilda was first published in 1988 with illustrations by Quentin Blake. Tim with the Stratford-upon-Avon Matildas: Kerry Ingram, Adrianna Bertola and Josie Griffiths (Original production cast from Stratford-upon-Avon November 2010) Matilda This version will be available for a limited time prior to the official release by MTI of Matilda the Musical Junior Version (currently in development). performers aged 16 years or younger) in the UK and Ireland ONLY from 4th March, 2014. Matilda the Musical (in 20 minutes) will be released for schools and amateur youth groups (i.e. Information regarding the performance rights for Matilda The Musical can be found here. But as a head-start here they are on Twitter: and Teachers and children will find many creative writing resources on the RSC Education Department’s interactive website. It also has slightly less Minchin-centric information, than this page, in the form of videos, cast and production information, clips of the cast recordings, all their social media accounts and more. The RSC’s Matilda The Musical website has tickets available for the West End and the UK & Ireland Tour. Stratford-Upon-Avon | West End, London | UK & Ireland Tour | Broadway, New York | US Tour | Australia | Toronto, Canada | Auckland, New Zealand | International Tour SKIP TO: Matilda | Photos | Videos | Quotes/Reviews | Awards | Press | He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours "for significant service to the performing arts, and to the community".Below is the story of how Tim and Dennis Kelly helped turn Roald Dahl’s famous children’s book Matilda into a hit musical. In 2015, he was awarded a second honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. In 2013, the University of Western Australia awarded Minchin an honorary Doctor of Letters degree for his contribution to the arts.
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In 2013, he played rock star Atticus Fetch on Californication and in 2019 he co-wrote and starred as Lucky Flynn in the TV series Upright. He is the composer and lyricist of the Olivier Award-winning, Tony Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated show Matilda the Musical and the Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated show Groundhog Day The Musical. A documentary film about Minchin, Rock N Roll Nerd (directed by Rhian Skirving), was released theatrically in 2008 and broadcast by ABC1 in 2009. Minchin has a background in theatre and has appeared in various stage productions, in addition to small acting roles on Australian television. His show Darkside launched him into the public eye, achieving critical success at the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He has appeared on television in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He has released six CDs, five DVDs, and live comedy shows that he has performed internationally. From the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, īorn to Australian parents in Northampton, United Kingdom, and raised in Perth, Minchin attended the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), before moving to Melbourne in 2002.
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