Matthew Warchus News

Paul Kaye and Matthew Tennyson will join the cast of Martin McDonagh’s electrifying and savagely funny Olivier Award-winning The Pillowman to play Ariel and Michal, respectively. They join the previously announced Lily Allen as Katurian and Steve Pemberton as Tupolski.

Matilda The Musical welcomed some new cast members back in September 2022, including Rakesh Boury and Amy Ellen Richardson as Matilda's awful parents Mr and Mrs Wormwood.BroadwayWorld recently had a chance to catch up with the pair as they settled into their roles. We chatted about putting a new spin on the characters, big hair, the genius of Tim Minchin and the beauty of live theatre.

A brand-new production of THE LORD OF THE RINGS, a musical tale based on the classic trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, is coming to the Watermill Theatre in London this summer.

Tony-nominated composer Tim Minchin posted videos on social media this week performing two songs from his Olivier Award-winning musical, Groundhog Day, which is making its hotly anticipated return to London's West End in 2023.

The company of Sylvia and friends celebrated the world premiere of the show last night at The Old Vic. Sylvia is an Old Vic and ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company production in association with Sadler’s Wells. The show runs until 8th April. See photos from opening night!

The Royal Shakespeare Company's multi-award-winning production of Matilda The Musical is now booking through to 26 May 2024 with tickets for the new dates now on sale.

Happy Groundhog Day! You know what that means - we're celebrating the occasion by taking a look back on Groundhog Day The Musical, which premiered on Broadway in April 2017 after its acclaimed run in London's West End!

Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus’ big-hearted, smash hit production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic returns to The Old Vic, joyously adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, His Dark Materials).   

The National Youth Theatre (NYT) has announced free auditions around the country in Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London and Manchester this February. Young people will also be able to audition online using the National Youth Theatre Hub.

The singalong version of Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical is in select theaters in the US.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical danced onto Netflix's most-watched films list in the #2 spot with 41.06M hours viewed. Starring Academy Award winner Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull and Alisha Weir as Matilda, the inspirational tale was in the Top 10 in 89 countries.

Netflix has released a compilation featuring every song in the new film adaptation of Matilda the Musical. The new video features 'When I Grow Up,' Emma Thompson singing 'The Smell of Rebellion,' Alisha Weir singing 'Quiet,' Lashana Lynch performing 'My House,' 'Revolting Children,' and the new song written for the film, 'Still Holding My Hand.'

Watch the students of Crunchem Hall take on Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull in two scenes from Matilda the Musical on Netflix! Joining Thompson in the new film is Alisha Weir as Matilda, Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey, Sindhu Vee as Miss Phelps, and Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough as Mr. and Mrs. Trunchbull. Watch the new video now!

Warchus' work to date has given him the visual storytelling senses needed to auteur his way through a children's story with a kind of abandoned maturity that teaches the audience that it's no good to be a grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes.

Netflix has shared a new 'Dance, Maggots, Dance!' featurette, going behind the scenes of the musical numbers in the new film adaptation of Matilda the Musical. The featurette also includes interviews with Emma Thompson, Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch, director Matthew Warchus, and more. Watch the new video now!

Netflix has released videos of full musical numbers from the new film adaptation of Matilda the Musical. Watch 'Miracle,' 'Naughty,' 'School Song,' 'The Hammer,' 'Bruce,' 'Quiet,' 'My House,' and 'Revolting Children' now! The cast of the film includes Emma Thompson, Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch, and more.

Watch Emma Thompson's full performance of 'The Hammer' from Netflix's Matilda The Musical with Lashana Lynch.

Netflix has released a look inside Emma Thompson's transformation into Miss Trunchbull in the film adaptation of Matilda the Musical. Watch the complete featurette video now, which also features interviews with Lashana Lynch, Alisha Weir, and Thompson's makeup designers, now!

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Ellen Kane, the choreographer for the movie adaptation of Matilda the Musical on Netflix!

Matilda soon arrives on Netflix and BroadwayWorld is catching up with creators Matthew Warchus and Dennis Kelly in this video.