Photo Flash: First Look at Molly Barwick, James Millar and More in MATILDA THE MUSICAL's Australian Premiere

By: Aug. 20, 2015
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The Australian Premiere Season of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of MATILDA THE MUSICAL made its debut at Sydney Lyric Theatre on July 28 and continues through October 25, 2015. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

The adult cast (in alphabetical order) features Marika Aubrey (Mrs Wormwood), Daniel Frederiksen (Mr Wormwood), Elise McCann (Miss Honey) and James Millar (Miss Trunchbull), along with Stephen Anderson, Reece Budin, Rachel Cole, Andrew Cook, Danielle Cook, Eli Cooper, Cristina D'Agostino, Glenn Hill, Travis Khan, Nadia Komazec, Zoe Komazec, Leah Lim, Mitchell Mahony, Cle Morgan, Daniel Raso and Clay Roberts.

The four young actresses who share the title role of Matilda (in alphabetical order) are Molly Barwick, Sasha Rose, Georgia Taplin and Bella Thomas.

In the eight children's roles of Bruce, Lavender, Amanda, Nigel, Eric and the other pupils at Crunchem Hall Primary School are: Anthony Abrakmanov, Abigail Adriano, Maya Arya, Kyle Banfield, Eliza Carolan, Ayanda Dladla, Cody Ettingshausen, Joey Gandin, Alyssa Goodall, Ewan Herdman, Leyton Holmes, Zoe Ingram, Ruby Lahoud, Jacob Licastro, Shanice Lim, Amber May, Paris Naumovski, Erika Palma, Joshua Park, Ethan Puse, Zyon Rangi, Jack Reason, Callum Rogers, Regan Walker and Mei Yamada.

MATILDA THE MUSICAL is based on the beloved novel by best-selling author Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox). It is the story of an extraordinary girl who armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.

MATILDA THE MUSICAL is directed by Tony Award winner Matthew Warchus (God of Carnage), who helms this production with a book by Tony Award-winning playwright Dennis Kelly and music and lyrics by Australian Tim Minchin. The production has sets and costumes by Tony Award winner Rob Howell, with choreography by Tony Award winnerPeter Darling (Billy Elliot), orchestrations, additional music and musical supervision by Christopher Nightingale, lighting by Tony Award winner Hugh Vanstone, and sound by Simon Baker.

Photo Credit: James Morgan

Photo Flash: First Look at Molly Barwick, James Millar and More in MATILDA THE MUSICAL's Australian Premiere
Molly Barwick (Matilda) and company

Photo Flash: First Look at Molly Barwick, James Millar and More in MATILDA THE MUSICAL's Australian Premiere
Marika Aubrey as Mrs Wormwood

Photo Flash: First Look at Molly Barwick, James Millar and More in MATILDA THE MUSICAL's Australian Premiere
The cast of MATILDA

Photo Flash: First Look at Molly Barwick, James Millar and More in MATILDA THE MUSICAL's Australian Premiere
James Millar as Miss Trunchbull

Photo Flash: First Look at Molly Barwick, James Millar and More in MATILDA THE MUSICAL's Australian Premiere
Molly Barwick (Matilda) performs 'Naughty'

Photo Flash: First Look at Molly Barwick, James Millar and More in MATILDA THE MUSICAL's Australian Premiere
The cast of MATILDA

Photo Flash: First Look at Molly Barwick, James Millar and More in MATILDA THE MUSICAL's Australian Premiere
The cast of MATILDA

Photo Flash: First Look at Molly Barwick, James Millar and More in MATILDA THE MUSICAL's Australian Premiere
James Millar as Miss Trunchbull



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