Matilda the Musical

So for my best friend Lois' 14th birthday present, a few of us grouped together to buy her a ticket to see Matilda the Musical. The both of us went together today and it was fab.

We got the train into Covent Garden and stopped off at Nandos for lunch, of course. The performance didn't start until 3:00pm so we had some time to kill, we wandered around Covent Garden for a while before we decided we should start making our way to the Cambridge Theatre - where Matilda is showing at the moment. After having some trouble with Google Maps we finally arrived and were met with a crowd of people waiting to go into the theatre.

enroute

outside the Cambridge Theatre

Matilda the Musical was written based on the childrens novel by Roald Dahl. Matilda Wormwood is the main character in the story, she is a young girl with a passion for reading, storytelling and learning, however her parents do not share her passion and make her feel bad about it everyday.

But when Matilda starts school she is faced with an even bigger problem. Miss Trunchball is the wicked witch of the story, also known as Matilda's headteacher and she makes Matilda's life even more hell-like by accusing her of several things and refusing to acknowledge her academic ability.

One good thing does come out of starting school though, Matilda meets the lovely Miss Honey who supports her and does her very best to make Matilda feel special, unlike her parents. They both run into a lot of trouble as clever children aren't accepted well in this school but they manage to overcome their problems together.

inside the theatre

You have to give the children credit, throughout the entire performance they were full of energy and all delivered fantastic performances. The whole cast were absolutely amazing and surpassed my expectations.

The whole day was lovely and I think you should all go and check out Lois' much more detailed review of the show here.

I hope you're all having a spectacular life experience :)

-issy,xo