Casting updates from September 2013

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s world premiere production of Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical has captured the imagination of young and old alike and continues to play to packed houses at London’s Cambridge Theatre. Sweepingthe board at the 2012 Laurence Olivier Awards, winning a record-breaking seven awards, it took the US by storm winning four Tony Awards® at this year’s ceremony.

From 3 September 2013, James Clyde will join the adult company as Mr Wormwood, Lisa Davina Phillip as Mrs Phelps and Joshua Wyatt as Michael Wormwood. As previously announced, they will join Olivier Award nominated Canadian actor Alex Gaumond in the role of Miss Trunchbull and Kay Murphy as Mrs Wormwood.

Mike Denman, Juliet Gough, Antony Lawrence, Katie Lee, Antonio Magro, Gary Murphy, David Rudin, Hollie Taylor and Amy Thornton will join the current adult cast which includes Fabian Aloise, Joseph Davenport, Lara Denning, Haley Flaherty, Madeleine Harland, Joshua Lay and Tommy Sherlock.

The New York production of Matilda The Musical, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers, began previews on 4 March 2013 with opening night on 11 April 2013 at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre.

It was also announced today that Craig Bierko and Jill Paice will join the Broadway company as Miss Trunchbull and Miss Honey, respectively, on September 3.  Bertie Carvel and Lauren Ward will play their final performances in those roles on September 1.