Matilda The Musical In Auckland From August 18Th

As previously announced by The Royal Shakespeare Company, Louise Withers, Michael Coppel and Michael Watt, the critically-acclaimed Australian Production of Matilda The Musical will premiere at The Civic in Auckland this August. The strictly limited season will commence on August 18^th with tickets going on sale on Monday 3^rd April from Ticketmaster.
 
The winner of over 70 major international awards, including 15 for Best Musical, this RSC production of Matilda The Musical is currently playing to sell-out houses across Australia with standing ovations at every performance.
 
The Australian Production of Matilda The Musical is the most awarded musical in Australian theatrical history having scooped a record-breaking 13 Helpmann Awards – winning every possible musical category - and has just been nominated in all possible categories of Melbourne’s “peer recognized” 2017 Green Room Awards.
 
The Daily Review described the production as “Nothing Short of a Miracle”. The Australian said the show “Makes You Want to Punch the Air with Delight.” and Time Out Sydney pronounced the show “a Freaking Masterpiece”.
 
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® winner Peter Darling (Billy Elliot), orchestrations, additional music and musical supervision by Christopher Nightingale, lighting by Tony Award® winner Hugh Vanstone, and sound by Simon Baker.
 
Matilda The Musical was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and played to sold-out audiences at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon for twelve weeks from November 2010 to January 2011. It transferred to London’s West End on Tuesday 25 October 2011 where it opened to rave reviews.
 
The New York production of Matilda The Musical opened on 11 April 2013 at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre to rapturous reviews and was celebrated on 10 “Top Ten” lists for 2013, including TIME Magazine’s #1 Show of the Year.
 
Matilda The Musical’s award-wining success includes sweeping the board at the 2012 Laurence Olivier Awards in London with a record-breaking seven awards, and winning four Tony Awards® and a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theater for each of the four girls sharing the title role on Broadway in 2013.
 
Matilda The Musical is produced in Australia by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Louise Withers, Michael Coppel & Michael Watt with André Ptaszynski and Denise Wood as Executive Producers.
This production was originally developed with the support of the RSC Literary Department.

The RSC Literary Department is generously supported by THE DRUE HEINZ TRUST.
The RSC Ensemble is generously supported by THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION and THE KOVNER FOUNDATION.
 

MATILDA THE MUSICAL
  
THE CIVIC
AUCKLAND
FROM 18^th AUGUST 2017
 
TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY 3^RD APRIL 
 
BOOK AT TICKETMASTER
ticketmaster.co.nz
Ph: 0800 111 999
 
*American Express Cardholder Presale - 22 March 9am to 29 March 9am
 
Website: matildathemusical.co.nz