The musical “Matilda” is based on the book by the English novelist Roald Dahl, published in 1988. The Brno premiere of the musical will be translated and directed by Petr Gazdík. Matilda has three alternate performers in the title role – Anna Bergerová, Maria Juráčková, and Karolina Kabele. Other roles will be played by Jiří Mach, Milan Němec, Kristýna Daňhelová, Dagmar Křížová, Alena Antalová, Johana Gazdíková, and others. The conductors of the production are Dan Kalousek and Ema Mikešková. Choreography was created by Carli Rebecca Jefferson.
Director Petr Gazdík and his team prepared for this premiere long in advance. Auditions for the children’s roles were held in December 2021, and over the next six months the children who succeeded participated in twice-weekly workshops to master this challenging project. From the original 100 children, 26 of the best were selected, including the trio of the title role – Anna Bergerová, Maria Juráčková, and Karolina Kabele. The premiere will take place on Saturday 21 January 2023 at 7:00 pm at the Brno Municipal Theatre.
Matilda is the story of a little girl who had the misfortune to be born into a family that did not understand her exceptional talent and giftedness, describing the struggle between stupidity and intelligence and the war between cruelty and kindness. The whole world around Matilda seems to have gone mad, and she can’t help but wonder at the obstacles she encounters. But here, as in Dahl’s other books, childlike honesty, purity, and warmth triumph over adult pomposity and narrow-mindedness. The Broadway version of the musical cost $16 million to produce, but it paid off handsomely for the producers – it played for nearly four years from its opening on 11 April 2013. It won five Tony Awards and closed symbolically on New Year’s Day 2017 after exactly 1,555 performances. The London version has been running continuously, excepting a covid break between March 2020 and September 2021, and has passed the magic mark of 4,000 performances.
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