Matilda Wormwood is leading the charge in the full trailer for Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical. Released Thursday, the 2-minute preview from Netflix shows young Matilda (Alisha Weir) as she begins ...

We’re talking about Miss Trunchbull from Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical. Superstar actor Emma Thompson portrays the infamous headmistress and villain of Crunchem Hall Primary School.

So the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre's co-production (with Edmonton's Citadel Theatre and Vancouver's Arts Club) of Matilda the Musical — a 2010 West End and Broadway hit — feels timely indeed.

In light of Miss Honey’s theory that Matilda’s powers come from her under-stimulated brain, it makes sense that they would begin to fade after Miss Honey moves her up to year 6, where her ...