Matilda is the most successful film adaptation of a Roald Dahl book ever, but it almost didn't happen. After being disappointed by the 1971 movie version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ...

Bitterness never tasted so sweet as it does in “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical,” a jolt of sour candy guaranteed to make you grin. Roald Dahl was 72 when he published his tale of a ...

What makes “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” hard to buy into — at least for an adult largely unfamiliar with the late children’s author’s 1988 novel, “Matilda,” or its 1996 big ...

Matthew Warchus brings his stage hit 'Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical' to screen on a buoyant cloud of high spirits and witty songcraft, plus fine star turns from Emma Thompson and Lashana Lynch.

Roald Dahl will be turning in his grave at what’s being done to his words, ... “Matilda” no longer refers to Miss Trunchbull’s “great horsey face. ... laugh at or think. ...

The chatty-catty narration of the 1988 novel by Roald Dahl constantly dives off in peculiar directions, makes frequent snarky asides and, like so much of Dahl’s work, is often laugh-aloud funny ...

The musical itself is based on author Roald Dahl's famous 1988 book Matilda, which was previously adapted into a film in 1996 starring Danny DeVito, his wife Rhea Perlman, and Mara Wilson.

In Matilda The Musical, you will witness the triumph of how a bully is put in place, on top of dollops of wit and humour throughout the musical that is true to Roald Dahl’s storytelling. In today's ...

What did our critic think of ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA at Wildwood Park ... who commands every scene she’s in with her reassuring presence; Lavender (Mabel Miller), who makes you laugh at her ...

Also coming to Netflix is “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical,” which will be available to watch Christmas Day. The adaptation of the 2011 stage musical (itself an adaptation of the 1988 ...