'It had to be dark' " how we made Matilda the Musical
'We didn't give Matilda any songs because she was shy. Then we realised: it's a fricking musical " the protagonist needs to sing!' The Royal Shakespeare Company had this theory that a lot of musicals are quite bad because no one bothers with the story. The script is often just glue for the songs. So they wanted a playwright to do the story first. I didn't know anything about musicals but fancied getting stuck in. Now…
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