Matilda - review

Cambridge Theatre, London

Those who think the West End is always a brutalization and intelligent music is an oxymoron must stay behind the evil Miss Trunchbull detention

writer Dennis Kelly and composer and lyricist Tim Minchin go to the top of the class with this anarchy joyful, joyful musical adaptation and ingenious villain of the story by Roald Dahl about a girl, Matilda, played by Kerry Ingram , which makes fun of Dickens and Dostoevsky than other children to eat sweets.

Unfortunately for the beautiful doll, her parents drinking TV that it is just a germ of a rupture. Mom knows that her daughter is the most intelligent argument, however, to control the population. Dad thinks you do not have to be smart if you can sell.

This addition chic and ultimately touching, West End, proves him wrong. That learning is with pride and ingenuity, but a call box office doubt: it is likely to CSR for the next 25 years, he made Les Mis over the past 25

In any case, it is actually richer than Dahl novel. Catch all the evil delightful home, especially in the representation of the school of Matilda, Crunchem Hall (motto: "Children are the worms"), led by the formidable Miss Trunchbull, but also celebrated the consolation of books and transform the power of "imagination. / Aa>

• The message, which you can control your own story, and rebellion and protest can defeat the aggressors is deeply rooted. Of course, using telekinesis! But when the drink stand against Trunchbull is like a glorious moment of rock and roll inspired self-determination, you will ever see in the theater. As Mathilde itself, the intelligence is manifested in the elegant writing of Kelly, who never avoids cruelty, Mathilde, or feelings of rejection and loneliness, even if it offers children sent into space through their tresses. It is also evident in the lyrics and melodies spiritual Minchin playful design by Rob Howell, with its stacks of books and blocks, and in the production of Matthew Warchus' things keeping well on the head without showing signs of hyperactivity . The production has a sharp tongue in cheek that the cuts in the edge, the slightest hint of sweetness. But rarely has the inner rage of the injured child and helpless as effective on stage.

Everyone have a good time is evident in every performance, especially children who are phenomenal. Nowhere is this more evident than in Bertie Carvel show-stopping turn as Miss Trunchbull. Imagine a parody of King Herod steroids with chest forward is implemented as a weapon of mass destruction to kill small children in 100 steps. This is a night of pure ecstasy. As Matilda said. "You could have heard a fly burp"

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