Matilda The Musical — final Manchester week

Manchester has a few days left with *Matilda The Musical* before the show leaves the Palace Theatre on Saturday, 25 April 2026. (atgtickets.com) The Royal Shakespeare Company’s touring production has been in Manchester since 26 March, and The Manc listed 20-25 April as the final local week for performances. ATG says the run lasts 2 hours 35 minutes including an interval. (themanc.com) (atgtickets.com) The show is based on Roald Dahl’s novel, with a book by Dennis Kelly, music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, and direction by Matthew Warchus. ATG says the Manchester engagement includes a ticket offer where one under-16 seat is half price with a full-price ticket at selected Tuesday-Thursday performances. (atgtickets.com) This stop is part of the production’s 2025-26 UK and Ireland tour, which the official tour site says returned after the first tour’s sellout run in 2018-19. The current tour marks 15 years since the musical opened at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2010. (tour.matildathemusical.com) (atgtickets.com) The Royal Shakespeare Company says *Matilda* has been seen by 12 million people across 100 cities worldwide, while the official tour site says it has played 100 cities across 18 countries. Both official sources describe it as a production with more than 100 awards, though ATG says 24 were for Best Musical and the tour site says 25. (rsc.org.uk) (tour.matildathemusical.com) (atgtickets.com) For this tour, the Royal Shakespeare Company says Madison Davis, Mollie Hutton, Olivia Ironmonger and Sanna Kurihara share the title role. Richard Hurst plays Miss Trunchbull, Tessa Kadler plays Miss Honey, Adam Stafford plays Mr Wormwood and Rebecca Thornhill plays Mrs Wormwood. (rsc.org.uk) ATG lists audience guidance that matters for families booking late: the production uses flashing lights, lasers, loud sound effects, stage haze and latex balloons popped onstage. Children under 4 are not admitted, and ATG says the show is not suitable for children under 6. (atgtickets.com) After Manchester, the official tour schedule moves to Southampton on 29 April 2026. In Manchester, the clock now runs only to the last Palace Theatre performances this Saturday. (tour.matildathemusical.com) (atgtickets.com)