The Royal Shakespeare Company’s smash hit production of Matilda The Musical, based on Roald Dahl’s beloved book will hold auditions for Matilda and her classmates in Manchester in February and March 2025.
This is for the upcoming tour of the UK and Ireland which opens in Leicester on 6 October 2025 and runs until June 2026, including performances at Manchester Palace from 26 March – 25 April 2026.
The producers of the Matilda The Musical tour will audition children for the role of Matilda who are aged 9 to 12 on 1 July 2025, and under 4’3” tall. Her classmates need to be aged 9 to 13 on 1 July 2025.
Boys must be under 4’10” tall, and girls must be under 4’6” tall, with brilliant dancing and singing skills! Boys must have unbroken voices. Rehearsals will take place in July and August 2025 in Manchester and London, and performances will be from October 2025 to June 2026, on tour.
All children must be available for the entire rehearsal and performance period. At the audition, children will be asked to perform a short poem, speech or monologue. They will also be asked to sing something and will be taught a dance from the show.
All children cast for all the roles need to live within travelling distance (an hour’s drive time) of central Manchester, so they can live at home and attend their own schools. There is further information about how to audition on: https://uk.matildathemusical.com/about/auditions-tour/.
Matilda The Musical plays at the Palace Theatre from Thu 26 Mar – Sat 25 Apr 2026. More details here: https://www.atgtickets.com/
