Matilda the Musical (Chinese Ver.)

Children Actors Audition Information

Seven Ages Musical

Content

1. About the Production …………………………………………… 1

2. Children Characters Descriptions and Requirement ……………… 2

3. Production Timeline ……………………………………………… 3

4. Application Information ………………………………………… 4

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1. About the Production

Matilda is adapted from the British children’s book of the same name. The original

book is written by the prominent children’s book writer, playwright and novelist Roald

Dahl. Famous movies such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The BFG

are all adapted from his works.

It was the renowned Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) that adapted this exciting

story to a musical. RSC is one of the most influential theatre company in the UK, which

has a largest scale and highest performance quality. Matilda has been a success since

its opening in 2011 at the West End, London. It won 7 Oliver Awards (the top theatre

award in the UK) and 5 Tony Awards (American theatre award). The Sunday Times

described Matilda as “easily the standout musical of the decade”.

Matilda the musical features children actors, and their skilled performance and

excellent techniques amazed all audience. In fact, acting as Matilda also brought the young

actresses huge honors: all 4 children actresses of the 2021 West End production won

the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, and the 4 children actresses of the

2013 Broadway production won the Tony Award for Best Performance.

In 2019, Seven Ages Musical produced Matilda (English touring version) in China.

We toured 13 cities, presented 140 performances, and welcomed more than 190,000

audiences. In 2021, Matilda (Chinese version) will be Seven Ages Musical’s annual major

production to be produced and performed. This Chinese Matilda will be the well-known

work’s second top standardized non-English production. Seven Ages will collaborate with

the Royal Shakespeare Company and the GWB Entertainment to produce this production

with foreign creative members directing in person and a full Chinese production team of

director, choreographer, music director and other production staffs. Children Actors will

go through several rounds of auditions before getting one on one instructions from

the foreign and Chinese production team. Their language, speech, singing,

dancing and even gymnastics skills will be trained comprehensively through

intensive rehearsals. Finally, they will perform this production on the first-class

theaters in China.

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2. Children Characters Descriptions and Requirements

1) Matilda (young girl) Height Requirement: 100-140cm Age Requirement: 8-12 years old

Matilda is a complicated and extremely smart child. Her parents bully her, and she escapes into books and her imagination. She doesn’t comply and is full of wild energy. We need confident young girls who are skilled in singing and have strong text comprehension skill, and can bring natural and truthful performance.

2) Bruce (young boy)

Height Requirement: 100-150cm Age Requirement: 8-13 years old

Bruce is Matilda’s classmate, a boy who loves eating.

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We need young actors who haven’t experienced their voice change and have board range and strong voice; skilled in popular song singing and comedy acting, and can control their body movements well to perform dances.

3) Eric (young boy)

Height Requirement: below 120cm Age Requirement: 7-10 years old

(Eric is the child on the lower half of the photo)

Eric is the smallest child in Matilda’s class and is bullied by Miss Trunchbull the most. We need cute young actors who haven’t experienced their voice change, and is skilled in singing; can control their body movements well to perform dances.

3. Production timeline

Rehearsal: September – December 2021 Performance: December 2021 – August 2022 Children actors need to attend the all rehearsals, and need to guarantee enough performance attendance, premised that the actors’ heights and voice conditions fulfill the requirements.

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4. Application Information

Due to international pandemic control, the audition will have two phases, the first phase is Video Audition, and the second phase is In Person Audition. The creative team from UK will participate throughout the whole process. 1) Application Form

Please scan the QR code below to access the application form. Please fill in truthfully and submit.

Application Deadline: May 30th, 2021. The QR code will be closed automatically at 00:00 May 31st, 2021, please schedule your time to apply accordingly. We will contact the applicants in succession after the submission, please be available via phone and email. If you have any questions, please contact audition@sevenages.com.

2) The audition will have two rounds, including a video audition and an in-

person audition, the audition details will be sent out later.