Alex Gaumond & Kay Murphy joining the West End production of Matilda!

It has been announced that Olivier Award nominated Canadian actor Alex Gaumond will join the cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company's critically acclaimed production of Matilda The Musical to play Miss Trunchbull.

Kay Murphy will also join the cast to play Mrs Wormwood from 3rd September 2013. Haley Flaherty will continue in the role of Miss Honey until 7th September 2014. Further casting will be announced soon.

Matilda recently transferred to Broadway and last night collected the awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Gabriel Ebert as Mr Wormwood), Best Book of a Musical (Dennis Kelly), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Rob Howell) and Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Hugh Vanstone) at the Tony Awards.

Gregory Doran, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company  said "We are so proud to win an amazing four Tony Awards and for all our Matildas to receive a Tony Honour for Excellence in the Theatre. It's an honour to be on Broadway and we want to pay tribute to the fantastic American cast and crew who have worked on the show since January and to the incredible response we have had from New York audiences"

Alex Gaumond is currently starring in Top Hat The Musical (Aldywch Theatre). His other theatre credits include Jesus Christ Superstar (Ljubljana, Slovenia), We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre / original UK tour), Legally Blonde (Savoy Theatre), Desperately Seeking Susan (Novello Theatre), Guys and Dolls (Donmar Warehouse UK tour), Sunday in the Park with George (Wyndhams Theatre), Scrooge (London Palladium) and The Full Monty (original UK tour).

Kay Murphy's theatre credits include The Tailor-Made Man (Arts Theatre), Top Hat The Musical (Aldywch Theatre), Chicago (Aldephi Theatre & Istanbul), Never Forget (UK tour), La Cage Aux Folles (Menier Chocolate Factory), Babes in Arms (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Rocky Horror Show (UK Tour/West End), Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (New London Theatre) and Fosse (European tour).

The Royal Shakespeare Company's world premiere production of Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical has captured the imagination of young and old alike and continues to play to packed houses at London's Cambridge Theatre.

With a total of 24 awards for the London production to date, including 7 Laurence Olivier Awards, over 800,000 people have seen Matilda The Musical in the West End since the show opened in October 2011. Alongside the 12 Tony Award nominations, the New York production has collected 20 awards on Broadway so far. 

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