Meet the Matilda the Musical cast!
Published on 22 May 2024
Last updated on 15 September 2026
Summary
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Current cast: Matilda is shared by Sithuni Gamage, Scarlett Lindsey, Carla Lopez-Corpas and Emilia Shefford, with Jon Robyns, Matt Corner, Amy Ross and Eve Norris playing the adult roles.
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Original cast: The 2011 Matildas were Cleo Demetriou, Eleanor Worthington Cox, Kerry Ingram and Sophia Kiely, who all jointly won the Olivier Award for Best Actress.
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Award-winning production: Bertie Carvel and the creative team also won Olivier Awards, with Matilda earning seven Olivier Awards plus several other major theatre accolades.
Since the fear-inducing institution first opened its (iron gated) doors back in 2011, Crunchem Hall has seen countless naughty students pass through the corridors. But who is currently causing trouble for Trunchball in Matilda the Musical? Meet the Matilda the Musical cast below!
Who are the current cast members?
The multi award-winning show has been delighting audiences at the Cambridge Theatre for the past 14 years! Since its inception, the role of Matilda has always been shared by four talented youngsters. (Well, there’s enough dialogue, songs and cartwheels to make an adult's head spin!) In the current Matilda the Musical cast the title role is shared by Sithuni Gamage, Scarlett Lindsey, Carla Lopez-Corpas and Emilia Shefford.
Just because they are little, it doesn’t mean they haven’t already done a lot! Sithuni has performed with Spillers Pantomimes from 2022-2025, this is her West End debut. Scarlett starred as young Cosette in Les Misérables. Carla was in Saving Mozart (West End) and A Christmas Carol (Alexandra Palace). Emilia starred as Young Anna in Disney's Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and as Natalie in Mrs Doubtfire (Shaftesbury Theatre).
The gruesome grown-ups in the Matilda the Musical cast include Jon Robyns (Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, at the London Coliseum) as Miss Trunchball, Matt Corner (Charlie Price in Kinky Boots, Queens Theatre/New Wolsey) as Mr Wormwood, and **Amy Ross **(Heather Chandler in the London Premiere of Heathers at The Other Palace) as Mrs Wormwood. Sweet by name and by nature, Miss Honey is played by **Eve Norris **(Nancy in Groundhog Day at the Old Vic).
Who were the original West End cast members?
Four children originated the role of Matilda back in 2011, they were: Cleo Demetriou (So Awkward), Eleanor Worthington Cox (Next to Normal), Kerry Ingram (Olivier!), and Sophia Kiely. Not only did they share the part, but they also shared an Olivier award, with each child picking up the Best Actress award at that year’s ceremony. Over a decade later, they still hold the record for the youngest ever recipients of the trophy!
The young girls were not the only award winners in the Matilda the Musical cast. Bertie Carvel (Ink), who originated the role of Miss Trunchball, also picked up an Olivier Award, this time for Best Actor.
Off stage, the creative team were just as triumphant, with director Matthew Warchus, choreographer Peter Darling, designer Rob Howell and sound designer Simon Baker all taking home trophies. In total, Matilda won seven Olivier Awards, an Evening Standard Award, two UK Theatre Awards and a Critics’ Circle Theatre Award!
The show has been just as successful with the audiences as with the critics, with thousands of theatregoers streaming into the Seven Dials theatre each week. Have you seen this magical musical yet?
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