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Albert Herring review – ENO heralds new era with witty staging of Britten’s story of a mummy’s boy

English National Opera’s first shared production between London and Salford is a fluent and finely sung take on Britten’s 1947 comic opera. Antony McDonald’s lively staging gives the slender tale a sitcom feel

The Guardian - UK

Freeform Announced Its Halloween Lineup For October, But I'm Really Confused By One Movie's Inclusion

One Spooky Season lineup choice has me puzzled.

Cinemablend

Streaming: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical and the best adaptations of classic children’s books

The latest all-singing version of Matilda, now on Netflix, joins an impressive library of thoughtful film versions of seminal kids’ books, from Paddington to Kes

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Shein mocked for outrageous leather thong shorts that look like 'loin cloth'

Fast fashion retailer Shein has once again left shoppers aghast after unveiling a pair of titchy-tiny leather thong shorts, which some say remind them of a 'loin cloth'

Daily Mirror

OPINION - Censoring children’s books is an insult to their intelligence

AS so often, Roald Dahl (unexpurgated) put it best. In The Twits, prior to its bowdlerisation by Puffin Books, he observed of Mrs Twit: “Have you ever seen a woman with an uglier face than that? I doubt it. But the funny thing is that Mrs Twit wasn’t born ugly.…

Evening Standard

Stacey Solomon jokes she 'looks like Miss Trunchbull' as she asks fans for help

The mum-of-five showed off a series of hairstyles after fans gave her their top tips with hilarious results, comparing her new look to Kevin from Home Alone

Chronicle Live

Stacey Solomon shares makeover malfunction and jokes she 'looks like Miss Trunchbull'

The Loose Women panellist, 33, was experimenting with her hair and decided to tie her locks up into a tight bun

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Five awful things Roald Dahl wrote in his children's books as Rishi Sunak slams changes

Many of Roald Dahl's famous children's books are being re-written to cut out inappropriate phrases - but as Rishi Sunak joins those condemning the re-write, just how bad were the books?

Daily Mirror

Roald Dahl's Matilda never gets old and now is a perfect time for it

THIS world-renowned children’s novel originally published in 1988 has gone through various equally whimsical and heartwarming iterations, from the…

The National (Scotland)

Mum who couldn't fit in kitchen and spent £5k on takeaways sheds 14 stone

"They always used to compare me to Dawn French and anyone big, like Miss Trunchbull or Bruce Bogtrotter."

Liverpool Echo

How Emma Thompson made a ‘shocking’ transformation for ‘Matilda the Musical’

Actor says it was ‘a really massive challenge’ to change her look and become the brutish, formidable headmistress Trunchbull.

Chicago Sun-Times

Inside the biggest change Netflix made to 'Matilda the Musical'

The final four minutes of "Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical" are, in a way, both a new ending and a new beginning. The villainous Miss Trunchbull is no longer the school headmistress; the dim-witted Wormwoods are no longer Matilda's parents.

Los Angeles Times

Movie review: 'Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical' charms despite a villain requiring much suspension of disbelief

It isn't Matilda's absurdly lousy parents.

Tribune News Service

Boris Johnson adviser plans to tell all in new book

Samuel Kasumu mysteriously resigned last year

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Edinburgh Live

The gifted Edinburgh schoolgirl starring in box office smash Matilda the Musical

The movie knocked Black Panther Wakanda off the top of the box office on opening weekend. The musical movie stars Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull and Stephen Graham as Mr Wormwood.

Los Angeles Times

Review: Never a dull moment (but many Dahl moments) in the charming ‘Matilda the Musical’

“Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” — an unwieldy title but a better one, surely, than “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical: The Movie” — is an enjoyably bright and chipper adaptation of a moving, melancholy story I’ve loved since childhood. I wasn’t alone; I imagine “Matilda” was catnip for a lot…

Manchester Evening News

Matilda the Musical on Netflix – release date, cast and everything you need to know

A new version of Roald Dahl’s classic tale is coming to Netflix this festive season

The Guardian - UK

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical review – immensely enjoyable reworking of the stage hit

Newcomer Alisha Weir and a game Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull excel in Matthew Warchus’s highly stylised screen adaptation

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The Independent UK

Matilda the Musical review: A frothy, whimsical delight

The musical of Roald Dahl’s classic book is so intrinsically British it will soon be absorbed into the Paddington cinematic universe

Evening Standard

Tim Minchin on Upright season two, Matilda the Musical and fame: ‘I’m deeply anti-pop culture’

‘I’d be good as a comic baddie, some f**king quirky anti-superhero’

The Independent UK

Matilda review: A frothy, whimsical delight

The musical of Roald Dahl’s classic book is so intrinsically British it will soon be absorbed into the Paddington cinematic universe

The Independent UK

Matilda review: A frothy, whimsical delight

The musical of Roald Dahl’s classic book is so intrinsically British it will soon be absorbed into the Paddington cinematic universe

Evening Standard

How we made Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical: from West End musical to movie marvel

The musical story of a clever girl who stands up against tyranny has reached the screen at last

Daily Mirror

Actress portraying Kate Middleton in The Crown once played grumpy tyrant in Matilda

Meg Bellamy is seen scowling as Miss Trunchbull – the demonic head in Roald Dahl’s Matilda. She was in her early teens and, her old performing arts tutor says, was already a star in the making

Evening Standard

Matilda launches the London Film Festival

Schoolgirl Alisha Weir, 11, stars and Emma Thompson plays fearsome teacher

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