Reading the stories of Roald Dahl is a rite of passage in childhood, and for most, these clever, adventurous and, at times, naughty, stories have a way of staying with you. The Twits could be lurking in a dark corner of your memory, the chocolate factory could linker and worm its way in like the rhymes of the Oompa Loompa's, and Matilda could spring to mind whenever you wander around a book shop. These characters are iconic and their stories have stood the test of time, and i

The act of turning movies into musicals is commonplace these days, and over the years a number of musicals have gone the other way, jumping from the stage onto screens up and down the country. From Mamma Mia to Dear Evan Hansen, I’m sure that I am not the only one thinking that sometimes stage musical movie adaptations work and sometimes they don’t. The latest stage production to receive the silver screen treatment is Roald Dahl’s Matilda the musical, and let’s say this strai