Watch: ‘Matilda the Musical’ is based on the Roald Dahl novel and its stage adaptation
Matthew Warcus directs Alisha Weir as Matilda, Lashana Lynch as Miss Jennifer and Emma Thompson as the fearsome Mrs Trunchbull. Out on Netflix on December 25.

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