Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical brings the West End stage show to the screen, built around a girl whose imagination outgrows the adults trying to contain her.
What is Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical about?
Matilda Wormwood grows up overlooked at home and undervalued at school, but neither fact keeps her quiet. She reads everything she can find, invents stories of her own, and starts to notice that the grown-ups running her world answer to rules that don't actually make sense. When she lands in a classroom run on fear, her sharp mind and her stubborn sense of fairness push her toward small acts of defiance that add up to something much bigger than one girl standing her ground.
About the cast
Alisha Weir carries the title role opposite Emma Thompson, who plays the school's tyrannical headmistress under heavy prosthetics, and Lashana Lynch as the teacher who actually listens to her students. Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough play Matilda's self-absorbed parents, with Sindhu Vee, Carl Spencer and Lauren Alexandra rounding out the ensemble. Director Matthew Warchus, who staged the original production, brings the same choreography-driven energy to the film version.
Context & significance
The musical numbers were written for the stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1988 novel, and this film version keeps the show's mix of playground rebellion and dark humor intact rather than softening it for the screen. It arrived in 2022 as a family musical that doesn't shy away from Dahl's harsher edges, cruel adults and an unfair world, while still landing on hope. The production leans on practical choreography and large ensemble numbers rather than heavy digital effects, which gives the musical sequences a live, theatrical feel even in a studio format.
Watching Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical on Ktime
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so it works for households watching together in Farsi or following the English performances with subtitles. Watching requires a free K-Time account login; the film's page itself is open to read without signing in. K-Time's Farsi-first interface makes it easy for Persian-speaking families to queue up a family movie night.