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Matilda's 15th year: 101 awards and tickets through 2027
The Royal Shakespeare Company says the show has played to more than twelve million people in a hundred cities, with London tickets on sale through January twenty twenty-seven.
On air: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on BBN After HoursPublished
At a glance
- First reported by BBC: “Matilda celebrates 15 years as West End success story”, with reporting from Royal Shakespeare Company and BroadwayWorld.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 3:18 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield.
- BBN covered this story before: "Rent" returns to the West End for 30th anniversary revival (October 20).
The real story
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- BBCMatilda celebrates 15 years as West End success story
- Royal Shakespeare CompanyMatilda The Musical becomes 10th longest running musical on the West End facts used on air
- BroadwayWorldVideo: Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly Give Speech at MATILDA THE MUSICAL 15th Anniversary Performance October 19, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMatilda has entered its fifteenth year in London, and tickets at the Cambridge Theatre are on sale through January twenty twenty-seven.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Royal Shakespeare Company says it's won one hundred and one international awards. Twenty-four of those are for Best Musical.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's a lot of trophies! More than twelve million people have seen it across a hundred cities.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo what are the other seventy-seven for?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorGood question. Best chalk, I'm guessing. Best kid shouting at a headmaster.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd it still has more tickets on sale than I have of patience for the Oscars.
The story so far
- "Rent" returns to the West End for 30th anniversary revival · CBS News
- Matilda's 15th year: 101 awards and tickets through 2027 (this story)
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