Matilda Musical 2026 Important Info

Good Evening,

Please find info for our 2026 musical Matilda for the Colchester and Dagenham branch. Currently as it stands Brantham will be doing musical theatre techniques in this class, due to the size of this class, this will be reviewed after October half term to determine whether it will continue on in this branch.

Please save dates etc so far for Matilda Musical.

Show Rehearsals, Audition prep & Auditions will take place in Musical Theatre Classes

Branch Day of the Week Time

Dagenham Mondays 5:30pm-6:30pm All Ages

Colchester Wednesdays 5:30pm-6:30pm Reception-year 6

6:30pm-7:30pm Year 7 - Year 13

Important Dates

Dagenham

Monday 29th Oct Pre Audition Workshop

Monday 6th, 13th & 20th Oct Audition Prep

Monday 3rd Nov Auditions

Monday 10th Nov Audition Call Backs

Sunday 15th Nov Cast Announcement

Monday 17th Nov Rehearsals Start

Sunday 28th June Dress Run

Sat 4th June Show day1 (Matinee & Evening) Headgate Theatre

Sun 5th June Show day2 (Matinee & Evening) Headgate Theatre

Colchester

Wednesday 1st Oct Pre Audition Workshop

Wednesday 8th, 15th & 22nd Oct Audition Prep

Wednesday 5th Nov Auditions

Wednesday 12th Nov Audition Call Backs

Sunday 15th Nov Cast Announcement

Wednesday 19th Nov Rehearsals Start

Sunday 28th June Dress Run

Sat 4th June Show day1 (Matinee & Evening) Headgate Theatre

Sun 5th June Show day2 (Matinee & Evening) Headgate Theatre

There will also be additional rehearsals in the February, April and May Half terms the

date of which are yet to be confirmed.

However, the Venues will be as follows:

February Half-Term: Dagenham

April Half-Term: Colchester

May Half-Term: Dagenham

Dress Run: Colchester in the Headgate Theatre