Divinely funny and still pertinent to female writers and actors today.

It’s no secret amongst my family and friends: Matilda is without doubt my favourite musical of all time. I’ve seen it 15 times. So this production of another Roald Dahl classic, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was really going to have to go some to compete. But I just love that story so it was off to a fighting start! The show sells itself as ‘a world of pure imagination’ drawing from Dahl’s original book and the Warner Brothers’ film. ...