Matilda The Musical hits new milestone as 15th longest-running show in West End history

West End show Matilda The Musical has hit a new milestone, jumping up the league table to become the 15th longest-running show in West End history.

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s acclaimed production has beaten other long-runners We Will Rock You, Thriller Live and Billy Elliot The Musical to take 15th place in the league table.

Matilda still has a long way to go to beat the West End’s (and world’s) longest-running show, The Mousetrap, or in second place, musical Les Misérables.

Check out the full list of the West End’s longest-running shows.

Matilda recently extended its run in London to 24 May 2026, so expect more milestones in the coming months.

Based on Roald Dahl’s much-loved book, Matilda The Musical is written by Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, and developed and directed by Matthew Warchus.

The show has won over 100 international awards since it premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2010, including 24 awards for Best Musical, and been seen by over 11 million people in 90 cities worldwide. Matilda opened in the West End, at its current home of the Cambridge Theatre, in 2011.

The current cast of Matilda features Angelica Scott, Anna Deikalo, Ava Posniak and Sophia Saravanan in the title role of Matilda; plus Tiffany Graves (The Artist) as Mrs Wormwood, Neil McDermott (Pretty Woman) as Mr Wormwood, Eve Norris (Groundhog Day) as Miss Honey, Kieran Hill (Sunday in the Park with George) as Miss Trunchbull.

Other young performers in the cast include Pasquale Aben-Danan, Elyza Alderton, Beatrice Armitage, Joseph Burrows, Maddy Collings, Sienna Culm, Joey Grady, Blake Graham, Alexandra Horner, Adam Hussain, George Jones, Amber Koduah-Hutchison, Tristan Marwa, Isabelle McLatchie, Anayah Thomas, Kobe Warmington, Nesim Adnan, Ryo Appadu, Amelia-Grace Cambridge, Max Garlick, Jesamine-Bleu Gibbs, Kaylen Luke, Charlie Man-Evans, Yvie Moore and Marnie Rae Warren-Baker.

The creative team of the show also includes design by Rob Howell, choreography by Peter Darling, orchestrations, additional music and musical supervision by Christopher Nightingale, lighting by Hugh Vanstone, sound by Simon Baker and special effects and illusions by Paul Kieve.

Matilda is now playing at the Cambridge Theatre until 24 May 2026.

The show is also touring the UK in 2025 and 2026.

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