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Eight-year-old Filipino-British aptitude Uma Naomi Martin as the appellation appearance with Jamie Wilson as the absolutist headmistress Miss Trunchbull
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MANILA, Philippines — Roald Dahl’s well-loved arcane work, Matilda, comes animate onstage in the agreeable presented by Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group (ATEG). Added than two decades afterwards the big awning version, Matilda dazzles alive audiences and focuses the spotlight on its adolescent actors.
The Sunday matinee that we watched Matilda at Meralco Amphitheater saw eight-year-old Uma Naomi Martin arena the lead. She is a Filipino-British aptitude who started assuming onstage back she was alone three years old. Matilda is her better date role to date and she did not disappoint.
From the British emphasis appropriate for the role, we can assumption that Uma had an bend over the two added adolescent actresses — Esang de Torres and Felicity Kyle Napuli — alternating as Matilda. Uma’s articulate ambit is additionally absorbing enough, like back she rendered I’m Here with The Escapologist, the alter-ego of her dad, Mr. Wormwood (played by Joaquin Pedro Valdes). Or her addictive abandoned in Quiet.
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It took Atlantis seven years to date Matilda in Manila, from the time the agreeable premiered in London’s West End. Yet, it appears that Matilda is much-awaited by bounded audiences. The Sunday matinee on the aboriginal weekend run of Matilda was a abounding house. And by chat of mouth, the afterwards performances will additionally be expectedly packed.
Miss Trunchbull is the adversary that you will not decidedly hate, but instead love. Yes, she terrorizes the kids with her agitated punishments and imposes acrimonious rules. Though the diminutive Matilda refuses to be addled and abashed by their barbarous headmistress.
Jamie Wilson, the amateur who breathes activity into the changeable character, delights the admirers and proves that he can absolutely accord amends to the absolutist Miss Trunchbull. He is riotous. He upstages his co-performers after acceptation to. Yes, he is adorable and a angel alike if his appearance is not declared to be so.
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The able Cris Villonco, aftermost apparent onstage in an camp appearance in Fun Home, takes on the role this time as the candied and affectionate Miss Honey. Since best of the developed characters in the agreeable are baddies, Miss Honey is the affectionate abecedary who shows 18-carat affair for Matilda and eventually adopts her. Carla Guevarra-Laforteza is amusing as Mrs. Wormwood, who gamely does cartwheels onstage additionally as The Acrobat.
Second Act opens with the agitating Back I Grow Up, with the kids benumbed on a behemothic carousel that absolutely added agreeableness to the musical. Lawyer Dan Albert de Padua, the new admiral of Atlantis, told us during abeyance that the Additional Act had added active moments. It was not a promise. It was assuredly a fact. Add the activation Revolting Accouchement to the additional half, bannered by brave, adolescent Bruce, who leads the tykes to go up in accoutrements adjoin Miss Trunchbull.
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Take a bow, administrator Bobby Garcia. Working captain of a children’s agreeable is absolutely doubly challenging. For Matilda, Bobby had to absolute bright-eyed and highly-energized adolescent talents — three advance actresses and two sets of children, eight in anniversary achievement — and accomplish them sing, dance, act with great energy. As expected, Bobby pulls it off impressively well.
The blur adaptation of Matilda apparent in 1996, starring Mara Wilson and directed by Danny DeVito, was heartwarming enough. But the ability of Matilda’s adventure is stronger in the amphitheater agreeable and captures added the book’s spirit that fabricated a lot of grown-ups (this one included) and alike kids in the admirers cry.
Matilda runs at the Meralco Amphitheater until Dec. 10, with performances from Fridays to Sundays, with Saturday matinees.
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