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The thirteen awards make Matilda the most-awarded musical as well as most-awarded production in the sixteen-year history of the Helpmann Awards across all eligible categories and genres.

Matilda The Musical received Helpmann Awards in the following categories:

Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical (Matthew Warchus), Best Female Actress in a Musical (Molly Barwick, Dusty Bursill, Tiana Mirra, Alannah Parfett, Sasha Rose, Georgia Taplin, Bella Thomas and Ingrid Torelli), Best Male Actor in a Musical (James Millar), Best Choreography in a Musical (Peter Darling), Best Music Direction (Stephen Amos), Best Original Score (Tim Minchin), Best Sound Design (Simon Baker), Best Lighting Design (Hugh Vanstone), Best Scenic Design (Rob Howell), Best Costume Design (Rob Howell), Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Elise McCann) and Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Daniel Frederiksen).

Winner of now over 60 major international awards, including 14 for Best Musical, Matilda continues to thrill audiences in London, on Broadway, on tour around the USA, in Canada and at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre, where the Australian Production is currently playing to capacity houses.
 
Matilda will play Brisbane’s Lyric Theatre at QPAC from November 2016 and Perth’s Crown Theatre from February 2017 before playing at the Adelaide Festival Centre’s Festival Theatre from May 2017.
 
Matilda The Musical is based on the beloved novel by best-selling author Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox). It is the story of an extraordinary girl who armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.
 
Having proven an enormous success internationally, where productions continue to play to packed houses and capture the imagination of young and old alike, the Australian Production of Matilda The Musical opened to unqualified rave reviews in Sydney last year. The Daily Review described the production as “nothing short of a miracle”. The Australian said the show “makes you want to punch the air with delight.” and Time Out Sydney pronounced the show “a freaking masterpiece”.
 
Matilda The Musical is directed by Tony Award® winner Matthew Warchus (God of Carnage), who helms this production with a book by Tony Award®-winning playwright Dennis Kelly and music and lyrics by Australian Tim Minchin.

The production has sets and costumes by Tony Award® winner Rob Howell, with choreography by Tony Award^® winner Peter Darling (Billy Elliot), orchestrations, additional music and musical supervision by Christopher Nightingale, lighting by Tony Award® winner Hugh Vanstone, and sound by Simon Baker.

Matilda The Musical was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and played to sold-out audiences at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon for twelve weeks from November 2010 to January 2011. It transferred to London’s West End on Tuesday 25 October 2011 where it opened to rave reviews.
 
The New York production of Matilda The Musical opened on 11 April 2013 at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre to rapturous reviews and was celebrated on 10 “Top Ten” lists for 2013, including TIME Magazine’s #1 Show of the Year.
 
Matilda The Musical’s award-wining success includes sweeping the board at the 2012 Laurence Olivier Awards in London with a record-breaking seven awards, and winning four Tony Awards® and a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theater for each of the four girls sharing the title role on Broadway in 2013.
 
Matilda The Musical is produced in Australia by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Louise Withers, Michael Coppel & Michael Watt with André Ptaszynski and Denise Wood as Executive Producers.

This production was originally developed with the support of the RSC Literary Department.

The RSC Literary Department is generously supported by THE DRUE HEINZ TRUST.

The RSC Ensemble is generously supported by THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION and THE KOVNER FOUNDATION.

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Partnering with Business Station, a leading WA small business support organisation, Crown aims to build the capacity of Indigenous businesses to successfully tender for work, reliably fulfil Crown tender requirements and ultimately build sustainable and profitable enterprises.

Business Station has a successful history of enabling and supporting the establishment, growth and ultimate success of new and small businesses. They aim to do this through four key areas; business advisory support, incubator management, training and workshops, as well as network and events, making the organisation the perfect partner for this program of work.

Chief Operating Officer for Crown Perth, Lonnie Bossi is proud of what Crown has achieved since the commencement of the Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in 2015.

“Crown is committed to its indigenous employment program, Building Stronger Communities, and will now create opportunities for indigenous businesses to navigate the application process to become a preferred supplier of Crown resulting in further employment opportunities for indigenous communities. We look forward to working with Business Station to fulfil the obligation we have made in our RAP.”

Crown Resorts is thrilled that Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Peter Collier, will be speaking at the launch, to celebrate the start of this significant program.

Crown Resorts Indigenous Supplier Development Program has been initiated to help increase the representation of Indigenous businesses within Crown's supply chain and to facilitate the achievement of its stated Reconciliation Action Plan objectives by 2017. The main aim of the program is to build the capacity of Indigenous businesses to successfully tender for work, reliably fulfil Crown tender requirements and to ultimately build sustainable and profitable enterprises.

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Photo opportunity
When: Tuesday, 5 July at 10.30am (arrival at 10.15am)
Where: Atrium, Crown Perth
Speakers:
Lonnie Bossi, Chief Operating Officer, Crown Perth
Peter Collier, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Mrs Kim Charles, Chief Executive Officer Business Station