Listen up maggots. 28 pupils spanning Classes 3 to Class 11 bring you the adapted musical of Matilda this January that bans adults from the cast.
The children are rising up. Join the revolt in this Broadway Junior version of the multi-award winning stage show inspired by beloved Roald Dahl's classic novel.
Edinburgh Steiner School's production stars Martha Jebson-Moore as Matilda, from Class 6, alongside peers aged 11-17, as well as Class 3 pupil, Heidi, as the young Miss Honey.
Co-directed by Eilidh Smith & James Cumming
Music Director: Kathy Loisel
Costumes by Camille McHaffie
Lighting by pupil, Jamie Cullen Gale
Set Design by Art Teacher, Didi Jellema, and Upper School pupils
See programme for full cast list: Matilda Programme (2026)
Performance ~ running time, excluding interval: ~ 1 hour
Evening Performance
Gate opens at 7pm. Performance will begin 7.30pm sharp. Refreshments before the show and at the 15 mins interval. Wrap around 8.45pm.
Matinee Performance
Gates open at 2pm. Performance will begin half an hour later, with a similar structure to the first two shows.
Matilda Junior Broadway is rated U, suitable for 4+ year olds. Younger viewers are warmly invited to come at the discretion of their parent.
The School Theatre, situated within the centre of the campus, holds an audience of 300 people.
There is free parking in the evenings and on the weekend on Spylaw Road. The School gates are at No 60-64, EH10 5BR.
The trio of performances are open to the public. All children aged 10yo (Class 5) and younger must be accompanied by an adult.
The Edinburgh Steiner School cast are part of the extra-curricular Drama Club.
A unique aspect of the Steiner Waldorf curriculum is the integration of the Creative Arts into all academic disciplines throughout the education. This encourages the pupils’ emotional engagement with their learning; as well as develops their imagination and freedom of thinking.
All pupils work on and perform pieces that range from fairytales to Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare; in French, German and English.
The Edinburgh Steiner School stage has nurtured the early talents of now distinguished professional actors, from the most prominent, Sam Heughan, (Outlander, and Roald Dahl biopic To Olivia), to Fiona Oliver-Larkin (Salt, and co-director at Voice Box, one-half of feminist theatre SALTYDOLLS) and James Cumming, who wrote a play that premiered at the Fringe (Intrusion), as well as an award-winning short film (What I Think Of You) and has founded a theatre company, Locked In Thought, which will present Reasons To Be Pretty, in April, 2026. (View Alumni Wall)
More broadly, drama is a medium that can empower children on an individual level; as well as encourage greater social cohesion as a class cohort.
Over the educational cycle from Kindergarten (ages 2 - 6 yo) to Class 12 (18yo) a programme of drama is carefully developed through a yearly play, bookend assemblies each term, Higher Drama exam, Oberufer trilogy by pupils and teachers together and large-scale musicals (Beauty & the Beast in 2025; Matilda at the end of this month); with extra-curricular clubs.
Tickets are on sale now:
Adult £10 I Child (under 16): £5
