When Justin Scott tried out for the Oak Bay High musical this year, he had the role of Bruce in mind.
Those in charge of casting, however, saw him tackling a bigger challenge when Matilda the Musical takes the stage this spring.
Instead, the Grade 11 student portrays Miss Trunchbull, a 49-year-old cranky principal who doesnB次元官网网址檛 like kids in the musical adapted from the Roald Dahl book.
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Scott canB次元官网网址檛 wait to belt out Smell of Rebellion.
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Matilda the Musical is his second foray into musical theatre in his second year at Oak Bay High B次元官网网址� having moved to the community just days before Christmas in 2021.
He previously attended an arts school that focused on dance, music, drama and art but not musical theatre.
Friends and faculty recognized he might enjoy it and encouraged him to join the Chicago production last year.
The people and the energy left him excited to participate again.
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ItB次元官网网址檚 also the second high school musical for Evie Faber, the Grade 11 student who plays the librarian. However she also brings 11 years of community musical theatre with Kaleidoscope.
Like Scott, she sees the irony in a shift from the mature-themed Chicago students staged last year to the youthful perspective of Matilda this year.
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The show features a huge selection of alive, animated group numbers and a ton of frenetic energy, balanced with touching and sweet quieter moments, she said.
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Matilda the Musical is on stage in the Dave Dunnet Community Theatre at Oak Bay High on March 1 and 2 as well as 6 through 9 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee on March 3 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students, available at the Oak Bay High website, school office at 2121 Cadboro Bay Rd. and at the door.
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