theatre – Purple Twirling Kitty https://purpletwirlingkitty.com Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:27:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 174359452 doing MATILDA in 2025, pt 2: being the Trunchbull https://purpletwirlingkitty.com/2025/07/17/doing-matilda-in-2025-pt-2-being-the-trunchbull/ https://purpletwirlingkitty.com/2025/07/17/doing-matilda-in-2025-pt-2-being-the-trunchbull/#respond Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:13:45 +0000 https://purpletwirlingkitty.com/?p=204 Part 1 was about Matilda and resistance, and part 2 will be a bit more personal, and most of it is about the role I’m playing. I’m playing Miss Trunchbull, the sadistic headmistress of Matilda’s school and one of the big villains of the story. I can’t believe how much fun this role is, and furthermore I can’t believe they chose me to do it. It’s the most physically and vocally demanding part…

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]]> https://purpletwirlingkitty.com/2025/07/17/doing-matilda-in-2025-pt-2-being-the-trunchbull/feed/ 0 204 doing MATILDA in 2025, pt 1: “you gotta put it right” https://purpletwirlingkitty.com/2025/07/15/matilda-in-2025-pt-1-you-gotta-put-it-right/ https://purpletwirlingkitty.com/2025/07/15/matilda-in-2025-pt-1-you-gotta-put-it-right/#respond Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:38:36 +0000 https://purpletwirlingkitty.com/?p=198 2025 is an interesting year to be doing the musical MATILDA. I guess though, that 2025 is an interesting time to try and do anything at all that isn’t screaming, or staying frozen in horror. That’s what I did between last November and January of this year, freezing everything but the thumb required to operate my horror portal, keeping my eyes filled with fresh dread and doom.

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