Greg Everard News Today

Soulfully entertaining with a flare of sophistication, Alexander Road High School’s latest production, Sister Act, certainly lives up to expectations as the audience attending the opening night on Tuesday roared with laughter and brought the house down with resounding applause.

Overflowing with energy and first-class entertainment, the opening night of the long-awaited Matilda the Musical lived up to its promise of being a show that has it all.

Families around the world have fallen in love with Roald Dahl’s feisty heroine, Matilda, and now budding actors and actresses from Nelson Mandela Bay will have an opportunity to audition for the play.

What happens after Cinderella finds her prince or when the Baker and his wife have their wish fulfilled and when Rapunzel is rescued from her tower — well a lot and it is not as happily ever after as you would think.