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Penguin’s Spinebreakers.co.uk Launches Matilda, A Musical Song-Lyrics Competition In Association With The Royal Shakespeare Company.
Penguin’s online teen book community Spinebreakers has partnered with the Royal Shakespeare Company to launch a song-lyrics competition themed around Roald Dahl’s novel Matilda. The competition launched on the 6th of October 2010 and will be open for entries from UK residents aged 13-18 until the 18th of November 2010.
Entrants must write song lyrics for one of the characters featured in Roald Dahl’s Matilda. They can choose to write for Matilda, Miss Honey or Miss Trunchbull. The prize for the winner is a pair of tickets to see the RSC’s Matilda, A Musical at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. The tickets will be valid for the performance on Saturday 11th December at 2pm.
Entries will be shortlisted and then judged by comedian and composer Tim Minchin who has written the music and lyrics for the RSC’s new musical adaptation of Matilda There will be one winner who will be the entrant that, in Tim Minchin’s opinion, has submitted the best song lyrics most suited to the character they have chosen to write for.
The competition can be entered on Penguin’s teen website spinebreakers.co.uk and selected entries will be published on Spinebreakers.co.uk.
The Matilda, A Musical Song-Lyrics Competition will run from 6/10/2010 to 18/11/2010 and is open to UK residents aged 13-18. Entry is on Spinebreakers.co.uk.
Matilda, A Musical previews in the RSC’s Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from 9 November 2010 and plays for a straight 12 week run until 30 January 2011. It will be directed by the Tony Award-winning Matthew Warchus, the book is by playwright and screen-writer Dennis Kelly, and the music and lyrics are by the anarchic Australian comedian, musician and composer Tim Minchin.
About Spinebreakers
Spinebreakers.co.uk is Penguin’s teen online book community, a stimulating and entertaining portal into the world of books, run by teenagers themselves. Editorial control of the site is in the hands of a core editorial team of nine teenagers aged between 13 and 18 years, supported by a large network of contributing teen editors from across the UK. The teen team produce a wide variety of multi-media content for the website including video and audio reviews, alternative book jackets and endings, soundtracks, author interviews, podcasts, blogs, short stories and much more. Spinebreakers.co.uk was launched by Penguin in October 2007 and was created in conjunction with youth marketing agency Livity.
About Penguin
Penguin was established in 1935 and is one of the world's leading consumer publishing businesses. Penguin publishing comprises the following imprints: Allen Lane, Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Michael Joseph, Penguin, Penguin Classics, Puffin and Viking. Penguin has offices in 15 countries and is part of the international media company Pearson.
About the RSC
The Royal Shakespeare Company is at its heart an ensemble theatre company, performing the work of Shakespeare, his contemporaries and new work. The RSC makes all its sets, costumes, props and armoury in its workshops. It is based in Stratford-upon-Avon, the town where Shakespeare was born and died, with annual residencies in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and London and regular tours around the UK and the world. There are currently 30 writers under commission. Education work is central to the company, and each year the RSC reaches over 65,000 young people via the 300 schools in its Learning and Performance Network. The company celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2011 and will lead a World Shakespeare Festival as part of the Cultural Olympiad in 2012.
Matilda, A Musical will be performed in the RSC’s temporary Courtyard Theatre, whilst the company opens the doors to its newly transformed Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres at the end of November 2010.
www.rsc.org.uk
About Penguin
Penguin was established in 1935 and is one of the world's leading consumer publishing businesses. Penguin publishing comprises the following imprints: Allen Lane, Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Michael Joseph, Penguin, Penguin Classics, Puffin and Viking. Penguin has offices in 15 countries and is part of the international media company Pearson.
About the RSC
The Royal Shakespeare Company is at its heart an ensemble theatre company, performing the work of Shakespeare, his contemporaries and new work. The RSC makes all its sets, costumes, props and armoury in its workshops. It is based in Stratford-upon-Avon, the town where Shakespeare was born and died, with annual residencies in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and London and regular tours around the UK and the world. There are currently 30 writers under commission. Education work is central to the company, and each year the RSC reaches over 65,000 young people via the 300 schools in its Learning and Performance Network. The company celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2011 and will lead a World Shakespeare Festival as part of the Cultural Olympiad in 2012.
Matilda, A Musical will be performed in the RSC’s temporary Courtyard Theatre, whilst the company opens the doors to its newly transformed Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres at the end of November 2010.
www.rsc.org.uk
For Publicity Enquiries, please contact
• Danielle Innes
• 80 Strand
• 0207 010 3192
• Danielle.Innes@uk.penguingroup.com
• For press information about the RSC please contact Nada Zakula on 01789 412622 or nada.zakula@rsc.org.uk
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