Broadway Records is set to release 
digitally today, June 27, the original London cast recording of The Witches. This co-production from the National Theatre and the Roald Dahl Story Company was directed by Lyndsey Turner with music and lyrics by Tony Award-nominee Dave Malloy and book and lyrics by Olivier Award-winner Lucy Kirkwood.
The production features a stellar cast that includes three-time Olivier-nominated Katherine Kingsley, BAFTA award-winner Daniel Rigby, Sally Ann Triplett, Bertie Caplan, Cian Eagle-Service and more, has garnered 5-star critical acclaim during its premiere run at the Olivier Theatre from November 2023-January 2024. The Financial Times noted in their review, “In this terrific new musical, directed by Lyndsey Turner, it’s an absolute cracker of a show…Altogether bewitching.”
Stream the album: https://orcd.co/TheWitches
Album Track List:
- A Note about Witches – Sally Ann Triplett, The Witches Ensemble, National Theatre
- Ready to Go – Vishal Soni, The Witches Young Company, National Theatre
- How to Recognise a Witch Sally Ann Triplett, Nesim Adnan, Christian Buttaci, Jemima Loosen, Sasha Watson-Lobo, Jack Philpott, Vishal Soni, The Witches Young Company, National Theatre
- Heartbeat Duet – Sally Ann Triplett, Vishal Soni, National Theatre
- Magnificent – Daniel Rigby, Irvine Iqbal, Miracle Chance, The Witches Ensemble, National Theatre
- Bruno Sweet Bruno – William Skinner, The Witches Ensemble, The Witches Young Company, National Theatre
- Processional – Chrissie Bhima, Katherine Kingsley, The Witches Ensemble, National Theatre
- One Day – Katherine Kingsley, The Witches Ensemble, National Theatre
- Metamorphosis – Katherine Kingsley, William Skinner, Vishal Soni, Chrissie Bhima, Tania Methurin, The Witches Ensemble, National Theatre
- Down with Children – The Witches Ensemble, National Theatre
- Don’t Say Mice – Vishal Soni, William Skinner, Daniel Rigby, Ben Redfern, Miracle Chance, The Witches Ensemble, National Theatre
- When I Was Young – Sally Ann Triplett, National Theatre
- Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Katherine Kingsley, National Theatre
- Out! Out! Out! – Daniel Rigby, Ekow Quartey, Maggie Service, Sally Ann Triplett, Katherine Kingsley, The Witches Ensemble, National Theatre
- Get Up – Asanda Abbie Masike, Nesim Adnan, Cristian Buttaci, Jemima Loosen, Sasha Watson-Lobo, Jack Philpott, Alice Valeriano, Elara Jagger, The Witches Young Company, National Theatre
- Bon Appétit – Irvine Iqbal, National Theatre
- Kitchen Caper – Irvine Iqbal, Vishal Soni, Maddison Bulleyment, Jacob Maynard, Ben Redfern, Richard David-Caine, Adrian Grove, National Theatre
- Get Up (Reprise) – Vishal Soni, Sasha Watson-Lobo, Jemima Loosen, Elara Jagger, Asanda Abbie Masike, Alice Valeriano, The Witches Young Company, National Theatre
- Soup Time – Ben Redfern, Irvine Iqbal, Daniel Rigby, The Witches Ensemble, National Theatre
- The Heart of a Mouse – Sally Ann Triplett, Vishal Soni, The Witches Ensemble, The Witches Young Company, National Theatre
- Ready to Go (Bonus Track) – Nesim Adnan, Alaia Broadbent, Chenai Broadbent, Cristian Buttaci, Bertie Caplan, Sekhani Dumezweni, Cian Eagle-Service, Jersey Blu Georgia, Rudy Gibson, Florence Gore, Elara Jagger, Annabelle Jones, Frankie Keita, Jemima Loosen, Charlie Man-Evans, Asanda Abbie Masike, George Menezes Cutts, Iesa Miller, Jack Philpott, Chloe Raphael, Sienna Sibley, William Skinner, Savannah Skinner-Henry, Vishal Soni, Poppy-Mei Soon, Benjamin Spalding, Dylan Trigger, Alice Valeriano, Sasha Watson-Lobo, Stella Yeoman, National Theatre
ABOUT ROALD DAHL’S THE WITCHES THE MUSICAL
The Witches is a rip-roaring musical version of Roald Dahl’s timeless tale, filled with wit, daring and heart. With book and lyrics by Olivier Award-winner Lucy Kirkwood, music and lyrics by Tony Award-nominee Dave Malloy, and directed by Lyndsey Turner.
Everything you know about witches is wrong. Forget the pointy hats and broomsticks: they’re the most dangerous creatures on earth. And now they’ve come up with their most evil plan yet. The only thing standing in their way is Luke and his Gran. But he’s ten and she’s got a dodgy heart. Time is short, danger is everywhere, and they’ve got just one chance to stop the witches from squalloping every stinking little child in England.
ABOUT DAVE MALLOY
Dave Malloy is a composer/writer/performer/orchestrator. He has written music for eighteen musicals, including Three Houses, a post-pandemic open mic parable; The Witches, an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel; Moby-Dick, a four-part musical reckoning with Herman Melville’s epic; Octet, a chamber choir musical about internet addiction; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, an electropop opera based on a slice of Leo Tolstoy’s War & Peace; Ghost Quartet, a song cycle about love, death, and whiskey; Preludes, a musical fantasia set in the hypnotized mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff; and Beowulf – A Thousand Years of Baggage, an anti-academia rock opera. He has received three Obie Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, a Drama Desk Award, a Smithsonian Ingenuity Award, and a Jonathan Larson Grant. Upcoming: Black Swan at ART, Cambridge MA, Spring 2026. He lives in New York. davemalloy.com
ABOUT LUCY KIRKWOOD
Lucy Kirkwood is a multi-award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her stage plays include Chimerica, which won Best New Play at the 2014 Olivier Awards, The Children, which was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play in 2018, and Mosquitoes, which premiered at the National Theatre in 2017. Her most recent plays include The Welkin, Maryland, and Rapture.
In addition to her extensive work for the stage, Kirkwood has written for television, including the BAFTA-nominated Adult Material and an adaptation of her play Chimerica for Channel 4. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018 and is a patron of Clean Break Theatre company.
The Witches marks her first musical for the National Theatre, with music by Dave Malloy and lyrics by Malloy and Kirkwood.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL THEATRE
The National Theatre makes theatre that entertains and inspires using its creativity, expertise and unique reach. The National Theatre shares unforgettable stories with millions of audience members across the UK and around the world – on its own stages, on tour, in schools, on cinema screens and streaming at home.
World-leading artists make their best work at the National Theatre with the widest possible audience and impact. The National Theatre invests in talent and innovation on stage and off, taking seriously its role as the nation’s theatre. Of the new productions developed each year with a wide range of theatre companies, a third of that research and development resource is dedicated to shows staged at theatres outside London.
Through touring our work to local theatres and schools and nationwide education and community programmes, we are active in every local authority in the UK. A registered charity with deeply embedded social purpose, the National Theatre works with hundreds of schools and communities across the UK to fire imagination and inspire creativity, and to develop skills and pathways for careers in theatre.
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ABOUT THE ROALD DAHL STORY COMPANY
The Roald Dahl Story Company (RDSC) is the home of Roald Dahl’s much-loved stories and characters.
With over 300 million books sold globally and translated into 63 languages, our stories have entertained generations of kids and adults with their unique mix of mischief, irreverence and full-hearted hope.
Together with our parent company Netflix, and united by our love of these great stories, we’re working with some of the world’s best storytellers and creative minds to bring them to life in new ways that will delight fans. Our plans include animated and live action films and series, publishing, theatre, immersive experiences, games, consumer products, brand partnerships, and more.
Our Theatre Division was set up to create shows which capture the timeless appeal of Roald Dahl’s stories and characters, whilst also speaking powerfully to today’s audiences. We work with brilliant playwrights, directors and songwriters who delight in the stories’ spirit of mischief, honesty and humour. The result is a series of new shows which deliver everything you love about Dahl’s stories and the very best theatre talent.
ABOUT BROADWAY RECORDS
Broadway Records is the leading, Grammy® winning record label dedicated to releasing the most popular and current Broadway cast recordings, as well as preserving legacy musical theatre and theatre vocalists’ repertoire. Under the leadership of Broadway Records’ president and founder Van Dean, recent releases include the New Off-Broadway Cast Recording of ASSASSINS, the New Broadway Cast Recording of Caroline, Or Change, If The Fates Allow: The Hadestown Holiday Album, Grammy® Nominated Burt Bacharach & Stephen Sater’s Some Lovers, Grammy® Nominated Stephen Schwartz’s Snapshots, The Lehman Trilogy, Randy Rainbow’s A Little Brains, A Little Talent, Legacy: Two Song Cycles by Ahrens and Flaherty, the Grammy® and Tony Award-winning revival of The Color Purple, the Tony Award® winning and Grammy® nominated revival of Once On This Island, the Grammy® nominated Matilda The Musical, Fiddler on the Roof (2015 revival) and My Fair Lady (2018 revival), Anastasia, Bandstand, Groundhog Day, The Lightning Thief and NBC’s television events, “The Wiz Live!” and “Peter Pan Live!” as well as solo albums from Patti LuPone, Lea Salonga, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessica Vosk, Kyle Taylor Parker, and many more. The label’s critically-acclaimed “Live at Feinstein’s/54 Below” series features top Broadway stars including Aaron Tveit, Annaleigh Ashford, Norbert Leo Butz, Sierra Boggess, Laura Benanti, Robbie Rozelle, Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp, Micky Dolenz, and many others. Broadway Records philanthropic endeavors also include the “Broadway For Orlando: What The World Needs Now is Love”, “We Are The World” by Broadway United and “Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a Voice” music videos and From Broadway With Love benefit concerts for Sandy Hook, Orlando (Emmy Award for Sound) and Parkland. www.BroadwayRecords.com
