Justin has an extensive theatrical background, and was also on stage with NPOS in 2018 playing the Bishop in Les Miserables.
With the full cast now announced, rehearsals are under way in preparation for the season of the musical starting on July 7 this year at the TSB Showplace in New Plymouth.
Tickets for the show, which is directed by Carolyn Murphy, with Christopher Luke
as musical director and Alannah Matthews as choreographer, are already selling quickly.
The full cast consists of:
Matilda Wormwood: (Jointly played by) Bella Roubos, Layla O'Brien, Leah Gunson
Agatha Trunchbull: Justin Clinton-Gohdes
Miss Honey: Jess Stafford-Old
Mr Harry Wormwood: Shaun Murphy
Mrs Zinnia Wormwood: Krystal Leuthard
Michael Wormwood: Keegan Pulman
Mrs Phelps: Donna Yeats
Rudolpho: Jesse Pearson
Bruce Tommy Broadmore and Oliver Jull
Lavender: Hannah Armstrong and Olivia Moorhead
Amanda: Indi Pretty-Taylor and Arabella Thomson
Nigel: Luke Shaw and Lucas Jacobson
Tommy: Ben McNeil and Benji Tooley
Hortensia: Maggie Cleaver and Blakey Steward-McDonald
Eric: Milan Bhaskar and Angus O'Sullivan
Alice: Millie Ireland and Isla Moodie
Adult Ensemble: Mark Leuthard, Adrian Whelan, Levi King, David Liggett, Hannah Liggett, Lauren Luque, Katie-Rose Murphy, Meika Watson-Burrows, Makayla Wells
Children's Choir: Max Armstrong, Paige Casey, Czeska Cottam, Neive Davison, Bryah Edwin, Martha-Rose Hagenson, Ruth Hagenson, Cohen Jacobson, Emma Jameson, Tula Maclean, Niamh O'Sullivan, Esme Pease, Noah Stanley, Samuel Tippett
Vocalists: Debbie Bygate, Ian Hutchinson, Stephen Leeks, Diana Lloyd, Nina Lobb, Jeff Pool
The Details:
What: Matilda The Musical:
When: July 7-23.
Where: TSB Showplace, New Plymouth
Tickets: Available from Ticketek or the TSB Showplace box office