MUM WALKS ON STAGE WITH MATILDA, WHO IS HER CHILD BUT IS CLEARLY AN ADULT MADE TO LOOK LIKE A PRECOCIOUS SCHOOLGIRL. THEY SAUNTER AROUND LOOKING AT THE SIGHTS, POINTING, OOHING AND AAHING. MATILDA CANNOT KEEP HER ATTENTION FOR VERY LONG AND MUM HAS TO KEEP PULLING HER ALONG.
MATILDA
I want to see the lions.
MUM
There’ll be lions and tigers. And zebras. You want to see the zebras’ don’t you?
