Hal Fine
Hal is Matilda’s accompanist – in music and in life. A dedicated music-nerd, Hal’s public school polish can’t hide a certain lovable gawkiness. If Matilda’s musicality comes from a place of passion and intuition, Hal’s is all intellect and rigour. Hal has been in love with Matilda from the moment he met her; a love that he knows will never be reciprocated, at least not in the way he wishes. Matilda knows it too, of course, yet they never speak of it.
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Perhaps because they both understand that once Hal’s true feelings are acknowledged, their easy friendship will never be the same. Still, their friendship is real, and deep – and grounded in their shared love of music.
Joel Fry
Joel Fry is an English actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has had a rich and diverse career in television both in the UK and the US Joel played the regular character Dave Bosley in You, Me and the Apocalypse; a series for NBC. He also played the regular role of nobleman Hizdahr Zo Loraq in series 5 of Game of Thones.
Alongside this Joel is one of the lead cast in the British Comedy Award winning Plebs for ITV2 - series 3 aired earlier this year. Joel recently played the role of Jago in Raising Martha at the Park Theatre, following his role in the second series of Ordinary Lies on 91Èȱ¬1 as series regular Billy 'Toke' Tyler, and portrayed Karl Marx in the award winning W1A.