Paddington: The Musical - 2025?

[Sam]

A new musical based on the Paddington books has just been announced as in development. It's intended to open in 2025 and the announcement co-incides with the books 65th Anniversary:


Paddington stage musical announced

[alicechallice]

Such a lovely prospect, though I've got a horrible feeling this could become a Fletcher family affair...

Jungle Queen as Mrs Brown & old big hair as the villain.

[Being Alive]

With Sonia Friedman attached I'm not worried that it'll turn into something like the Christmasaurus

[danb]

I’d love it to become a Fletcher family affair. I don’t get why people are so sour about it.

[ilovewemusicals]

I expect Paddington to descend a staircase whilst the Browns sing “Paddy will never go away, again!”

[Jon]

Dec 12, 2023 13:09:36 GMT Being Alive said:

With Sonia Friedman attached I'm not worried that it'll turn into something like the Christmasaurus

Not just Sonia Friedman but Studiocanal as well but also it's not Tom Fletcher's own creation so he has to treat it differently. 

He's a good songwriter so I'm not too worried. The key thing is how to portray Paddington on stage, my guess is a puppet similar to how they did Winnie the Pooh on stage.

[stuartmcd]

I’ve thought for a while that Tom Fletcher should write a full musical. He’s a great song writer so I’ll be interested to hear it when it comes out.

[theatrefan62]

Tom Fletchers more recent work is a bit hit and miss, but the producing team won't settle for something if they don't think its good enough.

If Frozen does hold on for another year, Paddington is the type of show that could possibly replace it. Its as big a brand name as Disney.

[toomasj]

Dec 12, 2023 21:59:43 GMT theatrefan62 said:

Tom Fletchers more recent work is a bit hit and miss, but the producing team won't settle for something if they don't think its good enough.

If Frozen does hold on for another year, Paddington is the type of show that could possibly replace it. Its as big a brand name as Disney.

I predict this to be more of a Winnie the Pooh musical affair - a children’s show, touring and playing to small-mid houses at early matinees. Maybe a short London stop at a small playhouse

[theatrefan62]

Dec 12, 2023 22:04:43 GMT toomasj said:

Dec 12, 2023 21:59:43 GMT theatrefan62 said:

Tom Fletchers more recent work is a bit hit and miss, but the producing team won't settle for something if they don't think its good enough.

If Frozen does hold on for another year, Paddington is the type of show that could possibly replace it. Its as big a brand name as Disney.

I predict this to be more of a Winnie the Pooh musical affair - a children’s show, touring and playing to small-mid houses at early matinees. Maybe a short London stop at a small playhouse

Everything so far suggests to me it will be more full scale musical rather than a small kids show.

The universal appeal of Paddington, the massive success of the movies (3rd one on its way soon) with all ages, plus the viral success of the scenes of Paddington with the Queen. It a massive IP

Whether it's Drury Lane big I don't know. But it's the only brand name I can think of at the moment that could in theory fill Drury Lane like Frozen and Shrek before it.

[Jon]

Paddington doesn't strike me as big scale compared to say My Neighbour Totoro or Frozen but saying that it depends on the type of story they want to tell.

It might not go to Drury Lane, Trafalgar is building the Olympia Theatre which is planned for 2025 and I may be putting 2+2 and getting 5 but this would be the sort of show they'd want.

[margoc]

Ugh!! Not Tom Fletcher!! It'll be utter crap and like the christmasuras or whatever it was called, or the nepo show as my sister in law called it! 😅😅

[BurlyBeaR]

Why Tom Fletcher is the question that comes to mind.