Paddington The Musical has discovered a house. The present will pirouette into London’s Savoy Theatre for its world premiere November 1, producers introduced Thursday.
Creatives led by director Luke Sheppard have held a number of workshops and phrase on the road is that the present’s nice.
Tom Fletcher of boy band McFly fame and now a bestselling kids’s creator has written Paddington’s music and lyrics, whereas filmmaker, screenwriter and playwright Jessica Swale (Summerland, Horrible Histories Film) has penned the e-book.
‘Paddington in Peru’
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Choreographer Ellen Kane’s title has not been included within the Savoy Theatre announcement however Deadline can reveal that she has give you some gorgeous, show-stopping choreography. Paddington can be dancing on all paws. And there’s chatter a few refrain line of dancing bears chomping away on marmalade sandwiches. And why not? We will see if that involves move.
Kane used to help award-winning choreographer Peter Darling on Billy Elliot The Musical however has since developed her personal type for musical Groundhog Day; the Netflix movie Matilda; the Donmar’s manufacturing of Natasha; Pierre and the Nice Comet of 1812; the Nationwide Theatre’s Ballet Sneakers; and motion route for the soccer gamers in James Graham’s hit play Pricey England, additionally on the Nationwide.
In the meantime, Sheppard’s been busy making ready West Finish present My Son’s a Queer (However What Can You Do?), written by and starring starring Rob Madge, for a run at New York Metropolis Middle starting June 13. It joins Sheppard’s Broadway manufacturing of musical & Juliet which has been working on the Stephen Sondheim Theatre since November 2022.
Sheppard’s additionally been having fun with sold-out success with a souped-up adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Categorical on the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre. His electrifying manufacturing of the Reside Assist musical Just For One Day, a switch from the Outdated Vic Theatre, arrives at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre from Might 15.
There’s more likely to be a stampede for Paddington The Musical tickets once they go on sale on the Savoy Theatre, with precedence reserving Might 13 adopted by public reserving two days later.
Savoy Theatre, London
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Michael Bond printed his first Paddington story in 1958; since then, 35 million books in regards to the ever so well mannered Andean bear have been offered worldwide. It needs to be famous that bears don’t stampede, whereas homo sapiens keen for decent tickets do.
There have been many movie and tv exhibits about Paddington. Nonetheless, Paddington, Paddington 2 and Paddington in Peru — the three movies produced by StudioCanal, David Heyman and Rosie Allison — have turned the marmalade-loving creature right into a bona fide star.
His biggest second, maybe, was when he had tea at Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth II as a part of her late majesty’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations in 2022. The irresistible clip has had hundreds of thousands of views of social media.
The Queen and Paddington Bear
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Paddington The Musical is produced by Sonia Friedman for Sonia Friedman Productions; Anna Marsh, CEO of Studio Canal, Deputy CEO Studio Canal+ and chief content material officer of Studio Canal+ for StudioCanal; and Eliza Lumley Productions on behalf of Common Music UK.
Different creatives and solid can be revealed at a later date.
No phrase but on who’s enjoying Paddington.
