Major new West End show Paddington The Musical has released further information about its performance schedule at the Savoy Theatre in London.
Producers confirmed last month that the new musical, based on the much-loved Paddington Bear books by Michael Bond and the successful films, would open at the West End’s Savoy Theatre in London on 1 November 2025.
The performance schedule has now been confirmed, with evening performances starting from 1 November 2025, and matinee performances starting from 22 November 2025.
Evening performances will start at 7pm; and from 22 November, Paddington matinees will take place at 2pm on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at the Savoy Theatre.
The cast and creators of Paddington
Paddington The Musical has a book by Olivier Award winner Jessica Swale (Nell Gwynn, Summerland), and music and lyrics by McFly’s Tom Fletcher (The Creakers). Direction will be by award-winner Luke Sheppard (& Juliet, Starlight Express, Just For One Day).
Director Luke Sheppard’s latest projects include Just For One Day: The Live Aid Musical, which opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London on 15 May 2025. His new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express continues to play at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in London; and his production of hit musical & Juliet is playing its final dates on a UK tour.
Casting for the show is to be announced.
Paddington is produced by Sonia Friedman (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Book of Mormon), Anna Marsh on behalf of STUDIOCANAL, and Eliza Lumley on behalf of Universal Music UK.
More about the nation’s favourite bear
Michael Bond’s first book A Bear Called Paddington was published on 13 October 1958 by William Collins & Sons (now Harper Collins). Since its first publication, the Paddington series of books has sold more than thirty-five million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than forty different languages, including Latin.
Paddington has been adapted for television several times, first by the BBC in 1976, voiced by Michael Hordern; and most recently adapted by STUDIOCANAL and Heyday Films into three successful Paddington movies: Paddington, Paddington 2, and Paddington in Peru. Paddington in Peru was recently released on Netflix.
Paddington at the Savoy Theatre
Paddington The Musical is starting performances at the Savoy Theatre in London from 1 November 2025.
Currently playing at the Savoy Theatre in London is Mean Girls The Musical, until 8 June 2025. Coming up at the Savoy Theatre is Burlesque The Musical, from 10 July to 6 September 2025.
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