The world premiere of the musical, adapted from the beloved books by Michael Bond and the award-winning films by STUDIOCANAL, will make its West End debut this November.
Paddington the Musical artwork.
"Explorer & the Bear" has been released by Paddington The Musical, written and performed by the musical's composer Tom Fletcher.
Tom Fletcher said today, “This is such an exciting day for us all on PADDINGTON The Musical – to finally share our first song with you all! It’s been an amazing process making this musical with a team of incredible creatives, and it’s both nerve wracking and thrilling in equal measure to begin to put it out into the world. We hope you love it as much as we do.”
Paddington The Musical features music and lyrics by Tom Fletcher, book by Jessica Swale, and will be directed by Luke Sheppard.
The cast includes Amy Booth-Steel (The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Chichester Festival Theatre) as Lady Sloane, Tarinn Callender (Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre) as Grant, Delilah Bennett-Cardy (Bugsy Malone, UK Tour) as Judy Brown, Adrian Der Gregorian (Made in Dagenham, Adelphi Theatre) as Mr Brown, Tom Edden (Oliver!, Theatre Royal Drury Lane) as Mr Curry, Brenda Edwards (Chicago, UK Tour) as Tanya, Amy Ellen Richardson (Matilda The Musical, Cambridge Theatre) as Mrs Brown, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt (Hadestown, Lyric Theatre) as Millicent Clyde, Teddy Kempner (Girl from the North Country, Old Vic) as Mr Gruber, and Bonnie Langford (Sondheim's Old Friends, Gielgud Theatre) as Mrs Bird. The role of Jonathan Brown will be shared by Joseph Bramley, Leo Collon, Stevie Hare, and Jasper Rowe.
They are joined by Esme Bacalla-Hayes, Tiago Dhondt Bamberger, David Birch, Aimée Fisher, Jacqueline Hughes, Kellianna Jay, Sam Lathwood, Natasha Leaver, Katie Lee, Sunny Lee, Vicki Lee Taylor, Jáiden Lodge, Andilé Mabhena, Rose Mary O’Reilly, Ben Redfern, Hugo Rolland and Simon Shorten.
Inspired by one of the most beloved stories about a bear which heads to London in search of a new home, promises to be a beautiful family musical packed with show-stopping songs, dazzling choreography, mischief and mayhem at every turn - and of course, not forgetting the all-important marmalade sandwiches!
The musical will begin performances at the Savoy Theatre on 1 November.
