The world premiere of Paddington The Musical lands in London’s West End this autumn and the cast have now been announced.
Adapted from the much-loved books written by Michael Bond, and the award-winning films by STUDIOCANAL, with music and lyrics by Tom Fletcher, book by Jessica Swale and direction by Luke Sheppard the production opens at the Savoy Theatre on Sunday, 30 November, with previews from Saturday, 1 November, and is currently booking until 25 May 2026.
Who is in the cast of Paddington The Musical?
Joining the previously announced Timi Akinyosade (Tony), Amy Booth-Steel (Lady Sloane), Tarinn Callender (Grant), Delilah Bennett-Cardy (Judy Brown), Adrian Der Gregorian (Mr. Brown), Tom Edden (Mr Curry), Brenda Edwards (Tanya), Amy Ellen Richardson (Mrs. Brown), Victoria Hamilton-Barritt (Millicent Clyde), Teddy Kempner (Mr Gruber), Bonnie Langford (Mrs Bird), and in the role of Jonathan Brown Joseph Bramley, Leo Collon, Stevie Hare and Jasper Rowse, are new cast members 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.
Casting for Paddington, together with the Bear Designer and Bear Creative team, will be revealed on the first preview, alongside the wider team responsible for bringing this very special bear to life on stage.
Find out more about the cast below.
What is Paddington The Musical about?
A rather wonderful adventure is about to begin…
Hold on to your hats for the world premiere of PADDINGTON The Musical in London’s West End.
When a small, lost bear from Peru arrives in London in search of a new home, a chance encounter with the Brown family leads him to the wonderful world of Windsor Gardens.
But London isn’t all afternoon teas and friendly faces – and even the happiest families have their cracks beneath the surface. So when a mysterious and vengeful villain sets her sights on Paddington, the Browns embark on a thrilling rescue mission, realising they need this special bear as much as he needs them.
Packed with show-stopping songs, dazzling choreography, mischief and mayhem at every turn – and of course, marmalade sandwiches – PADDINGTON The Musical is based on the iconic characters from Michael Bond’s books, with a story inspired by the award-winning 2014 film.
Additional information about Paddington The Musical
Michael Bond’s A Bear Called Paddington was published in 1958 by Collins, later Harper Collins – the first of 29 Paddington books he was to write, with the final one Paddington at St. Paul’s, published posthumously in 2018. The books have sold over 35 million copies worldwide.
Paddington has been adapted for television several times – first by the BBC in 1976, voiced by Michael Hordern; and most recently adapted by STUDIOCANAL who have produced three Emmy Award-winning series of The Adventures of Paddington. Paddington has also enjoyed three successful big-screen outings, all produced and developed by STUDIOCANAL – Paddington released in 2014, Paddington 2 in 2017, and Paddington in Peru in 2024, enjoying critical and commercial acclaim.
The creative team working alongside Luke Sheppard are:
Matt Brind (Musical Supervisor, Orchestrations and Arrangements)
Ellen Kane (Choreographer)
Tom Pye (Scenic Designer)
Gabriella Slade (Costume Designer)
Paddington Bear Designer: To be revealed
Neil Austin (Lighting Designer)
Gareth Owen (Sound Designer)
Ash J Woodward (Video Designer and Animation)
Campbell Young Associates (Hair, Wig & Make-Up Designer)
Majid Adin (Illustration and additional Animation)
Laura Bangay (Musical Director)
Natalie Gallacher CDG for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting (Casting Director)
Nick Hockaday (Young Persons’ Casting Director)
Javier Marzan (Physical Comedy Consultant)
Tobago and D-Lime (Additional Music Consultants).
Full cast, including Paddington Casting, Bear Designer and Bear Creative team to be announced shortly.
When is Paddington The Musical playing in London’s West End?
1 November 2025 – 25 May 2026
What days and times is Paddington The Musical playing in London’s West End?
Monday 7pm
Wednesday 7pm
Thursday 2pm & 7pm
Friday 7pm
Saturday 2pm & 7pm
Sunday 2pm
How long is Paddington The Musical?
TBC
Where is Paddington The Musical playing?
Savoy Theatre
What is the age recommendation for Paddington The Musical?
6+
Are there any Access Performances scheduled for Paddington The Musical?
TBC
Information about the cast of Paddington The Musical
Timi Akinyosade plays Tony. This marks his professional stage debut. His television credits include Man Like Mobeen.
Amy Booth-Steel plays Lady Sloane. Her theatre work includes The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Chichester Festival Theatre), Mates in Chelsea (Royal Court Theatre), The Odyssey, Dick Whittington, One Man Two Guvnors, The Light Princess, She Stoops to Conquer (National Theatre), Assassins (Chichester Festival Theatre), Tammy Faye (Almeida Theatre), The Magician’s Elephant (RSC), #HonestAmy (Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Heathers (Theatre Royal Haymarket), As You Like It (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), The Assassination of Katie Hopkins (Theatr Clwyd), A Pacificist’s Guide to the War on Cancer (National Theatre and Complicité), Anita and Me (Birmingham Rep and Theatre Royal Stratford East), The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ – The Musical (Curve, Leicester), and Betty Blue Eyes (Mercury Theatre Colchester and West Yorkshire Playhouse). For television, her work includes Down Cemetery Road, Late in Life, One Day, Nolly, Stath Lets Flats, The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk, Buffering, Call the Midwife, Newark Newark, Zomboat, Doctor Who, The Year of the Rabbit, Wannabe, and The Windsors; and for film, Blue Jean.
Tarinn Callender plays Grant. His theatre credits include Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre), The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Cat and The Canary (Chichester’s Minerva Theatre), Bronco Billy (Charing Cross Theatre), The Odyssey: The Underworld (National Theatre), The Secrets Life of Bees (Almeida Theatre), The Drifters Girl (Garrick Theatre) and Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre). His television work includes Our House and Mama Youth.
Delilah Bennett-Cardy plays Judy. For theatre, her credits include Bugsy Malone (UK tour), A Christmas Carol (Dominion Theatre), School of Rock (Gilliam Lynne Theatre), A Little Princess (Royal Festival Hall), Macbeth (RSC), and The Nutcracker (Brimingham Royal Ballet/Royal Albert Hall). Her television credits include Tom Jones; and for film, The Magic Faraway Tree.
Adrian Der Gregorian plays Mr. Brown. His theatre credits include Wonderful Town (La Scala Milan), Made in Dagenham (Adelphi Theatre), Sweet Smell of Success (Arcola Theatre), Roman Holiday (Theatre Royal Bath), Cyrano De Bergerac (Playhouse Theatre), The Hunt (Almeida Theatre), Once in a Lifetime (Young Vic), Mr Burns (Almeida Theatre), Road Show (Menier Chocolate Factory), The Infant (Les Enfants Terrible), Love and Understanding (Trident Theatre), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (UK tour), La Cage Aux Folles (Playhouse Theatre), The Woman in White (Palace Theatre), and Bombay Dreams (Apollo Victoria Theatre). For television, his work includes W1A, and The Galaghan Directories. He is also an international soloist working with Symphony Orchestras and is a soloist for Friday Night is Music for the BBC.
Tom Edden plays Mr Curry. His stage work includes Waiting for Godot (Theatre Royal Haymarket – Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Play), The Merry Widow (Glyndebourne Opera), Crazy for You (Chichester Festival Theatre and Gillian Lynne Theatre), Cyrano de Bergerac (Playhouse Theatre and New York), Our Town (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), The Pinter Season – Trouble in the Works/Night/Girls (Pinter Theatre), Matilda (RSC at the Cambridge Theatre), The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Donmar Warehouse), Amadeus (National Theatre), Doctor Faustus (Duke of York’s Theatre), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Mischief Theatre Company), Measure for Measure (Young Vic), Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre), Olivier! (Sheffield Theatres), A Little Hotel on the Side (Theatre Royal Bath), and One Man Two Guvnors (National Theatre, Theatre Royal Haymarket and Music Box Theatre Broadway – winner of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Tony Award nomination and Outer Critics’ Circle nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play). His television work includes Starstruck, Singapore Grip, Upstart Crow, The Scandalous Lady W, Doctor Who and Stuart, A Life Backwards, and for film, Star Wars Episode VII – The Force Awakens, Cinderella, The Wolf Man, and Mr Turner.
Brenda Edwards plays Tanya. Her theatre work includes I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (The London Palladium), We Need a Little Christmas (The Actors’ Church), White Christmas (Dominion Theatre), Hairspray (UK tour), Carousel, We Will Rock You (London Coliseum and Dominion Theatre), Moby Dick The Musical (Union Theatre), The Human Comedy (Young Vic), and Chicago (UK tour). Her work as a theatre director includes Hairspray (UK tour). For television her work includes Gospel Choir of the Year, as well as appearances on X Factor and The Singer Takes It All, and as a presenter on Songs of Praise and Loose Women.
Amy Ellen Richardson plays Mrs Brown. Her extensive theatre work includes Extraordinary Women (Jermyn Street Theatre), Matilda, The Musical (RSC at the Cambridge Theatre), Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Vincent in Brixton, White Christmas, Cats, Chicago (UK tours), The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole 13 and ¾ (Ambassadors Theatre), Sweet Charity (Donmar Warehouse), Kiss Me Kate (Sheffield Crucible), Sweet Charity (Nottingham Playhouse), Into The Woods (Royal Exchange Theatre), Follies (Royal Albert Hall), How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Royal Festival Hall), Singin’ In The Rain (UK tour and Tokyo), Merrily We Roll Along (Menier Chocolate Factory and Harold Pinter Theatre), Crazy For You (Novello Theatre), Into The Woods, Gigi (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), She Loves Me, Funny Girl (Minerva Theatre), Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival Theatre), Original Cast of Spamalot (Palace Theatre), Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Sherman Cymru), On The Town (ENO Coliseum), On Your Toes (Tokyo), Whistle Down The Wind (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Aspects of Love (Prince of Wales Theatre). Her television work includes The Grinch Live!; and for film, Les Misérables.
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt plays Millicent. She is a two time Olivier nominee and her theatre work includes Hadestown (Lyric Theatre), Nine in Concert (The Lowry, Salford), Bronco Billy (Charing Cross Theatre), Bat Boy the Musical in Concert (The London Palladium), The Odyssey, Hex (National Theatre), Cinderella (Gillian Lynne Theatre), Death of a Salesman (Piccadilly Theatre), The View Upstairs (Soho Theatre), The Wild Party (The Other Palace), Murder Ballad (Arts Theatre), In the Heights (King’s Cross Theatre, Southwark Playhouse), Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens (Criterion Theatre), Chicks (New Diorama), A Chorus Line (The London Palladium), Gypsy (Curve, Leicester), Flashdance (Shaftesbury Theatre and UK tour), Grease (Piccadilly Theatre), Desperately Seeking Susan (Novello Theatre), West Side Story, Oh! What s Night (international tours), Fame (Aldwych Theatre), Saturday Night Fever (UK tour), and Mamma Mia! (Prince Edward Theatre). For television her work includes Call the Midwife, and The Cast; and for film, Bunch of Amateurs.
Teddy Kempner plays Mr Gruber. His theatre work includes Girl From the North Country (The Old Vic, UK tour), Cabaret (Playhouse Theatre), Witness for the Prosecution (County Hall), Bitter Wheat, The Solid Gold Cadillac (Garrick Theatre), Caroline, Or Change (Chichester Festival Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Playhouse Theatre), Driving Miss Daisy, Habeas Corpus, Measure for Measure (Theatre Royal Bath), 42nd Street (Théâtre du Châtelet), Vincent and Flavia: The Last Tango (UK tour), Dance ‘Til Dawn (Aldwych Theatre and UK tour), High Society, Acorn Antiques – The Musical (UK tours), Midnight Tango (Aldwych Theatre and UK tour), 66 Books (Bush Theatre), The Invisible Man (Menier Chocolate Factory), A Month in the Country, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Six Pictures of Lee Miller (Chichester Festival Theatre), Never Forget (Savoy Theatre and UK tour), Where There’s a Will (ETT), Uncle Ron (Savoy Theatre), Pacific Overtures, 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down (Donmar Warehouse), Kiss Me Kate (Victoria Palace Theatre), Les Misérables (Palace Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Swaggerer, Twelfth Night (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), City of Angels (Prince of Wales Theatre), Company (Donmar Warehouse and Albery Theatre), Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, The Trial (National Theatre), The Merry Wives of Windsor, Nicholas Nickleby, Othello, The Three Sisters (RSC), Snoopy (Duchess Theatre – Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical), The Kitchen (Royal Court Theatre), and Trilby (Shared Experience).
Bonnie Langford plays Mrs Bird. Her recent theatre work includes Sondheim’s Old Friends (Gielgud Theatre, Los Angeles and Broadway), Gone with the Wind, Gypsy (also on Broadway), Cats (Original London Cast), Chicago (also on Broadway), Sweet Charity, Spamalot, 42nd Street (also released on DVD), 9 to 5 The Musical, Anything Goes, Les Misérables, Fosse, Guys and Dolls, and Oklahoma! (UK tours). Her recent television work includes Doctor Who, EastEnders (British Soap Award and NTA nomination), Marple, Hotel Babylon, Just William, and The Catherine Tate Show; as well as appearances on Dancing on Ice, and The Masked Dancer. Her work also spans across albums and books, with film appearances including the classic Bugsy Malone.
