Paddington The Musical opened in November 2025 to rave reviews.

The show won a total of 9 awards at the 2026 What’s On Stage Awards including Best New Musical for Jessica Swale & Tom Fletcher.

It was the most award nominated production in the 2026 Whats On Stage Awards.

Paddington also received 11 nominations in the 2026 Olivier Awards including Best New Musical for Jessica Swale & Tom Fletcher. The Awards will be held on 12th April in London.

Jessica wrote the book, Tom Fletcher the score and direction by Luke Sheppard.

Daily Mail “Marmalade magic! Paddington The Musical is off-the-scale cuteness”

The Guardian “they’ve looked after this bear quite splendiferously”

The Standard “One of the most wonderful theatrical creations in years”