‘People aren’t ready for it’: How Paddington the Musical took the world’s favourite bear and put him on stage

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‘People aren’t ready for it’: How Paddington the Musical took the world’s favourite bear and put him on stage

Sunday 19th October 2025, 5:14AM

As Peru’s most famous ex-pat gets given a theatrical makeover, Helen Coffey sits down with scriptwriter Jessica Swale and McFly frontman and musical maestro Tom Fletcher to get the inside scoop on the five-year journey that led to Paddington’s West End debut

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