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Australia, prepare to start guarding your marmalade reserves: the award-winning Paddington: The Musical is on its way.
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Paddington → prepare → way
The acclaimed theatre production, which has been running in London’s West End since 2025, will land in Sydney in September 2027, where it will be performed at the Capitol Theatre for 10 weeks.
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it → run → weeks
Dates in any other Australian cities have yet to be announced, as has the cast.
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cast → have → cities
Sydney is a long way from London’s Paddington Station, where the clumsy but lovable bear from Peru is taken in by the Brown family and wins over the whole neighbourhood.
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bear → take → neighbourhood
The show, based on Michael Bond’s 1958 book A Bear Called Paddington as well as the hit film adaptations over the last decade, has received many five-star reviews, including in the Guardian.
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show → base → Guardian
Much has been made of the state-of-the-art animatronic puppet used to portray Paddington, which was designed by costume designer Tahra Zafar.
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which → make → Zafar
In London, the bear is played by a duo: James Hameed provides the voice and is the remote puppeteer, while Arti Shah performs wearing the furry costume.
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Shah → play → costume
Paddington: The Musical won seven Olivier awards earlier this year, tying for the record for the most wins for any musical, including best new musical, a joint best actor in a musical award for Hameed and Shah, and best set design.
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Paddington → win → Hameed
It also won a record nine WhatsOnStage awards and the Critics’ Circle award for best new musical.
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It → win → musical
Paddington: The Musical will continue to be performed in London until at least 2028 and is opening on Broadway in April 2027.
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Musical → continue → April
In a statement, the show’s producers, Sonia Friedman and Eliza Lumley, said they were “thrilled” the show would go to Sydney due to the city’s “extraordinary appetite for world-class musical theatre and the affection Australians have long held for Paddington”.
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Australians → say → Paddington
“From the outset, we have wanted Paddington The Musical to open only in cities where it can be produced with the same ambition, care and theatrical scale as in London.
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it → want → London
Paddington’s journey across the world in search of a new home – and his discovery that home can be found through kindness, acceptance and a sense of belonging – feels particularly resonant for Australian audiences.”
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home → find → audiences
The show’s composer, Tom Fletcher, said it had been “the greatest adventure of my career”.
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it → say → career
“I’ve made many happy memories writing, recording and touring Australia over the years and I am so excited to have the opportunity to bring our show to Sydney and share this very rare and special bear with Australian audiences,” he added.
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he → make → audiences
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