Using state-of-the-art animatronics to bring Paddington to life, the new musical has wowed critics and delighted audiences since it opened in December
Paddington has become the first new West End musical to land nine awards at the WhatsOnStage awards.
The much-loved bear’s first appearance on the boards has wowed critics and delighted audiences since it opened in December, and it is now one of the three most awarded shows in the WhatsOnStage ceremony’s history – alongside Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Miss Saigon – as well as the most lauded new musical.
The Guardian’s theatre critic Arifa Akbar praised the state-of-the-art animatronics that bring the bear to life, along with some “marvellous songs about marmalade”.
She said: “This is the new Mary Poppins: a well-known story imaginatively staged, immaculately performed and utterly winning.”
