Breaking Baz: Emma Thompson’s Child-Minding Witch ‘Nanny McPhee’ Stage Musical Aims For London’s West End In 2026
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The Emma Thompson-penned musical adaptation of fantasy movie Nanny McPhee, about a witch who possesses magical powers wielded through her walking stick, is being primed to hit London’s West End in 2026, Deadline can reveal.
Oscar-winner Thompson, songwriter Gary Clark and Working Title’s stage division have been developing the production, based on the 2005 film directed by Kirk Jones, which starred Thompson in the title role, on and off for over a decade.
Olivia Colman played the snaggle-toothed nanny at an early workshop in London of the musical in 2018. This was confirmed to me at the time by Thompson, who praised Colman’s “wonderful” performance.
Lily James and Rory Kinnear also took part in the original workshop. Sophie Thompson participated in later test-runs. Colman has not been involved in subsequent run-throughs, but that doesn’t rule out her possible involvement in the West End.
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