Brand new Winnie the Pooh stage musical comes to Glasgow
Winnie the Pooh, The New Musical Stage Adaptation will be at the King’s Theatre from Thursday until Saturday
Last updated 17th Jul 2023
A brand-new musical show based on one of Disney’s best loved characters is making its debut in Glasgow this week.
Disney’s Winnie the Pooh, The New Musical Stage Adaptation will be at the King’s Theatre from Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 July 2023 as part of a UK and Ireland tour.
The show features a brand a new story from the Hundred Acre Wood, told with life-size puppetry, exciting new stories and featuring favourite characters Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and their friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Owl and Tigger.
Accompanying the show is an original score by Nate Edmondson, featuring some of the Grammy award-winning songs written by the Sherman Brothers for the original animated features, including Winnie the Pooh, The Blustery Day, The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers and Whoop-De-Dooper Bounce, plus A.A. Milne’s The More It Snows (featuring music by Carly Simon) and Sing Ho in a new arrangement.
Disney’s Winnie the Pooh, The New Musical Adaptation is developed and presented by renowned family entertainment creator Jonathan Rockefeller (whose spectacular puppetry has previously featured in the acclaimed productions of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, Paddington Gets in a Jam and Sesame Street the Musical).
Benjamin Durham (Young Frankenstein) plays the title role of Winnie the Pooh. The much-loved characters of Eeyore, Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Kanga and Roo are brought to life by an ensemble of performers, including Laura Bacon (Britain’s Got Talent, Star Wars), Harry Boyd (The Play That Goes Wrong, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story), Alex Cardall (Evita, The Osmonds: A New Musical), Chloe Gentles (Mamma Mia!, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Lottie Grogan (Smurfs Save Spring: The Musical, The Lips for Puppets with Guys) and Robbie Noonan (Avenue Q UK Tour, Jack and the Beanstalk).
The production is presented by Rockefeller Productions, in partnership with ROYO and in association with Disney Theatrical Productions.