Nanny McPhee the Musical to land at the Aldwych Theatre

Emma Thompson and Gary Clark’s Nanny McPhee musical has officially unveiled its West End home, with performances slated to begin at the Aldwych Theatre from 6 November. The news comes after the coming musical announced it was planning its world premiere for 2027.

The Aldwych Theatre is about to get a very special guest. It’s been announced that the world premiere of Nanny McPhee the Musical will open at the West End venue in November 2027. The musical will bring the magical world of Nanny McPhee to the stage for the first time, with a book by Academy Award-winning actor and screenwriter Emma Thompson and music by singer-songwriter Gary Clark.

Based on the Nurse Matilda books by Christianna Brand, the story follows a magical nanny who arrives to tame a household of unruly children. Emma Thompson adapted the idea for the screen, with Nanny McPhee first appearing in in 2005, followed by the 2010 sequel, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang.

Thompson starred as the titular character in both films.

The creative team behind Nanny McPhee

An award-winning team is already hard at work on the musical. Emma Thompson wrote the book for the musical with music by Gary Clark, frontman of Danny Wilson and composer of Sing Street on stage and screen.

The creative team also includes:

Director: Katy Rudd (Ballet Shoes, The Ocean at the End of the Lane)
Set and costume design: Rob Howell (Matilda the Musical)
Musical staging and choreography: Ellen Kane (Paddington: The Musical)
Orchestrations: Simon Hale (Spring Awakening, Girl from the North Country)
Music supervision: Nigel Lilley (Follies, Next to Normal, Newsies), with arrangements by Hale and Lilley
Lighting: Howard Hudson (& Juliet, Starlight Express)
Sound: Ian Dickinson for Autograph (Company, Angels in America, Jerusalem)
Illusions: Chris Fisher (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Back to the Future: The Musical)
Puppetry: Samuel Wyer (The Ocean at the End of the Lane)
Projections: Andrzej Goulding (Life of Pi, & Juliet, Groundhog Day)