The nation’s favourite bear has become a frontrunner in the race for the year’s most prestigious theatre awards. Paddington the Musical is joint top of the Olivier Awards league table with 11 nominations, including a joint best acting one for the two actors who play the Peruvian-born bear. The Bridge Theatre’s revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical Into the Woods also has 11 nominations. The Paddington production at the Savoy Theatre was praised by the Times critic Clive Davis, who said on its opening last year that the West End had a “new hit musical that will surely...