Miriam Margolyes has joked that her role as narrator in the Peter Rabbit West End show is her dream job — because she does not have to go anywhere near its young audience.
The actress, who recorded her part months ago, visited the Theatre Royal Haymarket to meet the cast of Where Is Peter Rabbit? but said she had no desire to swap roles with them.
She said: “I would hate it because I don’t like children.
“I don’t want to be around kids too much and it’s just been a fact of my life I’ve been in some things that kids do like, like Harry Potter and Wicked. It’s lovely to be a narrator because I get to be a part of something I admire but I don’t have to actually be with kids.”
The show combines several of Beatrix Potter’s best-loved stories with songs co-written by playwright Alan Ayckbourn and uses puppets to bring its animal characters to life. Margolyes said the show’s success was down to it being “an adorable idea”.
The 77-year-old is set to return to the London stage properly later this year when she stars in Sydney & The Old Girl at the Park Theatre about a warring mother and son.
Where Is Peter Rabbit? is at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
