West End blockbuster Wicked is celebrating its 17th year in the West End.
The show first premiered in London on 27 September 2006 at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre and is now the West End’s 11th longest-running show EVER. Wicked glided past Stomp on 22 September 2023, beating its 6512-performance West End run.
Wicked is also extending at the Apollo Victoria Theatre to 15 December 2024, with over half-a-million new tickets added.
Telling the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, the musical has already been seen by over 12 million people in London alone.
Executive Producer of Wicked in the UK Michael McCabe said in a statement: “As we celebrate this remarkable milestone, we would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge our debt of gratitude to our extraordinary audiences and the exceptional group of over 100 individuals onstage and backstage at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, who, together with all the management, marketing, PR, Box Office and venue staff, have worked so passionately and tirelessly to maintain Wicked over the past seventeen years.”
The current cast, who are appearing until 12 March 2024, include Alexia Khadime as Elphaba, and Lucy St Louis as Glinda.
They are joined by Ryan Reid (Fiyero), Sophie-Louise Dann (Madame Morrible), Mark Curry (The Wizard), Caitlin Anderson (Nessarose), Joe Thompson-Oubari (Boq), Simeon Truby (Doctor Dillamond until Sunday 22 October 2023, Steven Pinder from Tuesday 24 October 2023), Amy Webb (Standby for Elphaba), Lisa-Anne Wood (Standby for Glinda), Yuki Abe, Kofi Aidoo-Appiah, Conor Ashman, Jessica Aubrey, Joshua Clemetson, Fergus Dale, Effie Rae Dyson, Nicola Espallardo, Danny Fogarty, Ross Harmon, Kate Leiper, Nick Len (to 15 October 2023), Jemima Loddy, Joshua Lovell, Rory Maguire, PaddyJoe Martin, Millie Mayhew, Harry Mills, Daniel Parrott, Aiesha Naomi Pease, Jeanie Ryan, Natalie Spriggs, James Titchener, Micaela Todd, Christine Tucker, Jaydon Vijn, and Taela Yeomans-Brown.
Wicked is also gearing up for a third Wicked UK and Ireland tour, opening on 7 December 2023 at the Edinburgh Playhouse, and visiting the Bristol Hippodrome, Birmingham Hippodrome, Bradford Alhambra Theatre, Southampton Mayflower Theatre, Liverpool Empire, Dublin Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Sunderland Empire, Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre, and Manchester Palace Theatre.
Written by Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) and Winnie Holzman (book), based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, the show is the beguiling backstory and future possibilities to the lives of L. Frank Baum’s beloved characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, featuring the early friendship of Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
The director is Joe Mantello, with musical staging by Wayne Cilento.
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