WICKED announces 10th Anniversary cast!
WICKED, the West End
musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz,
is proud to announce that, from Monday 5 September 2016, the new cast
that will lead the award-winning show through its 10th birthday
celebrations at the Apollo Victoria Theatre will include: Rachel Tucker,
who will return to the London production direct from a triumphant run on
Broadway to play Elphaba; Suzie Mathers, who joins from the
Australian production to star as Glinda; Oliver Savile, who
continues as Fiyero; Anita Dobson, who joins to
play Madame Morrible; Mark Curry, who continues as The Wizard;
original cast member Martin Ball, who returns to play Doctor
Dillamond; original cast member Katie Rowley Jones, who continues as
Nessarose and Idriss Kargbo, who joins to play Boq.
Alice Fearn will be Standby for Elphaba and Carina Gillespie
continues as Standby for Glinda.
Executive Producer Michael McCabe
said: “We are delighted to announce the fantastic company that will lead us
through the 10th birthday celebrations at the Apollo Victoria
Theatre later this year. It is a great pleasure to welcome back from Broadway
the incredible Rachel Tucker who will star alongside Suzie Mathers, who
appeared in the Australian production, as ‘Elphaba’ and ‘Glinda’. Surrounding
them will be many exciting new faces, including the incomparable Anita Dobson
as Madame Morrible, and celebrated alumni, including the return of original
cast member Martin Ball as Doctor Dillamond.”
The production, acclaimed as “pure magic”
(Time Out London), is currently booking until Saturday 29 April 2017.
Please note that Rachel Tucker, Anita Dobson and Katie Rowley
Jones appear until Saturday 28 January 2017 only.
Current London cast members Emma Hatton (Elphaba),
Savannah Stevenson (Glinda), Liza Sadovy (Madame
Morrible), Sean Kearns (Doctor Dillamond), Daniel Hope (Boq) and Natalie Andreou
(Standby for Elphaba) will all play their final performances on Saturday
3 September 2016.
On Tuesday 27 September 2016, Wicked
will celebrate an extraordinary 10 years in London. Now the 8th
longest-running show in the West End* and already the 19th
longest-running show in West End theatre history*, the “hugely popular
show” (The Times) has played over 4000 performances and been seen by
over 7 million people in London alone.
A limited number of tickets for the 10th
Birthday performance will go on public sale on Friday 27 May 2016 at 12.00
noon via the Wicked UK website only. Priority Booking will be available
to subscribers of the Wicked Ozmopolitan e-newsletter from 10.00am on 27
May 2016. Please note that there will be no Day Seats released for this
performance. Please visit www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk/Wicked10 for more
information and to sign up.
From Monday 5 September 2016, Wicked
will star Rachel Tucker (Elphaba), Suzie Mathers (Glinda),
Oliver Savile (Fiyero), Anita Dobson (Madame Morrible),
Mark Curry (The Wizard), Martin Ball (Doctor Dillamond),
Katie Rowley Jones (Nessarose), Idriss
Kargbo (Boq), Alice Fearn (Standby for Elphaba),
Carina Gillespie (Standby for Glinda), James Darch, Kerry Enright, Freya
Field, Joseph Fletcher, Fraser Fraser, David Gale, Sergio
Giacomelli, Alexandra Grierson,Olivia Kate Holding, Aaron Jenkins, Claudia Kariuki, Will Lucas, Chanel
Mian, Billy Mitchell, Scott Monello, Ella Nonini, Rosa
O’Reilly, Julienne Schembri, Joe Sleight, Jessamy Stoddart,
Paulo Teixeira, Joe Toland, Hannah Toy, Russell Walker,
Sasha Wareham and Helen Woolf.
Based on the international best-selling novel by
Gregory Maguire that ingeniously re-imagined the stories and characters created
by L. Frank Baum in ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’, Wicked tells the incredible
untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two sorcery
students. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil
their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Wicked has music and lyrics by multi Grammy and Academy
Award-winner Stephen Schwartz (Godspell; Disney’s Pocahontas
and The Hunchback of Notre Dame) and is based on the novel ‘Wicked: The
Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West’ by Gregory Maguire and
adapted for the stage by Winnie Holzman. Musical staging is by Tony
Award-winner Wayne Cilento and the production is directed by two-time
Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello.
For more information visit: www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk
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