Tag Archives | Apollo Victoria Theatre

West End Wicked – new cast to join in the spring

The hit London production of Wicked will welcome a new Elphaba and Glinda to the stage of the Apollo Victoria Theatre this spring.

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Wicked West End – relaxed performance details

Go Live Theatre Projects (formerly Mousetrap Theatre Projects) has announced a Relaxed Performance for much-loved musical Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre this summer.

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Alexia Khadime and Lucy St Louis will lead the 2023 Wicked West End cast

Alexia Khadime will return to the role of Elphaba for the third time in the hit West End production of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre next spring alongside Lucy St. Louis who will step into the role of Glinda after playing Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre.

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Lucie Jones, Ryan Reid, Sophie-Louise Dann and Gary Wilmot to join Helen Woolf in 2022 cast of Wicked

Lucie Jones (Elphaba), Ryan Reid (Fiyero), Sophie-Louise Dann (Madame Morrible) and Gary Wilmot (The Wizard) will lead the new London cast of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre from 1 February 2022. They will join Helen Woolf, who returns from maternity leave to continue her acclaimed performance as Glinda, Carina Gillespie (Nessarose), Nicholas McLean (Boq), […]

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Sophie Evans to return as Glinda when Wicked resumes performances in London

Sophie Evans will step back into the role of Glinda when Wicked returns to weave its magic in the West End once again at the Apollo Victoria from 15 September 2021. Commenting on her return visit to the hit show, Evans who first found fame appearing on the Wizard of Oz TV talent search Over […]

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Former EastEnder David Witts to join West End’s Wicked

Former EastEnder David Witts will head home from LA to take on the role of Fiyero in the West End production of magical musical Wicked this summer. The actor who won a Best Newcomer award at the 2013 National Television Awards for his performance as Joey Branning in the BBC soap will return to the […]

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The Grinning Man extends at the Trafalgar Studios until 14 April

The London transfer of the critically-acclaimed The Grinning Man, now playing at the Trafalgar Studios, has today announced a new extended booking period until 14 April. Directed by Tony Award-winning Tom Morris (War Horse) and based on the Victor Hugo novel The Man Who Laughs, the gothic love story which premiered at the Bristol Old […]

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West End Wicked flies into 12th year at the Apollo Victoria

This week Wicked celebrates its 12th year in the capital with the release of a series of new principal cast portraits by photographer Darren Bell. The record-breaking musical has played more than 4,500 performances at its London home, the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Wicked will also overtake We Will Rock You on 19 October as the […]

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Wicked – Apollo Victoria Theatre

Wicked continues at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London and is booking up to 4 November 2017. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It is probably musical theatre blasphemy to admit it, but on seeing Wicked for the first time I struggled to make an emotional connection with the book or score. While I left the […]

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Wicked – extra Christmas matinee dates on sale

The magical musical Wicked has unwrapped a Christmas bonus for theatregoers by adding three extra festive matinees at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre. With curtain-up at 2.30pm, the extra shows will be on Thursday 22 December, Monday 26 December and Thursday 29 December. Based on the bestseller by Gregory Maguire which took its inspiration from the […]

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Wicked UK and Ireland tour to return in February 2018

As Wicked celebrates 10 years at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre tonight (Tuesday 27 September 2016), it has been revealed that the UK and Ireland tour will return in February 2018, opening at the Bristol Hippodrome (with tickets on public sale from 1 February 2017). The critically acclaimed production is currently playing at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and […]

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Wicked Young Writers Awards 2017 launched

How to Train Your Dragon author-illustrator Cressida Cowell will return as head judge for the seventh annual Wicked Young Writer Awards. Launched in 2010, the prestigious awards were created by the producers of the multi award-winning musical Wicked in collaboration with the National Literacy Trust and aim to recognise excellence in writing, encourage creativity and […]

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Wicked extends booking as new principal cast opens at the Apollo Victoria

On Monday 5 September 2016 at 10am the 22nd new booking period opens for Wicked, the award-winning West End musical phenomenon that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz. More than 500,000 new tickets are going on sale for performances until Saturday 4 November 2017. From 5 September, 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 […]

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Wicked 10th anniversary London cast – Rachel Tucker returns as Elphaba

The new cast that will lead the award-winning West End musical Wicked from 5 September 2016 – 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 […]

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Mark Curry joins cast of Wicked as The Wizard

Veteran Blue Peter presenter turned stage star Mark Curry will take over the role of The Wizard in the West End production of Wicked on 25 March. Curry, who began his four-year stint on the much-loved BBC children’s show in 1986 has gone on to establish himself as a popular stage performer in major productions […]

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Wicked presents its first autism-friendly performance

Wicked, the West End musical that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, will present its first ever autism-friendly performance on Saturday 14 May 2016 at 1:30pm. The production is working closely with the National Autistic Society, the UK’s leading charity for people on the autism spectrum and their families, to create a friendly and supportive environment in […]

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First look at Broadway’s Tom McGowan as The Wizard in Wicked

The first official London cast photographs have been released of Broadway star Tom McGowan as The Wizard in Wicked, the West End musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz.  Best known internationally as KACL Station Manager ‘Kenny Daly’ in more than 40 episodes of Frasier, opposite Kelsey Grammer, McGowan made his West End debut playing The Wizard at London’s Apollo Victoria […]

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Wicked – American actor Tom McGowan makes West End debut as The Wizard

Wicked, the award-winning musical that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, will welcome the American stage, television and film actor Tom McGowan to the role of The Wizard from Monday 21 September for a limited season until Saturday 12 March 2016. He will be making his West End debut. Tom McGowan has been […]

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Wicked sets new box office records in London and on tour

Wicked, the award-winning musical that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, was seen by 45,000 people in the UK last week (ending 3 January 2015), grossing an incredible £2,160,377.50, at box offices in London and Edinburgh and breaking its own previous records in both the West End and on its UK and Ireland tour. The London production set […]

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