Ryan Reid and Lucie Jones in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria, London. Picture: Matt Crocket
Five hundred thousand new tickets have gone on sale for hit show Wicked at the Apollo Victoria with public booking now extended until 28 May 2023.
The ninth longest-running West End musical of all time and the fifth longest-running musical currently playing in the West End, Wicked plays Tuesday-Saturday evening performances with matinees on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Four extra Christmas 2022 shows have also been added on 20, 23, 27 and 30 December.
Wicked currently stars: Lucie Jones (Elphaba), Helen Woolf (Glinda), Ryan Reid (Fiyero), Sophie-Louise Dann (Madame Morrible), Gary Wilmot (The Wizard), Carina Gillespie (Nessarose), Nicholas McLean (Boq), Simeon Truby (Doctor Dillamond), Amy Webb (Standby for Elphaba), Lisa-Anne Wood (Standby for Glinda), Yuki Abe, Kofi Aidoo-Appiah, Meg Astin, Alishia-Marie Blake, Pàje Campbell, Grace Chapman (maternity cover for Maggie Lynne), Michael Colbourne, Fergus Dale, Nolan Edwards, Nicola Espallardo, Danny Fogarty, Laura Harrison, Amie Hibbert, Lucie Horsfall, Samuel How, Christian Knight, Nick Len, Jasmine Leung, Rhidian Marc, PaddyJoe Martin, Jessica-Alice McCluskey, Stacey McGuire, Harry Mills, Lewis Newton, Natalie Spriggs, Samantha Thomas (maternity cover for Joanna Swayer), Joe Thompson-Oubari and James Titchener.
Wicked has been seen by over ten million people in London alone and by 60 million people worldwide. The multi-award-winning tale of the Witches of Oz has won over 100 major international awards including three Tonys, two Oliviers and ten WhatsOnStage awards.
Based on Gregory Maguire’s novel which was written while the American author was living in London in 1990 and takes its inspiration from the creations of L. Frank Baum brought so vividly to life in the classic movie The Wizard of Oz, Wicked has music and lyrics by multi-Grammy and Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz (Disney’s Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame).
Adapted for the stage by Winnie Holzman (cult TV series My So-Called Life), the show features musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento and the production is directed by double Tony Award winner Joe Mantello. Music arrangements are by Tony Award winners Alex Lacamoire (Hamilton) and Stephen Oremus (Disney’s Frozen).
Director Jon M. Chu recently announced on social media that his upcoming movie adaptation of Wicked starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will be split into two films, beginning December 2024.
Angela Thomas
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