Mark Curry as The Wizard in Wicked. Picture: Matt Crockett
The hit London production of Wicked will welcome back actor and presenter Mark Curry as The Wizard from 18 October 2022.
The former Blue Peter presenter who previously played The Wizard at the Apollo Victoria as part of the 10th anniversary London cast in 2016/2017 will step back into the role following Gary Wilmot’s last performance at the Apollo Victoria on 16 October.
Commenting on his Wicked return, Curry said: “I’m thrilled to be returning to Oz after five years away and to have this opportunity to play The Wizard again in the incredible Wicked. I look forward to joining this brilliant cast and working again with the fantastic creative team and producers.”
Wicked currently stars: Lucie Jones (Elphaba), Helen Woolf (Glinda), Ryan Reid (Fiyero), Sophie-Louise Dann (Madame Morrible), Gary Wilmot (The Wizard until 16 October 2022), Carina Gillespie (Nessarose), Nicholas McLean (Boq), Simeon Truby (Doctor Dillamond), Amy Webb (Standby for Elphaba), Lisa-Anne Wood (Standby forGlinda), Yuki Abe, Kofi Aidoo-Appiah, Meg Astin, Alishia-Marie Blake, Pàje Campbell, Michael Colbourne, Fergus Dale, Nolan Edwards, Nicola Espallardo, Danny Fogarty, Laura Harrison, Amie Hibbert, Lucie Horsfall, Samuel How, Christian Knight, Nick Len, Jasmine Leung, Maggie Lynne, Rhidian Marc, Paddy Joe Martin, Jessica-Alice McCluskey, Stacey McGuire, Harry Mills, Lewis Newton, Natalie Spriggs, Samantha Thomas, Joe Thompson-Oubari and James Titchener.
With public booking recently extended until 28 May 2023, Wicked is currently the ninth longest-running West End musical of all time and the fifth longest-running musical currently playing in the West End. 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).
Angela Thomas
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