Aaron Sidwell (Fiyero), Helen Woolf (Glinda) and Amy Ross (Elphaba) will lead the cast of the UK and Ireland tour of Wicked. Picture: Darren Bell
Amy Ross and Helen Woolf will join the previously announced Aaron Sidwell in the spectacular touring version of the hit musical Wicked which is due to make a return to the UK next February to play ten UK and Ireland cities.
Ross, who most recently appeared in the West End in Kinky Boots, will step into the role of Elphaba alongside Woolf as Glinda. The latter who appeared in both the West End production of Wicked and was part of the original 2013 UK and Ireland touring company.
They will feature alongside Sidwell (American Idiot at London’s Arts Theatre and Loserville The Musical at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and in the West End) who follows his stint as bad boy Steven Beale in Albert Square by stepping into the role of Fiyero.
Completing the cast are: Steven Pinder (The Wizard and Doctor Dillamond), Kim Ismay (Madame Morrible), Emily Shaw (Nessarose), Iddon Jones (Boq), Nikki Bentley (Standby for Elphaba), Charli Baptie, Jason Broderick, Samantha Brown, Hannah Cadec, Grace Chapman, James Davies-Williams, Howard Ellis, Amy Goodwin, Daniel James Greenaway, Jack Harrison-Cooper, Charlie Karlsen, Nicole Lupino, Stuart MacIver, Stacey McGuire, Sara Morley, Emily Olive Boyd, Georgia Rae Briggs, Paul Saunders, James Titchener, Helen Walsh, Amy Webb, Luke Woollaston and Benjamin Yates.
A hit at venues across the world, the tour played its last UK dates at the Bradford Alhambra Theatre in July 2016 before embarking on an international leg of the tour which began in Singapore.
The production will return to home-ground in 2018 beginning at the Bristol Hippodrome (5 February until 3 March), followed by the Liverpool Empire (7-31 March); Birmingham Hippodrome (4-29 April); Edinburgh Playhouse (8 May-9 June); Leeds Grand Theatre (13 June-7 July); Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre (17 July-26 August); Sunderland Empire (4-29 September); Southampton Mayflower Theatre (3-27 October); Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (31 October-Saturday 24 November) and Palace Theatre, Manchester (4 December 2018- 5 January 2019).
Based on the best-seller by Gregory Maguire which took its inspiration from the creations of L. Frank Baum brought so vividly to life in the classic movie The Wizard of Oz, the production continues its open-ended West End run at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.
Soon to become the 15th longest-running show in London theatre history, Wicked is celebrating its twelfth year at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. The show has now been seen by over 53 million people in 15 countries, and won more than 100 major awards.
Wicked has music and lyrics by multi Grammy and Academy Award-winner Stephen Schwartz (Disney’s Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame) and was adapted for the stage by Winnie Holzman. Musical staging is by double Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello.
Wicked is produced around the world by Marc Platt, Universal Stage Productions, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone. The executive producer (UK/international tour) is Michael McCabe.
Angela Thomas
* Tickets for the West End production of Wicked are available HERE.
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