Wicked
Wicked, the new
hit musical that tells the untold story of the legendary witches from
L. Frank Baum’s classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, began
at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre on 7 September.
Long before Dorothy
drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green
skin, is smart, feisty and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious
and very, very popular. Wicked is the story of these two unlikely
friends and how they end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda
the Good Witch.
Based on the novel
‘Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West’
by Gregory Maguire. In London Wicked stars Idina Menzel, who
is recreating her Tony Award-winning Broadway performance as Elphaba,
Helen Dallimore, who made her West End debut as Glinda, Adam Garcia
as Fiyero, Miriam Margolyes as Madame Morrible, Nigel Planer as The
Wizard, Martin Ball as Doctor Dillamond, James Gillan as Boq and Katie
Rowley Jones as Nessarose. From January 2007 the role of Elphaba will
be played by Kerry Ellis.
Wicked has won fifteen major awards, including a Grammy and
three Tonys, Wicked has played to over two million people since
opening at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway in October 2003. The musical
is also playing to sell-out audiences in Chicago and on a record-breaking
North American tour.
Student Standby Rate
Best available
seats £25 from 10.00am on the day of the performance in
person at the Box Office with ID*.Tickets are sold subject to
availability and at the discretion of the Box Office Duty Manager.
One ticket per ID. Student tickets are not available at any Saturday
7.30pm performance. *NUS card, International Student Identity
Card (ISIC) or International Youth Travel Card (IYTC).
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