WEST END HIT WICKED EXTENDS BOOKING
Tony, Olivier & Grammy Award-winning musical
now booking to Sunday 27 November 2022
Wednesday 2.30pm shows begin this week
Six extra Christmas 2021 shows added
www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk
Wicked, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is pleased to announce that an additional 500,000 new tickets are now on sale, with booking extended to Sunday 27 November 2022.
Following its “triumphant return to the London stage” (Independent) on 15 September 2021, Wicked will also play Wednesday matinees at 2.30pm beginning this week (27 October 2021) and has added six extra Christmas shows: Tuesday 21 December 2:30pm, Friday 24 December 2.30pm, Monday 27 December 2:30pm & 7:30pm, Thursday 30 December 2:30pm and Friday 31 December 2.30pm 2021.
Now in its landmark 16th year, Wicked plays Tuesday-Saturday evening performances at 7.30pm with matinees on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2.30pm. Visit www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk for information and tickets.
Wicked currently stars Laura Pick (Elphaba), Sophie Evans* (Glinda), Alistair Brammer (Fiyero), Kim Ismay (Madame Morrible), Andy Hockley (The Wizard), Carina Gillespie (Nessarose), Nicholas McLean (Boq), Simeon Truby (Doctor Dillamond), Amy Webb (Standby for Elphaba), Charli Baptie** (Standby for Glinda), Meg Astin, Rebecca Botterill, Lauren Brooke, Grace Chapman***, Michael Colbourne, Conor Crown, Lewis Easter, Nolan Edwards, Joseph Fletcher, Fraser Fraser, Rebecca Gilliland, Lucie Horsfall, Nick Len, Will Lucas, Nicole Lupino, Stuart Maciver, Carl Man, Rhidian Marc, Jessica-Alice McCluskey, Stacey McGuire, Emmie Ray, Natalie Spriggs, Scott Sutcliffe, Genevieve Taylor, Samantha Thomas****, Grant Thresh, James Titchener, Libby Watts, Chiarina Woodall and Tom Woollaston. Cast subject to change from 1 February 2022.
*Maternity cover for Helen Woolf. **Maternity cover for Lisa-Anne Wood. ***Maternity cover for Maggie Lynne.
****Maternity cover for Joanna Sawyer.
Already the 9th longest running West End musical of all time, Wicked has been “wowing London audiences for 15 years” (Sky News) and has now been seen by more than 10 million people in London alone (and 60 million worldwide). “The global sensation”(Independent) is the winner of over 100 major international awards, including three Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy Award and ten theatregoer voted WhatsOnStage Awards (including ‘Best New Musical’ and three for ‘Best West End Show’).
Wicked imagines a beguiling backstory and future possibilities to the lives of L. Frank Baum’s beloved characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and reveals the decisions and events that shape the destinies of two unlikely university friends on their journey to becoming Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Wickedhas music and lyrics by Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award winner Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, The Prince of Egypt, Disney’s Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Enchanted and its forthcoming sequel Disenchanted). It is based on the bestselling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire and written by Emmy and Tony Award nominee Winnie Holzman, creator of the landmark American television series My So-Called Life. Musical staging is by Tony Award-winner Wayne Cilento with direction by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello.
Wicked is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Stage Productions, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone. Executive Producer (UK) Michael McCabe.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire is published in the UK by Headline (the book is recommended for readers aged 16+). Wicked: The Grimmerie, a behind-the-scenes look at the musical by David Cote, is published in the UK by Hyperion.
Audience Protocols
The Apollo Victoria Theatre, owned and operated by the Ambassador Theatre Group, maintains stringent public health and COVID-secure audience protocols throughout the venue. On arrival, as well as showing an eTicket, audience members over 18 will be required to show an NHS COVID Pass* detailing either Full Vaccination, a Negative PCR/LF Test OR Natural Immunity. The venue also operates cashless payments (including Apple Pay and Google Pay) and at-seat ordering/delivery as well as enhanced cleaning practices and increased air flow. Sanitation stations are available throughout the theatre, including at entry doors.
All theatre staff wear face coverings, and, for the safety of all patrons, it is expected that audience members wear face coverings when entering and moving around the venue and while seated.
*Or equivalent documentation issued in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or Non-UK.
For full information, please visit www.atgtickets.com/help/health-and-safety/
The Apollo Victoria Theatre, Wilton Road, London SW1V 1LG
Official UK website: www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk
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The Grammy Award-winning Original Broadway Cast recording on Decca Broadway
The Rubens at the Palace is the official hotel partner of Wicked London www.rubenshotel.com