Wicked announces new casting at the West End's Apollo Victoria Theatre

New casting has been announced for the West End production of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. From Monday 24th July, Alice Fearn will take on the role of Elphaba, having been standby for the role for the last 9 months. She is joined by Sophie Evans as Glinda, Bradley Jaden as Fiyero, Melanie La Barrie as Madame Morrible, Andy Hockley as The Wizard, and Jack Lansbury as Boq. Current cast members Martin Ball (Doctor Dillamond), Sarah McNicholas (Nessarose) and Carina Gillespie (Standby for Glinda) continue in their roles, with Laura Pick joining the cast as the new Standby for Elphaba.

They will be joined by Jennie Abbotts, Ashley Birchall, Nicole Carlisle, Nicholas Corre, Conor Crown, Kerry Enright, Aimée Fisher, Joseph Fletcher, Alexandra Grierson, Katy Hanna, Tom Andrew Hargreaves, Olivia Kate Holding, Claudia Kariuki, Will Lucas, James McHugh, Danny Michaels, Ellie Mitchell, Rosa O'Reilly, Matt Parsons, Alex Pinder, Sam Robinson, Paulo Teixeira, Samantha Thomas, Hannah Toy, Russell Walker, Sasha Wareham and Libby Watts.

Current cast members Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba), Suzie Mathers (Glinda), Oliver Savile (Fiyero), Sue Kelvin (Madame Morrible), Mark Curry (The Wizard) and Idriss Kargbo (Boq) will all play their final performances on Saturday 22 July 2017. 

Read our interview with the West End's current Elphaba, Willemijn Verkaik, here.

Acclaimed as "one of the West End's true modern classics" (Metro), WICKED is now in its 11th smash hit year at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, where it is already the 17th longest running show in West End theatre history. The "hugely popular show" (The Times) is a three-time winner of the theatregoer-voted WhatsOnStage Award for 'Best West End Show' and a two-time winner of the Olivier Audience Award. The critically acclaimed and multi record-breaking UK & Ireland Tour returns from 31 January 2018, visiting Bristol, Liverpool, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Dublin, Sunderland, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester.

Based on the acclaimed, best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire that ingeniously re-imagines the stories and characters created by L. Frank Baum in 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', WICKED tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two sorcery students. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.