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Emma Kingston and Zizi Strallen lead West End Wickedness
A West End change for Wicked…
The West End stage musical production of Wicked, that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has announced its full new London cast who are set to begin performances at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre on Tuesday 25 March 2025.
Leading the company are Emma Kingston as Elphaba, opposite West End sensation Zizi Strallen as Glinda. The current 2024 / 25 company’s final performance will take place on Sunday 23 March 2025.
Wicked London welcomes back Carl Man as Fiyero. Carl played Fiyero to sensational reviews across the UK and Ireland 2023 – 2025 tour, having previously covered the role in London’s 15th-anniversary cast.
Sarah Ingram joins the principal cast as Madame Morrible alongside Michael Matus as The Wizard. Wicked marks the fourth production that Sarah and Michael have worked on together.
Hannah Qureshi will star as Nessarose, David McKechnie as Doctor Dillamond and Ross Carpenter as Boq. Laura Emmitt returns to Wicked London as Alternate Elphaba having previously covered the role in the West End and Lydia Gerrard joins as Standby for Glinda having covered the role on the recent tour.
The 2025/6 company is completed by Iroy Abesamis, Zac Adlam, Steph Asamoah, Meg Astin, Rebecca Bowden, Shaun Chambers, Erin Gisele Chapman, Grace Durkin, Onyemachi Ejimofor, Aaron Elijah, Aimee Hodnett, Nat Ingham, Holly Lawrence, Jemima Loddy, Josh Lovell, Rory Maguire, PaddyJoe Martin, JoJo Meredith, Ayden Morgan, Rina Punwani, Abbie Quinnen, Jemma Revell, Jeanie Ryan, Charlotte Anne Steen, Chris Tarsey, Hannah Taylor, James Titchener and Jacob Young.
Wicked opened in London in 2006 and is already the 10th longest-running West End production in history. Winner of more than 100 global awards, the production has now been seen by more than 12 million people in London alone and celebrated its 7000th performance at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on Friday 15 November 2024.
Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s celebrated stage musical is based on the acclaimed novel by Gregory Maguire and imagines a beguiling backstory and future possibilities to the lives of L. Frank Baum’s beloved characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Wicked 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’.
Wicked has music and lyrics by multi-Oscar® and Grammy® Award winner Stephen Schwartz. Musical staging is by Tony Award® winner Wayne Cilento with direction by two-time Tony Award® winner Joe Mantello.
The Apollo Victoria Theatre, Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1L
