On Friday September 7, the record-breaking hit musical Wicked celebrates the anniversary of its
first public performance at London's Apollo Victoria
Theatre. Wicked enters its second year decisively
established as one the West End's most popular
and successful musicals:
Wicked has grossed
over 28 million at the Box Office in just 52 weeks, grossing an average of
540,000 a week, and the London production has already been seen by over
800,000 theatregoers. Wicked has
continuously broken Box Office records, achieving the highest recorded weekly
gross in West End theatre history (873,020) in December 2006.
Wicked stars Kerry
Ellis as Elphaba, Dianne Pilkington as Glinda, Oliver Tompsett as Fiyero, Susie
Blake as Madame Morrible, Nigel Planer as The Wizard, James Gillan as Boq, Andy
Mace as Doctor Dillamond and Katie Rowley Jones as Nessarose.
Based on Gregory Maguire's best-selling novel, the
spellbinding Wicked tells the
incredible untold story of an extraordinary friendship between two girls: the
blonde and popular Glinda and the misunderstood green girl, Elphaba, whose
destiny is to become the Wicked Witch of the West.
The Apollo
Victoria Theatre
is located at Wilton Road,
London, SW1V 1LG. Wicked
is booking now through September 27, 2008.
For tickets (15-60) call Ticketmaster 0870 4000 751 or for tickets or
information visit www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk
Performance times are Monday to Saturday 7:30PM; matinees
Wednesday & Saturday 2:30PM. There
are no performances December 24 or 25, 2007.
Extra holiday matinees on December 27 & 28, January 3.
Photo of Kerry Ellis, London's Elphaba