{"id":1155932,"date":"2017-10-02T10:26:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T09:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8ce250469d.nxcli.io\/?p=1155932"},"modified":"2020-08-23T00:33:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T23:33:08","slug":"wicked-celebrates-twelfth-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2017\/10\/02\/wicked-celebrates-twelfth-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked celebrates twelfth year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wicked, the smash hit musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, flies into its 12th year at London\u2019s Apollo Victoria Theatre. The much-loved musical will become the 15th longest running show in London theatre history on 19th October 2017, when it surpasses the run of We Will Rock You.<\/p>\n<p>In celebration of the production\u2019s birthday, a series of stunning new principal cast portraits, by photographer Darren Bell, have been released.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1155933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1155933\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1155933\" src=\"https:\/\/8ce250469d.nxcli.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WickedInner1.jpg\" alt=\"Wicked\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WickedInner1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WickedInner1-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1155933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Darren Bell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wicked has already played more than 4,500 performances, been seen by over 8 million people in London alone and won over 100 major awards around the world, including 10 theatregoer-voted WhatsOnStage Awards and two Olivier Audience Awards in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Wicked currently stars Alice Fearn (Elphaba), Sophie Evans (Glinda), Bradley Jaden (Fiyero), Melanie La Barrie (Madame Morrible), Andy Hockley (The Wizard), Martin Ball (Doctor Dillamond), Sarah McNicholas (Nessarose), Jack Lansbury (Boq), Laura Pick (Standby for Elphaba) and Carina Gillespie (Standby for Glinda).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1155934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1155934\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1155934\" src=\"https:\/\/8ce250469d.nxcli.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WickedInner2.jpg\" alt=\"Wicked\" width=\"640\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WickedInner2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WickedInner2-132x150.jpg 132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1155934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Darren Bell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While continuing its open-ended London run, the spectacular and multi record-breaking UK &amp; Ireland touring production returns from 31st January 2018, visiting Bristol, Liverpool, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Dublin, Sunderland, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the acclaimed, best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire that ingeniously re-imagines the stories and characters created by L. Frank Baum in \u2018The Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u2019, 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.<\/p>\n<p>Book tickets through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifteenth longest-running West End show (to date) has new images by Darren Bell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1155935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[675],"tags":[1708,17690],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.6 (Yoast SEO v22.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wicked celebrates twelfth year - 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