WICKED announces 2025/26 West End cast led by Emma Kingston and Zizi Strallen
Photo credit: Matt Crockett
Wicked UK has announced its new London cast who are set to begin performances at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre on 25 March.
Leading the company are Emma Kingston (Heathers: The Musical) as Elphaba, opposite West End sensation Zizi Strallen (Mary Poppins) as Glinda. The current 2024/25 company’s final performance will take place on 23 March.
Wicked London welcomes back Carl Man (& Juliet) as Fiyero, who played to sensational reviews across the UK and Ireland 2023-2025 tour, having previously covered the role in London’s 15th-anniversary cast. Sarah Ingram (Legally Blonde: The Musical) joins the principal cast as Madame Morrible, alongside Michael Matus (The Baker’s Wife) as The Wizard. Hannah Qureshi (Hamilton) will star as Nessarose, with David McKechnie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge) as Doctor Dillamond, and Ross Carpenter (The Book of Mormon) as Boq. Laura Emmitt (Frozen) returns to Wicked London as the Alternate Elphaba having previously covered the role in the West End, and Lydia Gerrard (The Phantom of the Opera, UK & Ireland Tour) 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 has music and lyrics by multi-Oscar® and Grammy® Award winner Stephen Schwartz. It is based on the multimillion-copy best-selling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire and is written by Emmy® and Tony Award® nominee Winnie Holzman, with musical staging by Tony Award® winner Wayne Cilento, and direction by two-time Tony Award® winner Joe Mantello.
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