WICKED announces major UK & Ireland tour opening 2023

West End and Broadway phenomenon Wicked will embark on a major 10-city 2023-2025 UK & Ireland Tour, opening at the Edinburgh Playhouse on 7 December 2023, it has been announced today.

The spectacular, multi-record-breaking and critically acclaimed touring production will then travel to Bristol, Birmingham, Bradford, Southampton, Liverpool, Dublin, Sunderland, Cardiff and Manchester, where it will conclude at the Palace Theatre for Christmas 2024/5. The West End and Broadway musical phenomenon, which tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, continues its open-ended run at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre, where it has already been seen by more than 11 million people and is now in its 17th year.

Executive Producer (UK & Ireland) of Wicked, Michael McCabe, said: “We’re delighted to be embarking on this third tour of the UK & Ireland and taking Wicked back to 10 incredible theatres in England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland where sold-out audiences previously greeted us so ecstatically. We’re excited to have this opportunity to share once again the spectacle, magic and emotion that has created unforgettable memories for audiences everywhere.”

Wicked features songs by multi-Oscar and Grammy Award winner Stephen Schwartz, and is based on the multi-million copy best-selling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. The show 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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