WICKED to welcome back Mark Curry as The Wizard

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The West End production of hit musical Wicked will welcome back Mark Curry as The Wizard from 18 October, it has been announced, with Gary Wilmot playing his final performance in the role at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on 16 October 2022.

Actor, broadcaster, and former Blue Peter presenter Mark Curry previously played The Wizard as part of the 10th Anniversary London cast in 2016/17.

Curry said: “I’m thrilled to be returning to Oz after 5 years away and to have this opportunity to play The Wizard again in the incredible Wicked. I look forward to joining this brilliant cast and working again with the fantastic creative team and producers.”

Wicked currently stars Lucie Jones as Elphaba), Helen Woolf as Glinda, Ryan Reid as Fiyero, Sophie-Louise Dann as Madame Morrible, Carina Gillespie as Nessarose, Nicholas McLean as Boq, Simeon Truby as Doctor Dillamond, Amy Webb (Standby for Elphaba), and Lisa-Anne Wood (Standby for Glinda).

Completing the cast are Yuki Abe, Kofi Aidoo-Appiah, Meg Astin, Alishia-Marie Blake, Pàje Campbell, Michael Colbourne, Fergus Dale, Nolan Edwards, Nicola Espallardo, Danny Fogarty, Laura Harrison, Amie Hibbert, Lucie Horsfall, Samuel How, Christian Knight, Nick Len, Jasmine Leung, Maggie Lynne, Rhidian Marc, PaddyJoe Martin, Jessica-Alice McCluskey, Stacey McGuire, Harry Mills, Lewis Newton, Natalie Spriggs, Samantha Thomas, Joe Thompson-Oubari and James Titchener.

The above cast is subject to change from 7 March 2023.

Wicked has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and is based on the bestselling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. The book is written by Winnie Holzman, with musical staging by Wayne Cilento, and direction by Joe Mantello.

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