Venue: Apollo Victoria Theatre London
Show Times:
Duration: 2hrs 45mins, including 1 interval
Admission: Recommended age 8+. The theatre will not admit children under 4. This production includes stage smoke.
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Our Review of Wicked
Wicked is based on a novel book by Gregory Maguire. It is in most respects a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, mostly set before Dorothy dropped in. It describes the back story of the two witches, Glinda the Good, and the Wicked Witch of the West, here named Elphaba. Glinda is a self-obsessed, peachy, popular blonde, and Elphaba a marginalised misfit with lurid green skin. They meet at the University of Shiz, Oz, which bears no accidental resemblance to Hogwarts. Their love-hate relationship paves the way for two very different paths, both influenced by an illuminating meeting with the not-so-wonderful Wizard of Oz. Elphaba and Glinda both achieve their reputation more through turn of circumstance than character. The story shows that even in Oz, things aren’t black and white.

The idea of Wicked is an interesting one. It is magnificently set and well performed by most of its actors. It occasionally over-indulges in its morals, but the production will work such a spell on its viewers, especially the teenage girls among them, you’ll not notice you’ve been morally edified.
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Wicked Trailer - A Taste of the Show
List of Characters
Elphaba - Destined to become the Wicked Witch of the West. A misfit child with lurid green skin, who becomes a marginalised young woman, but with strange magical powers
Galdina - Destined to become Glinda the Good Witch of the North. A pretty, popular blonde at university, Galinda is used to having everything her own way
Fiyero - A young man who attracts the attentions of first one, then both, of the two young witches
Madame Morrible - The sorcery teacher at the university
Dr. Dillamond - The only animal teacher at the university
The Wizard - The wonderful, and mighty Wizard of Oz, it is Elphaba’s dream to one day join him
Nessarose - Elphaba’s infirm sister, and much the most loved
Boq - A Munchkin besotted with Galinda from the first time he sees her
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