Wicked, the stage musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has released ‘First Look’ production photography ahead of the 2025/26 West End company. The new cast, led by Emma Kingston as Elphaba and Zizi Strallen as Glinda, will begin performances at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre on Tuesday, 25 March 2025. The current 2024/25 company’s final performance will take place on Sunday, 23 March 2025.
From Tuesday, 25 March 2025, the London company will star Emma Kingston (Elphaba), Zizi Strallen (Glinda), Carl Man (Fiyero), Sarah Ingram (Madame Morrible), Michael Matus (The Wizard), Hannah Qureshi (Nessarose), David McKechnie (Doctor Dillamond), and Ross Carpenter (Boq). Laura Emmitt will be the Alternate Elphaba, and Lydia Gerrard will be the Standby for Glinda.
“One of the most successful musicals of all time” (BBC News), Wicked opened in London in 2006 and is already the 10th longest-running West End production in history. Winner of more than 100 global awards, the production has now been seen by more than 12 million people in London alone and celebrated its 7000th performance at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on Friday, 15 November 2024.
Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s celebrated stage musical is based on the acclaimed novel by Gregory Maguire. It imagines a beguiling backstory and future possibilities to the lives of L. Frank Baum’s beloved characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Wicked reveals the decisions and events that shape the destinies of two unlikely university friends on their journey to becoming ‘Glinda The Good’ and the ‘Wicked Witch of the West’.
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 written by Emmy® and Tony Award® nominee Winnie Holzman. Musical staging is by Tony Award® winner Wayne Cilento with direction by two-time Tony Award® winner Joe Mantello.
Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman have collaborated on the two-part Universal Pictures film version of Wicked, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Part 1 of the blockbuster opened on November 22nd, 2024, and has become the highest-grossing film based on a stage musical in history. Wicked: For Good will be released in the UK on November 21, 2025.
Performances continue Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm, and Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2.30pm. The following eleven added shows are also on sale, including Christmas 2025: Thursday, 17 April 2:30pm, Thursday, 7 August 2:30pm, Thursday, 21 August 2:30pm, Thursday, 30 October 2:30pm, Friday, 19 December 2:30pm, and Monday, 22 December 7:30pm, Tuesday, 23 December 2:30pm, Monday, 29 December 2:30pm & 7:30 pm, Tuesday, 30 December 2.30pm 2025 and Friday, 2 January 2:30pm 2026.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
