Wicked

Wicked is a musical with a book by Winnie Holzman and music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, playing at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London. It follows the early years of two students who become the sorceresses later known as Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West.

The musical is based on the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, which reimagines the characters of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by giving them a background and a future of their own. Stephen Schwartz wrote the score and lyrics, and Winnie Holzman wrote the book, so the story is sung throughout rather than spoken between numbers. The production is one of the longest-running in the West End and has collected more than 100 awards worldwide.

The London company is led by Emma Kingston as Elphaba and Zizi Strallen as Glinda, with Carl Man as Fiyero and Sarah Ingram as Madame Morrible. Michael Matus plays The Wizard, while Hannah Qureshi takes the role of Nessarose, David McKechnie plays Doctor Dillamond, and Ross Carpenter plays Boq. Critics have praised the wit of the songs and the costumes, and the show is staged at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on Wilton Road, a venue used for large-scale musicals and shows.