Wicked announced its full new London cast who are set to begin performances at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre on Tuesday 25 March 2025. Leading the company are Emma Kingston (Heathers: The Musical) as Elphaba, opposite West End sensation Zizi Strallen (Mary Poppins) as Glinda.The current 2024 / 25 company's final performance will take place on Sunday 23 March 2025.
Tickets: here.
Wicked London welcomes back Carl Man (& Juliet) as Fiyero. Carl played Fiyero to sensational reviews across the UK and Ireland 2023 – 2025 tour, having previously covered the role in London's 15th-anniversary cast. Sarah Ingram (whose many and varied credits include Legally Blonde: The Musical through to Richard III) joins the principal cast as Madame Morrible alongside Michael Matus (known for his Oliver Award-winning relationship with the RSC and musicals including Singin' in the Rain and Stephen Schwartz's The Baker's Wife) as The Wizard. Wicked marks the fourth production that Sarah and Michael have worked on together. Hannah Qureshi (Hamilton) will star as Nessarose, David McKechnie (Standing at the Sky's Edge) as Doctor Dillamond and Ross Carpenter (Book of Mormon) as Boq. Laura Emmitt (Frozen: The Musical) returns to Wicked London as Alternate Elphaba having previously covered the role in the West End and Lydia Gerrard (The Phantom of The Opera, UK & Ireland Tour) joins as Standby for Glinda having covered the role on the recent tour.
The 2025/6 company is completed by Iroy Abesamis, Zac Adlam, Steph Asamoah, Meg Astin, Rebecca Bowden, Shaun Chambers, Erin Gisele Chapman, Grace Durkin, Onyemachi Ejimofor, Aaron Elijah, Aimee Hodnett, Nat Ingham, Holly Lawrence, Jemima Loddy, Josh Lovell, Rory Maguire, PaddyJoe Martin, JoJo Meredith, Ayden Morgan, Rina Punwani, Abbie Quinnen, Jemma Revell, Jeanie Ryan, Charlotte Anne Steen, Chris Tarsey, Hannah Taylor, James Titchener and Jacob Young.
Emma Kingston's theatre credits include: The Purists (Kiln Theatre), The Band's Visit (Donmar Warehouse); Carousel (Kilworth House); Heathers: The Musical (The Other Palace); Evita (International Tour); Children of Eden (Cadogan Hall); The Last 5 Years (Minack Theatre); Fiddler on the Roof (Chichester Festival Theatre); In the Heights (King's Cross Theatre/Southwark Playhouse); Les Misérables (Queen's Theatre); Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Grease (UK Tours). Her television credits include Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand; and for film, BKLYN The Musical (Lambert Jackson) and Been So Long (Netflix).
Zizi Strallen is best known for playing Mary Poppins in Cameron Mackintosh's West End production at the Prince Edward Theatre, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Other stage credits include; Cake (The Other Palace and Lyric Theatre); Nine (The Hopemill); Rock Follies (Chichester Festival Theatre); Oklahoma in Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Sunset Boulevard (Royal Albert Hall); Follies (National Theatre); Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre); Pippin (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Matthew Bourne's The Carman (Royal Albert Hall); CATS (London Palladium); Hairspray (Leicester Curve); Rock of Ages (Shaftesbury Theatre); Merrily We Roll Along (Menier Chocolate Factory and Harold Pinter Theater); Dirty Dancing (Aldwych Theatre); The Music Man (Chichester Festival Theatre). Screen work includes: CATS (universal and working title); Dinotopia (Hallmark); Victoria and Albert (ITV); and Bramwell (ITV).