Wicked, "one of the most successful musicals of all time" (BBC News), has announced a major 10-city 2023-2025 UK & Ireland Tour. The spectacular, multi-record-breaking, and critically acclaimed touring production will fly back to The Bristol Hippodrome for just over a month from Tuesday 23 January to Sunday 25 February 2024.
Wicked sold over 140,000 tickets across its two celebrated previous engagements in 2015 and 2018.
Tickets will go on public sale from 10am on Monday 30 January 2023 at www.atgtickets.com/venues/bristol-hippodrome/.
The West End and Broadway musical phenomenon, that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, continues its open-ended run at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, where it has already been seen by more than 11 million people and is now in its 17th year.
Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked imagines a beguiling backstory and future possibilities to the lives of L. Frank Baum's beloved characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and 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.
With a touring cast, orchestra, company and crew of 82 people, and a further 20 people employed locally, "the blockbuster stage show" (Edinburgh Evening News) played to sold-out audiences during two previous tours of the UK & Ireland, winning the BroadwayWorld UK Award for 'Best Touring Production'. Casting is to be announced.
Wicked Executive Producer, (UK & Ireland) Michael McCabe, said: "We are proud to be bringing Wicked back to the magnificent Bristol Hippodrome where incredible audiences greeted us during two previous sold-out engagements. We're excited to have this opportunity to share once again the spectacle, magic and emotion that has created unforgettable memories for audiences in Bristol and all around the world."
Ben Phillips, Theatre Director of The Bristol Hippodrome, adds: "It is an absolute pleasure to have this gravity-defying performance back in Bristol once again. I was the Theatre Director for several years of the Apollo Victoria Theatre, Wicked's London home, so this show holds a very special place in my heart and welcoming it to my current venue is like being reunited with a dear friend."
Wicked has already been seen by more than 60 million people worldwide and 2023 marks the 20th Anniversary Year of its Broadway premiere. Productions continue on Broadway, in the West End and on tour across North America. Wicked will also return to Sydney, Australia and Tokyo, Japan in 2023.
Wicked features songs by multi-Oscar and Grammy Award winner Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, The Prince of Egypt, Disney's Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Enchanted). It is based on the multi-million 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 (creator of the landmark American television series My So-Called Life). Musical staging is by Tony Award-winner Wayne Cilento with direction by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello.
Wicked is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Stage Productions, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone. The Executive Producer (UK & Ireland) is Michael McCabe.
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