Wicked Australian Production
National Tour Dates and Reviews
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. The story is loosely based on the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, a parallel novel of the 1939 film of L. Frank Baum’s classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz. Wicked tells the story of Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, and her relationship with Galinda, later Glinda, the Good Witch of the North (in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz novel, Glinda is the Good Witch of the South). Their friendship struggles through their opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, their reactions to the Wizard’s corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba’s public fall from grace. The plot begins before and continues after Dorothy’s arrival from Kansas, and includes several references to the events depicted in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz as a backstory.
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Tour Details
The cities, theatres, and dates for the tour are as follows:
Melbourne 10 May 2014 –
Regent Theatre Melbourne
Sydney 20 September – 30 January 2015
Capitol Theatre Sydney
Brisbane 12 February – April 12 2015
Lyric Theatre Brisbane
Perth From 7 May – 7 June 2015
Crown Theatre Perth
Please Note Tour Dates/Tour Cast are all Subject to Change without notice check your daily press.
Cast
Lucy Durack – Glinda (Sydney)
Suzie Mathers – Glinda (Brisbane & Perth)
Jemma Rix – Elphaba
Steve Danielsen – Fiyero
Reg Livermore – The Wizard (Sydney)
Simon Gallaher – (Briasbane & Perth)
Maggie Kirkpatrick – Madame Morrible
Glen Hogstrom – Dr Dillamond
Emily Cascarino – Nessarose
Edward Grey – Boq
Ali Calder – Elphaba Standby
Justin Anderson – Ensemble
Daniel Assetta – Swing
Dion Bilios – Ensemble
Rachel Cole – Swing
Danielle Cook – Ensemble
Daniel Downing – Swing
Danielle Evrat – Ensemble
Mitch Fistrovic – Ensemble
Tom Handley – Ensemble
Emma Hawthorne – Ensemble
Matt Holly – Chistery
Angela Lumicisi – Midwife
Kassie Martin – Swing
Katie McKee – Ensemble
John O’Hara – Witch’s Father
Deanna O’Leary – Swing/Dance Captain
Joseph O’Sullivan – Swing
Justine Puy – Ensemble
Christopher Scalzo – Ensemble
Pharis Scott – Ensemble
Ryan Sheppard – Ensemble/Dance Captain
Ellen Sutton – Witch’s Mother
Monica Swayne – Ensemble
Sophie Wright – Ensemble
