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Full cast announced for WICKED UK tour 2024!

Wicked the smash hit theatre show is going on a UK tour in 2023/24. 

Based on the acclaimed novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked imagines a beguiling backstory to the lives of L. Frank Baum’s beloved characters, and reveals the magic that shaped the destinies of two unlikely friends on their remarkable journey to becoming Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

With music and lyrics by multi-Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award winner Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, The Prince of Egypt, The Hunchback of Notre Dame) and a book by Tony Award-nominee Winnie Holzman, Wicked is currently the 12th longest running show in West End history, having been seen at the Apollo Victoria Theatre London by over eleven million people. 

The cast is confirmed as Laura Pick (Elphaba), Sarah O’Connor (Glinda), Carl Man (Fiyero), Donna Berlin (Madame Morrible), Simeon Truby (The Wizard and Doctor Dillamond), Jed Berry (Boq), Megan Gardiner (Nessarose), Casey Al-Shaqsy (Standby for Elphaba), Thomas Charles, Julie Cloke, Charlotte Coggin, Freddie Conway, Áine Curran, Jade Davies, Kamau Davis, Russell Dickson, Maddison Firth, Lydia Gerrard, James Gower-Smith, Shoko Ito, Holly Lawrence, Nick Len, Stephanie Lindo, Will Lucas, Will Luckett, Rozz Mbwembwe, Georgia McElwee, Conor O’Hara, Shereen Osman, Stuart Rouse, Christina Shand, Adam Stickler, and Frazer Woolcott.

Laura Pick (Elphaba), Carl Man (Fiyero), Simeon Truby (The Wizard and Doctor Dillamond), Nick Len, and Will Lucas have all previously appeared in the West End production of Wicked.

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Wicked UK Tour Cast Revealed

WICKED will fly to cities in England, Scotland, Wales, and the Republic of Ireland from 7 December 2023 and producers today announce that Sarah O’Connor ( Glinda ), Donna Berlin ( Madame Morrible ), Jed Berry ( Boq ), Megan Gardiner ( Nessarose ), and Casey Al-Shaqsy (Standby for Elphaba ) will join the previously announced Laura Pick ( Elphaba ), Carl Man ( Fiyero ), and Simeon Truby ( The Wizard and Doctor Dillamond ).

The full cast for all tour dates is confirmed as Laura Pick ( Elphaba ), Sarah O’Connor ( Glinda ), Carl Man ( Fiyero ), Donna Berlin ( Madame Morrible ), Simeon Truby ( The Wizard and Doctor Dillamond ), Jed Berry ( Boq ), Megan Gardiner ( Nessarose ), Casey Al-Shaqsy (Standby for Elphaba ), Thomas Charles, Julie Cloke, Charlotte Coggin, Freddie Conway, Áine Curran, Jade Davies, Kamau Davis, Russell Dickson, Maddison Firth, Lydia Gerrard, James Gower-Smith, Shoko Ito, Holly Lawrence, Nick Len, Stephanie Lindo, Will Lucas, Will Luckett, Rozz Mbwembwe, Georgia McElwee, Conor O’Hara, Shereen Osman, Stuart Rouse, Christina Shand, Adam Stickler, and Frazer Woolcott.

Laura Pick ( Elphaba ), Carl Man ( Fiyero ), Simeon Truby ( The Wizard and Doctor Dillamond ), Nick Len, and Will Lucas have all previously appeared in the West End production of Wicked, which continues its open-ended run at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre where it is now flying into its incredible 18 th year.

Wicked UK Executive Producer Michael McCabe said: “ As we embark on this third tour of cities in England, Scotland, Wales, and the Republic of Ireland, we’re delighted to announce a truly stellar cast of 33, led by Laura Pick and Sarah O’Connor as Elphaba and Glinda, who form part of the 100+ company that will be delivering all the spectacle and magic of this gigantic production on stage and behind the scenes.”

The 2023-2025 Wicked tour opens at the Edinburgh Playhouse on 7 December 2023 and continues to Bristol, Birmingham, Bradford, Southampton, Liverpool, Dublin, Sunderland, Cardiff, and Manchester. Tickets are now on sale at all venues. For full details and booking visit www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk

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The must-see musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz is already the 12 th longest-running production in West End history. Wicked has won over 100 awards, including three Tony Awards; six Drama Desk Awards; two Olivier Awards; eleven WhatsOnStage Awards; six Australian Helpmann Awards, and a   Grammy.

Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman ’s musical, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire , imagines a beguiling backstory and future possibilities to the lives of L. Frank Baum’s beloved characters from ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’, revealing 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 now been seen by 65 million people worldwide, and 2023 marks the 20 th Anniversary of its Broadway premiere. Productions continue on Broadway, in the West End, and on tour across North America. This year, Wicked also returns to Sydney, Australia and Tokyo, Japan. The two-part Universal Pictures film version of Wicked, directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, is in production.

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 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 (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. Executive Producer (UK & Ireland) Michael McCabe.

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Wicked releases first look photos for UK and Ireland tour

The “Popular” musical is flying out on a new tour!

Wicked has released production images for the new tour – set to visit cities in England, Scotland, Wales, and the Republic of Ireland from December 2023.

The production will be led by former Wicked star Laura Pick as Elphaba, with Sarah O’Connor ( Frozen) as Glinda and another Wicked alum Carl Man as Fiyero, as well as Simeon Truby as Doctor Dillamond and the Wizard.

Joining them are   Donna Berlin ( The Way Old Friends Do) as Madame Morrible , Jed Berry/Daniel Hope (Hope will cover for Berry while he recovers from an injury sustained before rehearsals) as Boq , Megan Gardiner ( Allegiance) as Nessarose and Casey Al- Sha qsy (Six) as Standby for Elphaba.

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Completing the cast are Thomas Charles, Julie Cloke, Charlotte Coggin, Freddie Conway, Áine Curran, Jade Davies, Kamau Davis, Russell Dickson, Maddison Firth, Lydia Gerrard, James Gower-Smith, Shoko Ito, Holly Lawrence, Nick Len, Stephanie Lindo, Will Lucas, Will Luckett, Rozz Mbwembwe, Georgia McElwee, Conor O’Hara, Shereen Osman, Stuart Rouse, Christina Shand, Adam Stickler, and Frazer Woolcott.

The UK and Ireland tour of Wicked will open on 7 December at the Edinburgh Playhouse and continue to Bristol, Birmingham, Bradford, Southampton, Liverpool, Dublin, Sunderland, Cardiff, and Manchester.

Wicked tells the untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two young women who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba. It features hit songs such as “Defying Gravity,” “Popular,” and “For Good.”

With tunes penned by   Stephen Schwartz ( The Prince of Egypt, Enchanted ), it is based on the best-selling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West   by Gregory Maguire and written by Emmy nominee Winnie Holzman ( My So-Called Life ) . Musical staging is by Wayne Cilento with direction by Joe Mantello .

Scenic design is by Eugene Lee , costumes by Susan Hilferty , lighting by Kenneth Posner , sound by Tony Meola , projection designs by Elaine J McCarthy and Hair and Wig designs by Tom Watson . Music arrangements are by Alex Lacamoire and Stephen Oremus , with dance arrangements by James Lynn Abbott , orchestrations by William David Brohn , and musical supervision by Stephen Oremus .

T he two-part Universal Pictures film version of Wicked , directed by Jon M Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande , is in production. 

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Full cast for new tour of Wicked with Laura Pick, Sarah O’Connor & Carl Man

Full casting has been revealed for the new UK tour of hit musical Wicked.

Telling the ‘true untold story’ behind the Wizard Of Oz, Wicked will be heading across the country through to 2025.

The new tour opened at the Edinburgh Playhouse with tour stops at Bristol Hippodrome, Birmingham Hippodrome, Bradford Alhambra, Southampton Mayflower, Liverpool Empire, Dublin Bord Gais Theatre, Sunderland Empire, Cardiff Millenium Centre and Manchester Palace Theatre.

Having previously played the role in the West End, Laura Pick will lead the cast as Elphaba with Sarah O’Connor as Glinda Carl Man as Fiyero.

Joining them will be Donna Berlin as Madame Morrible, Simeon Truby as The Wizard and Doctor Dillamond, Jed Berry as Boq, Megan Gardiner as Nessarose and Casey Al-Shaqsy as Standby for Elphaba.

Completing the company are Thomas Charles, Julie Cloke, Charlotte Coggin, Freddie Conway, Áine Curran, Jade Davies, Kamau Davis, Russell Dickson, Maddison Firth, Lydia Gerrard, James Gower-Smith, Shoko Ito, Holly Lawrence, Nick Len, Stephanie Lindo, Will Lucas, Will Luckett, Rozz Mbwembwe, Georgia McElwee, Conor O’Hara, Shereen Osman, Stuart Rouse, Christina Shand, Adam Stickler and Frazer Woolcott .

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Laura Pick said: “I’m thrilled to be leading the UK & Ireland tour cast of Wicked and to be given the opportunity to continue my journey in the unique and extraordinary role of Elphaba, which first began for me in the West End in 2017.

“Wicked has been a life and career-changing show for me and I am proud to be part of the cast taking this incredible musical back to theatres across the UK and Ireland.”

The show continues to play in the West End , where it opened in 2006, and on Broadway, where it will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year.

The magical tale of Wicked reveals the ‘true untold story’ behind the Wizard Of Oz and just what happened before Dorothy dropped in. Featuring some of musical theatre’s most iconic songs, such as Defying Gravity, Wicked will send your spirits soaring to heights you’ll never forget.

Alongside the tour, West End and Broadway runs, a long-awaited film adaptation is also in the works.

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Laura Pick Will Lead UK and Ireland Tour Cast of WICKED

The touring production opens this Christmas at the Edinburgh Playhouse.

WICKED will fly to cities in England, Scotland, Wales, and the Republic of Ireland from December 2023. The cast will be led by former West End 'Elphaba' Laura Pick . The touring production opens this Christmas at the Edinburgh Playhouse, where 70,000 tickets have already been sold, and continues to Bristol, Birmingham, Bradford, Southampton, Liverpool, Dublin, Sunderland, Cardiff, and Manchester. For full tour details, to book tickets, or to sign up to access priority booking, visit www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk .

Tonight, Monday 27 February 2023, Laura Pick will perform one of the musical's most iconic songs, 'Defying Gravity', as the BBC records 'Big Night of Musicals' at Manchester's AO Arena. The television broadcast of the musical extravaganza is set for the Spring.

Laura Pick (Elphaba) was born in Wakefield and trained at Mountview. She made her London stage debut in July 2013 in Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Her West End journey in Wicked began in 2017, when she was cast as the Standby for 'Elphaba'. Laura subsequently assumed the starring role full-time, playing 'Elphaba' in the West End at more than 350 performances to huge acclaim.

Laura Pick said: "I'm thrilled to be leading the UK & Ireland tour cast of Wicked and to be given the opportunity to continue my journey in the unique and extraordinary role of Elphaba, which first began for me in the West End in 2017. Wicked has been a life and career-changing show for me and I am proud to be part of the cast taking this incredible musical back to theatres across the UK and Ireland."

Michael McCabe , Executive Producer (UK & Ireland) of Wicked said: " Laura Pick 's powerhouse performance wowed West End audiences at more than 350 performances and we're excited that audiences across England, Scotland, Wales, and the Republic of Ireland will now get to experience her thrilling vocals and passionate portrayal of Elphaba."

Further casting to be announced. Laura Pick is scheduled to appear at all venues.

It takes over 100 people on-stage and behind the scenes to deliver performances of this award-winning touring production of Wicked . Featuring all the celebrated spectacle, magic, technical wizardry, and more than 350 stunning costumes, this touring production has been acclaimed as "every bit the West End show" (The Reviews Hub) and "the ultimate Broadway experience for audiences all over the UK" (The Northern Echo).

Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman 's musical, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, 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.

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 is already the 12th longest running production in West End history.

Wicked has now been seen by more than 60 million people worldwide, and 2023 marks the 20th Anniversary of its Broadway premiere. Productions continue on Broadway, in the West End and on tour across North America. This year, Wicked will also return to Sydney, Australia and Tokyo, Japan.

Wicked has won over 100 major international awards including 3 Tony Awards; 6 Drama Desk Awards; 2 Olivier Awards; 11 WhatsOnStage Awards (including 3 for 'Best West End Show'); 6 Australian Helpmann Awards, and a Grammy.

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 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 (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 .

Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman are currently collaborating on the two-part Universal Pictures film version of Wicked , directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo , Ariana Grande , Jonathan Bailey , Michelle Yeoh , and Jeff Goldblum .

Wicked is produced by Marc Platt , Universal Stage Productions , The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt , and David Stone . Executive Producer (UK & Ireland) Michael McCabe .

EDINBURGH Playhouse, Thursday 7 December 2023 - Sunday 14 January 2024

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BRISTOL Hippodrome, Tuesday 23 January 2024 - Sunday 25 February 2024

BIRMINGHAM Hippodrome, Tuesday 5 March 2024 - Sunday 7 April 2024

Tickets on public sale 11am Thursday 9 March 2023 / Birmingham Hippodrome Friends Monday 6 March 2023 / Groups 10+ Wednesday 8 March 2023

BRADFORD Alhambra Theatre, Tuesday 16 April 2024 - Sunday 19 May 2024

SOUTHAMPTON Mayflower Theatre, Thursday 23 May 2024 - Sunday 16 June 2024

LIVERPOOL Empire, Thursday 20 June 2024 - Sunday 14 July 2024

Tickets on public sale Thursday 8 June 2023 / Theatre Card holders Monday 5 June 2023 / Groups 10+ Tuesday 6 June 2023

DUBLIN Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Tuesday 23 July 2024 - Sunday 15 September 2024

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SUNDERLAND Empire, Tuesday 24 September 2024 - Sunday 20 October 2024

CARDIFF Wales Millennium Centre, Thursday 24 October 2024 - Saturday 23 November 2024

MANCHESTER Palace Theatre, Tuesday 3 December 2024 - Sunday 12 January 2025

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Hit musical Wicked , has announced its international touring cast today.

Jacqueline Hughes (Elphaba), Carly Anderson (Glinda), Bradley Jaden (Fiyero), Steven Pinder (The Wizard and Doctor Dillamond), Kim Ismay (Madame Morrible), Iddon Jones (Boq), Emily Shaw (Nessarose) and Jodie Steele (Standby for Elphaba) will lead the cast at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford from Wednesday 20 July 2016 (and on its subsequent international tour).

Wicked, which features the hit song ‘Defying Gravity’, will open at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford on Wednesday 20 July 2016 and play for 5 weeks only, until Sunday 21 August 2016. Bradford will be the only UK city to host the spectacular musical outside London in 2016. This critically acclaimed, multi record-breaking touring production will then travel directly to the MasterCard Theatres at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, where it opens on 29 September 2016. Wicked will then continue touring internationally until January 2018.

The full cast of the Wicked UK/International Tour is confirmed as follows: Jacqueline Hughes (Elphaba), Carly Anderson (Glinda), Bradley Jaden (Fiyero), Steven Pinder (The Wizard and Doctor Dillamond), Kim Ismay (Madame Morrible), Iddon Jones (Boq), Emily Shaw (Nessarose), Jodie Steele (Standby for Elphaba), Kyle Anthony, Joe Atkinson, Sam Brown, Hannah Cadec, Joel Cooper, Nicholas Corre, James Davies-Williams, Natasha Ferguson, Elizabeth Futter, Zoe George, Amy Goodwin, Alex Jordan-Mills, Stuart MacIver, Tom Mather, Stacey McGuire, Sara Morley, Emily Olive Boyd, Wendy-Lee Purdy, Dean Read, Paul Saunders, Elisha Sherman, Joshua St Clair and Hannah Veerapen.

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Wicked UK Tour – Wicked the Musical continues its tour into 2024! Ten cities will host this spectacular, award-winning touring production

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WHAT IS WICKED ABOUT?

Wicked tells the incredible story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two young women: the blonde and very popular Glinda… and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba.

Following an encounter with the wonderful wizard, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths…

Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power. While Elphaba's determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences on her future.

Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda the Good , and the Wicked Witch of the West .

WICKED UK TOUR CAST & CREATIVE

Wicked  has announced the lead casting for their 2023 – 2025 tour:

• Laura Pick – Elphaba
• Sarah O'Connor – Glinda
• Carl Man – Fiyero
• Donna Berlin – Madame Morrible
• Simeon Truby  – The Wizard / Doctor Dillamond
• Megan Gardiner – Nessarose
• Jed Berry – Boq
• Casey Al-Shaqsy – Standby for Elphaba

The company includes Thomas Charle s, Julie Cloke , Charlotte Coggin , Kamau Davis , Freddie Conway , Áine Curran , Jade Davies , Russell Dickson , Maddison Firth , Lydia Gerrard , James Gower-Smith , Shoko Ito , Nick Len , Stephanie Lindo , Holly Lawrence , Will Lucas , Will Luckett , Rozz Mbwembwe , Georgia McElwee , Conor O’Hara , Shereen Osman , Stuart Rouse , Adam Stickler , Christina Shand , and Frazer Woolcott .  

• Music by  Stephen Schwartz
• Book by  Winnie Holzman
• Directed by  Joe Mantello

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Mary Kate Morrissey

MK is honored to be the 25th woman to play Elphaba full time on Broadway. She believes in the transformative power of musical theater and its capacity to change lives for good. “Theater is like a gym for empathy” – B.English. MK spent a decade touring through 92 cities with Wicked (Elphaba), Mean Girls (Janis), and Hair (Sheila), before making her Broadway Debut last year as the Elphaba Standby. Syracuse University. Massive thanks to the best support team: Morrissey’s of 804, CGF Talent, DNW, the Glinda’s & Chistery’s who’ve seen me this far, and my leading man, Trevor. @maryspacekate

Alexandra Socha

Broadway:  Head Over Heels, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Spring Awakening  Encores!: Mabel in  Mack & Mabel, Paint Your Wagon  Off-Broadway:  Actually  (MTC),  Fun Home  (The Public, Lortel nomination),  Death Takes a Holiday  and  Dream of the Burning Boy  (Roundabout, Drama League nomination) Regional: Papermill Playhouse, Williamstown, Yale Repertory. Television: Skye on Amazon’s “Red Oaks” , “ Mrs. Maisel”, “Evil”, “The Big C”, and many more. Many thanks to Lindsay Porter and Erica Tuchman for all their support over the years and to Dad for buying us tickets to Wicked 20 years ago. My heart belongs to Etai and our beautiful baby boy. For Mom, you’d be proud.

Donna McKechnie

Madame Morrible

Donna received a Tony Award for her performance in A Chorus Line. Other Broadway: How to Succeed…; The Education of Hyman Kaplan; Promises, Promises; Company; Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (actor and choreographer); On the Town; State Fair (Fred Astaire Award); The Visit . Bob Fosse invited Donna to play the lead in his last production, the National tour of Sweet Charity (Helen Hayes nom). She has starred in and choreographed numerous productions regionally and productions in London’s West End, Paris and Tokyo. TV: “Hullaballoo”, “Fame”, “Cheers”, “Dark Shadows” and HBO Specials. Film: The Little Prince , Every Little Step . Donna’s memoir, “Time Steps – My Musical Comedy Life” was published by Simon and Schuster. In 2019 Donna was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. She couldn’t be happier to join this Wicked family!

BDWY: Mrs. Doubtfire; Something Rotten! (Tony nomination); Big Fish Nice Work…; The Addams Family Spamalot The Producers (Tony nomination) Jekyll & Hyde; Aspects of Love . WEST END: The Producers. NAT’L TOUR: The Phantom of the Opera; Young Frankenstein; Jekyll & Hyde.” OFF-BDWY: Little Shop of Horrors ; Broadway Bounty Hunter; Sweeney Todd; Forbidden Broadway. REGIONAL: Arena Stage, Old Globe, La Jolla, McCarter, more. FILM: Ghost Town; The Producers. TV: “Smash” “The Good Wife” and three “Law & Orders”.

Jordan Litz

Broadway debut! Jordan comes directly from the national tour after playing the Winkie Prince for over a year and a half. Credits:  Radio City Christmas Spectacular ,  Legally Blonde,  numerous productions with   Walt Disney World . Jordan   hails from California where he was a competitive swimmer, winning collegiate national championships and competing in the 2012 US Olympic Trials. Forever thankful for his family, Josh and darling wife, Julie. @litzjordan

Jake Pedersen

Broadway: Parade (Frankie Epps). National Tours: Wicked (Boq), Escape to Margaritaville (Ensemble). Regional: Writing Kevin Taylor (Meadow Brook Theatre), Newsies (Crutchie, NLBP). New Works: The Last Day (Sarah Schlesinger/Mike Reid), The Lucky Boy (Kristen Childs). B.F.A Musical Theatre Penn State. “Endless gratitude to the entire Wicked team, HCKR, my amazing Mom and Dad, and Will.” www.jakepedersen.com @Jake.ped

Natalie Ortega

Broadway debut! Big thanks to the entire Wicked team for making this childhood dream come true. Regional: In the Heights ; Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (The Kimmel Center.) Film/TV: “Search Party” (Max,) “Maybe I Do.” Thank you to Pat, Craig, and everyone at Telsey. Endless gratitude and love to Mom, Dad, Taylor, Chris, Kent, and Anna. Momma, we did it!  @nataliegraceortega

William Youmans

Doctor Dillamond

William Youmans is thrilled to return to Wicked .  He originated Doctor Dillamond on Broadway.  Also on Broadway: Billy Elliot, Farnsworth Invention, The Little Foxes (Elizabeth Taylor), Big River, Titanic, Pirate Queen, Finian’s Rainbow, Baz Luhrmann’s La Boheme, Carousel, To Kill a Mockingbird .  Movies & TV: Birdman , Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close , Nadine , Mrs. Soffel , Fresh Horses , Ten Minutes to Midnight , Compromising Positions , “Law and Order.”

Lissa DeGuzman

Elphaba Standby

Lissa deGuzman is thrilled to be back in Oz. Broadway: King Kong , Aladdin . National Tour: Wicked (Elphaba), Aladdin (Jasmine). Regional: Drury Lane ( Cinderella ), Cape Playhouse ( Camelot ), KC Starlight ( Legally Blonde ), The 5th Avenue Theatre ( Bliss), MUNY ( Fiddler on the Roof) , Studio Tenn ( West Side Story). Belmont University. “Endless love and gratitude to the Wicked Team, Telsey, Matt & DGRW, and my wonderful family & friends.” Salamat! @lissadeguz

Jennafer Newberry

Glinda Standby

Jennafer is thrillified to be making her Broadway debut after playing Glinda in the National Tour of Wicked ! Regional: Disney’s Freaky Friday (La Jolla Playhouse), Nemo in Finding Nemo: The Musical (Walt Disney World), and Clara in The Light in the Piazza . BFA NYU Tisch. Endless love and gratitude to God, Terrific Talent, The Mine, Telsey, and the entire Wicked team. For Mom, Dad, my husband Zach, and my daughter Parker. @jennafernewberry

Alicia L. Albright

Swing; Witch's Mother/Midwife u/s

Grateful to be back in OZ! Broadway:  Frozen (OBC) , Wicked.  Tours:  Wicked, All Shook Up, A Chorus Line, Jesus Christ Superstar, Seven Brides… and more .  IG: aliciaalbright .  When not onstage teaching mindfulness and empowerment .  Much love to Eric and Family.

Beka Burnham

Ensemble; Glinda/Nessarose u/s

Thrilled to be making her Broadway debut! Previously on the Broadway National Tour of Wicked . BFA, The Boston Conservatory. Love and thanks to Craig and the Wicked team, friends and family (extra thanks to James), and my dog “Root”! @bekaburnham

Olivia Dei Cicchi

Pinch me! I’m making my Broadway debut with Wicked ! National tour: Les Misérables (u/s Cosette & Fantine). Film/TV: She Came to Me , “SNL.” Endless gratitude to DGRW, Telsey, the Wicked team, my incredible friends and mom & dad, for putting music in my veins.

Matthew Deloch

Broadway debut, ur kidding! Recently, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Super Bowl LV, “Up Here” (Hulu), “Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All”, “Blues Big City Adventure” (Paramount). All the love to my family and friends! @matthewdeloch

Meg Doherty

Ensemble; Morrible u/s

Broadway debut! Regional: Hairspray, Tommy, The Full Monty, Crazy for You and The Star Wars Ballet. Graduate of The Boston Conservatory. Proud member of Actors’ Equity. Love to her amazing supportive family in Maine and in NYC, especially Julio. The perfect family, no one is missing.

Kristina Doucette

Kristina Doucette is thrilled to be back in Oz! Recently seen in Here Lies Love Broadway and The Karate Kid Musical, St. Louis. All my love to my family, friends, and Dana.

Aydin Eyikan

Bob Fosse’s DANCIN’ (Broadway OBC), The Music Man (Broadway OBC), WICKED (National Tour), World of Dance (NBC), @aydineyikan on Instagram.

Matt Farcher

Swing; u/s Wizard, u/s Dillamond, u/s Father, u/s Ozian Official, u/s Flathead, u/s Lion Puppet

My heart is doing the happy dance! Original Broadway cast of Pretty Woman The Musical. Thank you forever to The Farcher Family, The Wolf Talent Team, Craig and The Telsey Office for the endless support. 大好きPhilWithLove.Org

Lisa Finegold

Dance Captain/Swing; Witch's Mother/Midwife u/s

Broadway: Head Over Heels , Rock of Ages . Tours: Hamilton , Wicked , and more. Off Broadway: Trip of Love . Boston Conservatory graduate. Thanks to her supportive family, wonderful friends and Sofia at CESD!

Dan Gleason

Ensemble; Fiyero u/s

Thrilled to be back with Wicked ! Other credits: American Idiot (Tunny u/s), Miss Saigon (Chris u/s), Goodspeed Opera House, Kansas City Starlight, Transcendence Theatre Company, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, Mount Gretna Theatre. Penn State graduate, BFA. Love to Julia and Gus!

Josh Daniel Green

Broadway debut!  Dance companies: Lar Lubovitch, Stephen Petronio, Lucinda Childs.  NYU Tisch. joshdgreen.com   @joshdgreen

Jeff Heimbrock

Ensemble; Boq u/s

Broadway/NYC: The Book of Mormo n, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Actors’ Fund), The Golden Apple (Encores!). Tour: Newsies (Spot Conlon), The Book of Mormon (L.A./ Chicago). Training: Pace University, The School at Steppenwolf. @jheimbrock

Stephen Hernandez

Ensemble; Partial Swing; Lover/Lion Puppet/Flathead/Chistery/Tin Man Double u/s

Honored to be joining the Wicked Family. Broadway:  Moulin Rouge! The Musical ,  Hello, Dolly!.  National Tours:  Hamilton ,  Newsies The Musical ,  We Will Rock You . Thank you to my family, Sofia at CESD, and my partner Reed for your endless love and support. @stevohernandez

Alison Jantzie

Ensemble; Witch's Mother

Broadway/New York: Gigi , Radio City Rockettes , Fiorello!  (City Center Encores!). National Tour: Wicked.  Select Regional: Anything Goes (Goodspeed) , Roman Holiday (Golden Gate Theatre).  I am beyond grateful for the fam, the Wolff Pack, this team, and Eric!  Thank you!

Jesse JP Johnson

Swing; Boq u/s

Boq in Wicked (Broadway and 1st nat’l tour), SpongeBob SquarePants (Broadway and Live on Stage!), Glory Days (Broadway), Grease (1st nat’l tour), Altar Boyz (Off-Broadway and 1st nat’l tour), Xanadu (Broadway), 9 to 5 (1st nat’l tour) and Oklahoma! (1st nat’l tour). jessejpjohnson.com

Zachary Daniel Jones

Zachary Daniel Jones is thrilled to be joining the Wicked family!  Broadway:  Cats (Mungojerrie), Beetlejuice .  Off-Broadway:  Black No More .  Regional:  The Muny, TUTS.  BFA:  The Boston Conservatory.  Love and thanks to the Wicked team, Craig, Telsey, CESD, Mom, Howard, Austin, Sean, and Jesse.  @aspiredance

Cajai Kennedy

Frozen  Broadway, The Met Gala 2021, High Button Shoes City Center Encores!. The Metropolitan Opera:  The Merry Widow , La Traviata , Aida , Adriana Lecouvreur  (Venus). The Houston Grand Opera: Carmen . The Lion King  1st National Tour. Knicks City Dancer ‘17-’18. IG: @cajmahal

Colby Q. Lindeman

Swing; Chistery u/s

Happy to be back at the Gershwin! Credits: The Cher Show ,  An American in Paris , Trip of Love , Standard Time at the Duke , Radio City Christmas Spectacular , Urban Cowboy , “Smash,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Vinyl.” OCU. AEA. Thanks to The Telsey Office, MSA, and the Wicked team. Love!

Libby Lloyd

Ensemble; Witch’s Mother/Midwife u/s

Thrilled to join Wicked ! Original Nini in 1st National Tour of Moulin Rouge! , Diana OBC (u/s Diana), The Wrong Man (MCC). Regional: MTWichita, Tuacahn Amphitheater. TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Gratitude to God, my fam, Telsey, and my love Dallas. @libby.lloyd

Yando Lopez

Broadway debut! Regional: Steppenwolf, Goodman, Paramount, Marriott, Drury Lane, Skylight, Porchlight. TV: “The Thing About Harry”. BA: Northwestern University. Thank you to Telsey, Wicked , DDO, my Chicago family, Los Lopez and Adrian. @yandolopez & yandolopez.com

Ensemble; Fiyero/Witches Father/Ozian Official u/s

Tours:  Wicked ,  Anastasia  (u/s Dmitry/Gleb),  Flashdance  (Andy, u/s Nick).  From the birthplace of Oz – Chittenango, NY.  BFA, Ithaca.  Love to Josh & family, The Mine, and the teachers that got me here.  “And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.”   www.ryanmacofficial.com   @thisisRyanMac

Chase Madigan

Chistery/Ensemble

West Side Story (Broadway), Wicked (national tour), Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The New York Spectacular, Rock the Ballet (international tour). It’s a dream come true to be joining Wicked on Broadway! Thanks Mom and Dad for all the love and support along the way!

Micaela Martinez

Swing; Nessarose/Midwife u/s

Incredibly grateful to be back on stage! Most recently touring the country with the national tour of Wicked . Others include first national tour of Sister Act (ensemble, u/s Mary Robert), The Addams Family (Wednesday), and Spring Awakening (Wendla).  @micccccmart

Hunter Mikles

National tour: Wicked, Dirty Dancing. International tour: An American in Paris. NYC: Dance Lab New York. Select regional: Pittsburgh CLO, Fulton Theatre. Point Park ’16. Endless gratitude to family, friends and LDC. @hunter_mikles

Dashi Mitchell

Dance Captain/Swing; Chistery u/s

Dashi Mitchell, an 11 year alumnus of Wicked , is excited to return back home to Wicked on Broadway. Recently finished two companies of Hamilton and West Side Story with Carnegie Hall. Grateful to be performing again!  @dashi1989

Alicia Newcom

Broadway debut ! National tours: Wicked, 42nd Street. NYC: Radio City Rockettes . BPA: Oklahoma City University. Thanks to Avalon Artists Group and the Wicked team. Endless love and gratitude to James and my incredible family, given and chosen! @alicia_newcom

Allsun O’Malley

Broadway debut! Regional: Chasing Rainbows (u/s Deanna Durbin, Paper Mill Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (Belle), Singin’ in the Rain (Kathy Selden), Newsies (Katherine). BFA, Penn State. Endless thanks to the Wicked team, Telsey, Avalon and my incredible friends and family. @allsunomalley

David Scott Purdy

Swing; Wizard/Dillamond/Witch’s Father/Ozian Official u/s

Broadway Debut! NYC:  Brigadoon  (Encores!)  A Christmas Story  (Madison Square Garden). Touring: Wicked,   A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder . TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Law & Order: SVU.” Thanks to Kate, Jay, and Mom. @dav3purdy

Emily Rogers

Ensemble; Elphaba u/s

Broadway debut! National tour: If/Then . NYC: Jasper in Deadland, Unlock’d . Most recently: Sophie in Mamma Mia! (ACT of CT). Endless thanks to the Wicked team, Craig, Carson Adler and Taylor. For Mom and Dad. @e.e.rogers

Travis Taber

Broadway debut! First national tour: Priscilla Queen of the Desert . Broadway national tours: Mamma Mia! and Wicked . NY theatre: For Lovers Only . So much love and thanks to my family, Craig, Bernadette and the team at Telsey. @tgtaber

Michael Thatcher

Witch’s Father/ Ozian Official; Wizard/Dillamond u/s

Broadway:  The Play That Goes Wrong . Off-Broadway:  TPTGW ,  Julius Caesar  (NYSF). Tours:  TPTGW  (1st, 2nd National),  Guys & Dolls ,  A Christmas Story . TV: “Quantico.” West Chester University of PA. MFA University of Houston. @Thatched44

Jeremy Thompson

Jeremy Thompson is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut! Credits include Wicked  (national tour),  The Music Man  (Tommy Djilas),  Gypsy, South Pacific,  RhetOracle Dance Co., Tokyo Disney, and Disneyland. Huge thanks to The Telsey Office and Mom! @remy_dunham 

Christianne Tisdale

Ensemble/Midwife; Morrible u/s

Welcome back Broadway! Beauty and the Beast, Triumph of Love, Les Misérables, One Touch of Venus (West End), Sousatzka (Toronto). TV: “The Blacklist,” “30 Rock,” “Wallflowers,” “Ghost Lights: Reclaiming Theater in the Age of AIDS” (producer). IG @BaxAndTheCity

Nicky Venditti

Nicky is thrilled to be back in Oz! Broadway: Wicked . Off Broadway: Radio City Xmas Spectacular , Trip Of Love . Tours: Wicked , A Chorus Line , Contact , Swing . When not on stage, Nicky helps others thrive as a functional exercise and health coach. @nicky_venditti

Peyton Taylor Becker

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Broadway & Select Favorites: Six,   Boop,   The Prom, School of Rock, Something Rotten!  National Tours:  Mean Girls , LCT’s  The King and I, Dirty Dancing.  UNCSA. For my mom and her unwavering support. Grateful to my dads for watching over me. Students and early career Stage Managers, let’s connect @peytonbecker

Stephen Milosevich

STAGE MANAGER

Broadway: Beetlejuice; David Byrne’s American Utopia; Derren Brown: Secret; True West; Frozen; School of Rock – The Musical; Time and the Conways; Sunday in the Park with George; Something Rotten!; Long Day’s Journey Into Night; Fun Home ; Rocky. Love to Erin and his family.

Jonathan Bach

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

Broadway: A Christmas Carol , Straight White men ; Off-Broadway: Love Life , Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise , A Parallelogram , Revolution in the Elbow… ; Love to Mom, Dad, Maya, Marybeth, Gregg, Lauren. To every mentor, thank you. UNCSA Alum.

Saori “Cel” Yokoo

Broadway: The Inheritance . Tour: On Your Feet! , Dirty Dancing , Bring It On: The Musical , 42nd Street . Selected others: Kennedy Center Honors, Phish NYE Gag at MSG. To my parents and the Wicked team, Arigatou Gozaimasu.

Stephen Schwartz

Music and Lyrics

Has contributed music and/or lyrics to  Godspell, Pippin, The Magic Show, The Baker’s Wife, Working  (which he adapted and directed),  Rags, Children of Eden  and the opera  Séance on a Wet Afternoon . For films, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the scores for Disney’s  Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame  and  Enchanted  and wrote the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature  The Prince of Egypt . Mr. Schwartz is artistic director of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshops and serves on the Council of the Dramatists Guild. He is a member of the Theater Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award and a tiny handful of tennis trophies  Defying Gravity,  a book about his professional career, is available from Applause Books.

www.stephenschwartz.com

Winnie Holzman

Received a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award for  Wicked . She created the memorable television drama “My So-Called Life” which starred Claire Danes. Holzman got her start writing for the acclaimed drama “thirtysomething” and later executive produced (again with Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick) “Once and Again.” Other theatre work includes the musical  Birds of Paradise  (with composer David Evans) and a ten-minute play called  Post-Its: Notes on a Marriage  which she wrote with her husband, actor Paul Dooley. Features include  ‘Til There Was You.  Also an actress, Ms. Holzman appeared in  Jerry Maguire  and as Larry’s wife’s therapist on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Most recently she teamed with her daughter, Savannah Dooley, to write and produce the ABC Family series, “Huge.” She is a graduate of Princeton University, received an MFA from the NYU Musical Theatre Program and serves on the board of the Writers Guild Foundation.

Gregory Maguire

Author of Original Novel

Published a dozen novels for children before writing his first adult novel,  Wicked . A devotee of children’s fantasy, Maguire’s subsequent novels for adults are variations-on-a-theme:  Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister  considers Cinderella as a seventeenth-century maid from Haarlem;  Lost  evokes the ghost of Charles Dickens’s Scrooge; and  Mirror Mirror  features a High Renaissance Snow White daunted by the wickedest stepmother, Lucrezia Borgia. Maguire’s novel  Son of a Witch , a sequel to  Wicked , is followed by volume III of the Wicked Years,  A Lion Among Men , and concludes with the final novel in the Wicked Years,  Out of Oz . He lives in Massachusetts and Vermont with his husband, the painter Andy Newman, and their three children.

Joe Mantello

Broadway: Hillary and Clinton, The Boys in the Band, Three Tall Women (Tony nom.), Blackbird, The Humans, Airline Highway, The Last Ship, Casa Valentina, I’ll Eat You Last, The Other Place, Other Desert Cities, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, November, The Ritz, Laugh Whore, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Assassins (Tony Award), Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Design for Living, Proposals, Love! Valour! Compassion! Off-Broadway: Dogfight, The Pride, A Man of No Importance, The Vagina Monologues, Corpus Christi. As an actor: The Glass Menagerie, The Normal Heart (Tony nom. and on HBO) and Angels in America (Tony nom.). Recipient of Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of The Theater Hall of Fame.

Wayne Cilento

Musical Staging

Broadway:  Sweet Charity  (Tony nom.),  Aida, The Who’s Tommy  (Tony, Drama Desk, Astaire awards),  How to Succeed…  (Tony nom.),  Dream: The Johnny Mercer Musical (director/choreographer; Tony nom., Best Choreography),  Jerry’s Girls, Baby  (Tony nom.). West End:  The Who’s Tommy  (Olivier nom.). Other credits: Off-Broadway’s  A Hot Minute  and  Angry Housewives , national tour of  Spirit, …Forum  at La Jolla (San Diego Drama Critics and Drama-Logue awards). Performer credits:  A Chorus Line  (Mike, original cast),  The Act, Seesaw, Perfectly Frank, Irene, Big Deal, Rachel Lily Rosenblum and  Dancin’  (Tony nom.). He has done musical staging for Liza Minnelli, Barry Manilow, Chita Rivera, Billy Joel, Donna Summer and Pete Townshend.

Scenic Designer

Eugene is the production   designer of “Saturday Night Live,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night With Seth Meyers.” Other Broadway credits:  Bright Star, Ragtime, Show Boat  and  Sweeney Todd.  Film credits: Coppola’s  Hammett,  Huston’s  Mr. North, Malle’s  Vanya on 42nd Street  and Demme’s  A Master Builder . BFA: Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon. MFA: Yale School of Drama. Three honorary PhDs. Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Emmy Awards; Elliot Norton Award for Sustained Excellence; Pell Award; DesignxRI Lifetime Achievement Award, New York Theater Hall of Fame. He lives in Providence, RI, with his wife, Brooke, where he is resident designer at Trinity Rep.

Susan Hilferty

Costume Designer

Has designed costumes and scenery for over 300 productions around the world. Her Broadway credits include Present Laughter, Spring Awakening, Lestat  and Into the Woods  (all Tony-nominated). Her many directorial collaborations include Athol Fugard, Joe Mantello, James Lapine, Michael Mayer, Robert Falls, Tony Kushner, JoAnne Akalaitis, Des McAnuff, Christopher Ashley, Yaël Farber, Rebecca Taichman and the late Garland Wright. In addition to her work in theatre, Susan has designed opera ( Rigoletto  and  La Traviata for the Met ), dance ( Love Stories  for Alvin Ailey), and live music events (Taylor Swift’s  Speak Now  world tour). Susan is chair of the design department at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her many accolades include Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Wicked.

Kenneth Posner

Lighting Designer

Has more than 50 Broadway play and musical theatre credits. He designs extensively Off-Broadway, for resident theatres and touring productions throughout the United States as well as internationally. Selected Broadway credits: Beetlejuice, Mean Girls, War Paint, On Your Feet!, Disgraced, If/Then, Hairspray, Kinky Boots, Pippin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Coast of Utopia — Shipwrecked, Other Desert Cities, Harvey, The Best Man, The Merchant of Venice, The Royal Family, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Goat, Uncle Vanya, Side Man, The Little Foxes and The Rose Tattoo . He is the recipient of Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Obie awards.

Sound Designer

Broadway: Come From Away (associate producer), Lysistrata Jones (associate producer as well as sound design); …Drood (Drama Desk Award); First Date (associate producer); Pal Joey; The Ritz; Laugh Whore; Man of La Mancha; Sweet Smell of Success; Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Footloose; The Lion King (Drama Desk Award); The Sound of Music; Steel Pier; Forum; The King and I; Moon Over Buffalo; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Guys and Dolls; Five Guys Named Moe; She Loves Me; The Red Shoes; Anything Goes . London: Kiss Me, Kate; The Lion King; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; and Anything Goes . National and international: The Lion King, Les Misérables, Mozart, Der Gloeckner von Notre Dame . Tony is a graduate of Ithaca College’s Department of Theatre Arts. Thanks, Dick.

Elaine J. McCarthy

Projection Designer

Recent Broadway designs include  The People in the Picture, Impressionism, Thurgood, Spamalot, Assassins, Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods,  and  Judgment at Nuremberg . Opera designs include  Great Scott, Everest, Iolanta, Tristan and Isolde, Moby Dick  (Dallas Opera);  Dead Man Walking  (Houston Opera);  Mazeppa  (Metropolitan Opera);  War and Peace  (Kirov and Met Opera); Tan Dun’s  The Gate ; and Peter Sellar’s  The Peony Pavilion . Off-Broadway designs include  Frequency Hopping  (set and projection),  Embedded, The Stendhal Syndrome, Suitcase, Speaking in Tongues,  and  The Thing About Men.  Regional designs include  Distracted  (set and projection),  Limonade Tous les Jours, Fran’s Bed, Once in a Lifetime, Cobb,  and  Hair . She received an Eddy Award in 2003.

Hair and Wig Designer

Is head of the wig and makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera. He has designed wigs for more than 80 Broadway productions. Current and recent Broadway designs include  Wicked, Rock of Ages, How to Succeed…, The Addams Family, Annie, Act One, You Can’t Take It With You, The King and I, The Sound of Music  national tour,  Dames at Sea, Thérèse Raquin, Fiddler on the Roof  (current revival),  Bright Star  and  Long Day’s Journey Into Night .

Joe Dulude II

Makeup Designer

Broadway/West End: Wicked, Beautiful. Broadway: Beetlejuice, The Rose Tattoo, Torch Song, SpongeBob SquarePants, Summer, Sunday in the Park With George, Anastasia, Allegiance, If/Then, Follies, etc. Off-Broadway: Sweet Charity, Into the Woods, The Wild Party, Show Boat. Television: “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” (Emmy nomination), “The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage,” “Castle Rock.” Film: The Discovery, Central Intelligence, Ghostbusters. joe2design.com

Stephen Oremus

Music Supervision/Music Arrangements

  Broadway: Frozen ; Kinky Boots (Tony Award for Best Orchestrations; Grammy Award); The Book of Mormon (Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Orchestrations; Grammy Award); 9 to 5: The Musical ; All Shook Up , Avenue Q and Wicked . Off-Broadway: tick, tick…BOOM!; The Wild Party.  Vocal arranger and conductor for the Disney films Frozen   and Frozen 2 ; String arrangements/conductor for several of Lady Gaga ’s television and film appearances, including “I’ll Never Love Again” from A Star Is Born . Music director/conductor for Rufus Wainwright ’s concerts Rufus Does Judy and House of Rufus. TV credits include: music director of the 2015 Oscars, “The Wiz Live!” (NBC) and “Rent Live!” (FOX).

William David Brohn

Orchestrations

Received the 1998 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for  Ragtime . Other credits include  Half a Sixpence  (Chichester Festival Theatre);  Mary Poppins, Curtains, Miss Saigon, The Secret Garden, Show Boat, Crazy for You, Carousel, Sweet Smell of Success, Oklahoma!  (B’way);  Mary Poppins, Oliver!, The Witches of Eastwick, My Fair Lady  and  South Pacific  (London). He has provided arrangements for Marilyn Horne, James Galway, Placido Domingo and  West Side Story Suite for Violin and Orchestra .

Alex Lacamoire

Music Arrangements

Is a four-time Grammy, three-time Tony, and Emmy winner for his work on Dear  Evan Hansen ,  Hamilton ,  In The Heights , and FX’s mini-series “Fosse/Verdon.”  His credits as music director, arranger, and/or orchestrator include:  Message in a Bottle  (London),  The Wrong Man  (Off-Broadway),  Annie  (2011 Broadway Revival),  Bring It On ,  The People in the Picture ,  9 to 5  (Drama Desk and Grammy noms),  Legally Blonde ,  High Fidelity ,  Wicked ,  Bat Boy , and  Godspell  (2001 National Tour). Film/television credits FX’s “Fosse” (supervising music producer), The Greatest Showman (executive music producer), Incredibles 2 (arranger/orchestrator), “Sesame Street” (Emmy-nominated composer) and WB’s In The Heights (executive music producer).

The Telsey Office

With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theatre, film, television and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability and advocacy.

Olivia Valli

Olivia is thrilled to be return­ing to Oz as Elphaba after u/s the role from 2016– 2019. She had the honor of embodying her own grandmother, the OG Jersey Girl, Mary Delgado, in Jersey Boys where she made her Off-Broadway debut. Most recently, Olivia originated Vivian Ward on the Pretty Woman first national tour. She thanks LG man­agement, the entire team at Wicked , Craig Burns and Telsey, her friends and family who travel near and far to support her, and most importantly her mom, her brother, and her little dog Sienna too. Everything she does is for them. @oliviafvalli .

Celia Hottenstein

Celia couldn’t be happier to be stepping into the bubble full time! Broadway: Wicked (Ensemble, u/s Glinda and Nessarose). National tour: The Phantom of the Opera (Christine Daaé alternate). Off-Broadway: Desperate Measures . B.F.A., The Boston Conservatory. Thanks to Craig, The Telsey Office and the Wicked team, especially Dan, Lisa and Marcia, for believing in me. Endless love and grat­itude to Mom, Dad, Booey, and my fiancé, Travis. @celiahottenstein

Tom McGowan

Broadway: Wicked, Kiss Me, Kate, She Loves Me, Casa Valentina, Chicago, Ivanov, La Bete (Tony and Drama Desk noms.). Off-Broadway: The Food Chain (Obie). West End: Wicked. Television: Uncle Jax on “The Good Fight,” Kenny on “Frasier,” Bernie on “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Veep,” “Modern Family,” “CSI,” “ER,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Film: Freeheld, The Birdcage, Heavyweights, Ghost World, Bad Santa, As Good As It Gets, Bean, Family Man. M.F.A., Yale. B.F.A., Hofstra. Thanks to daughter, Mary, for introducing him to Wicked when she and her best friend, Sara, spent the entire summer of ’04 playing Glinda and Elphaba in the backyard.

Kathy Fitzgerald

Broadway: Wicked (Madame Morrible) has performed over 2,000 performances, and the national tour. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory  (Mrs. Gloop), The Producers  (Shirley Markowitz), Swinging on a Star (Drama Desk nom), 9 to 5 (Roz, Outer Critics nom). Off-Broadway: Damn Yankees , Encores , Disaster! , Donnybrook . Regional: The Muny, McCarter, Goodspeed Opera House. TV/film: ”Smash,” “Mercy,” ”One Life to Live,” ”Curb Your Enthusiasm,” The Next Three Days , Our Idiot Brother and The Producers . Recent credits include Clue (Cleveland Playhouse) and “Indoor Boys” (2020 Indie Award nom).

James D. Gish

Broadway: Fiyero ( Wicked).  New York City Center  Encores! : Fabrizio ( The Light in the Piazza ). Off-Broadway: Mickey Rose ( The Jerusalem Syndrome,  York Theatre OOBC). National Tours: Gerry Goffin ( Beautiful ), Feuilly ( Les Miserables ). Recent Regional: Jervis ( Daddy Long Legs , Phoenix Theatre Co.), Tony ( West Side Story ), Jack Kelly ( Newsies ), and Toxic Avenger ( The Toxic Avenger ). Toured with solo album  So In Love  (#6 on iTunes Classical Chart, 2017), produced by DW Music at Warner Brothers, Nashville. Socials: @jamesdgish ;  www.jamesdgish.com

Boise Holmes

Boise is an LA actor, singer, writer, VO artist and licensed min­ister. Broadway/National Tour: Tonton in Once on This Island , Mufasa in Disney’s The Lion King (Germany). Regional: Isaac Hayes in SOUL: The Stax Musical , LA Philharmonic, Othello in Othello , Macbeth in Macbeth . Boise can be seen and heard on TV/Radio as Exxon/Mobil’s new national spokesper­son “Mr. Supremium.” Some TV credits include “NCIS,” “Law & Order,” “Chicago Fire,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Blackish.” Numerous VO’s, NAACP/Ovation Award Winner. Endless love to God, wife and their three children. Boise’s happy to join this superbly talented company of Wicked . He thanks his manager Nyle Brenner and Telsey Casting.   @boiseholmes . boiseholmes.com .

Tara Kostmayer

Tara is incredibly honored to join the company of Wicked and step into a dream role of hers! Off-Broadway: A Chorus Line (NYCC Encores!). National Tour: Disney’s Aladdin . Regional: Chicago (The MUNY), Pride and Prejudice (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley), Ojo (La Jolla Playhouse) and Disney Cruise Line. B.S. UC San Diego. Gratitude to family, Leo, FSE, The Telsey Office, and the entire Wicked team! Mark 9:23 @tarakostmayer 

Kyle McArthur

Kyle is thrilled to be joining his first National Tour. He originated the role of Simon in the off-Broadway musical Superhero  at Second Stage and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. TV credits include Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” as Brian Koenig and HBO’s “The Deuce.” BA Hunter College. Thanks to the Wicked team, Telsey, A3 Artists Agency, and Terrific Talent. @kylemcarthur_

Laurel Harris

Laurel is thrilled to rejoin Munchkinland since playing Elphaba full-time 10 years ago on this very tour! She’s since been the Elphaba standby in Wicked Broadway. Other Broadway credits: Jagged Little Pill , Beautiful , Evita , In Transit .  Regional: Baker’s Wife ( Into the Woods ). Many thanks to Lisa, Craig, DGRW, Rob, mom, dad & all the babysitters making it possible for mama to be back doing what she loves. For Elliot. @laurelnyc   Coaching/concerts/classes: laurelharrisnyc.com

Joe Beauregard

Broadway: Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Swing), Disney’s Frozen (Ensemble). First national tour: Kinky Boots (Angel/Asst. Dance Captain). Additional favorites: The Who’s Tommy (DCPA), My One and Only (Roundabout). Multiple TV, film and music video productions. “Thank you to TPG! Love to Diane and Drew.” @josephbeauseph

Jennifer Mariela Bermeo

Jennifer’s resume spans film, television, music and theater. A first-generation Ecuadorian from N.J., she most recently toured with The Weeknd. Jennifer’s thrilled to join Wicked. “Live your dreams.” jennifermarielabermeo.com. @ jennifermariela .

Remmie Bourgeois

National Tour: Hamilton (Chicago: George Eacker/Ensemble & LA: Swing). Regional: In The Heights (Ensemble & D/C), Ragtime , Damn Yankees , Tarzan , Dreamgirls . “Thanks Mom & Dad for the support & love.” @ iam_boogwah

Anthony Lee Bryant

Swing, Chistery U/S

Excited to join the Wicked family! Credits: The Lion King , Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan , LA Dance Project, Jacob Jonas The Company. UNCSA Alum, Juilliard BFA. Thanks and love to Mom, Pam, Ed and family!

Ensemble, Boq U/S

National Tour: Hello, Dolly! (Barnaby), Jersey Boys (Joe Pesci, u/s Frankie Valli), Peter Pan 360 (Michael). “Thanks to Telsey and the Wicked Team, The Hybrid Agency, and Laura. Endless gratitude for Mom, Dad, and Tina.” @sean_burns_actor

Matt Densky

NYC:  How the Grinch…  (Young Max u/s, MSG),  Kris Kringle  (Sky, Town Hall). Regional:  The Little Mermaid, Rock of Ages, Fully Committed, SantaLand Diaries. B.F.A.—CCM. Thanks to Cooper Company/MSA. Love to Mom, Dad and Chris. MattDensky.com

Jenny Florkowski

Swing; Nessarose U/S

Broadway: Wicked . National Tours: Wicked (Nessarose), White Christmas , 42 nd Street , Cats . Jenny has also performed at numerous regional theatres around the country. Thanks to my family and BWA! Instagram: @jennyflorkowski

KC Fredericks

is ecstatic to return to Oz! National tours: Wicked , Disney’s The Little Mermaid , Cats . World premiere: Tuck Everlasting . RhetOracle Dance Co., Odyssey Dance Theatre. TV/Film: “Smash,” Disney’s High School Musical 3 . Love to daughter, Charlotte. For Agustin. @kcfredericks

Kayla Goldsberry

Witch's Mother; Ensemble

Beyond excited and blessed to make my Broadway Tour debut with Wicked ! BFA from USC Kaufman School of Dance, my work spans concert, commercial, and theater spaces. So much love to my family, mentors, and team.  @kaylagoldsberry , kaylagoldsberry.com

Rose Iannaccone

Rose Iannaccone is wicked excited to be in this company! Favorite credits: Cats First National Tour (Rumpleteazer). Regional: Broadway Sacramento, Ogunquit Playhouse, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Gateway Playhouse. IAMT ’18. “Thanks mom!” @riannaccone98

David Kaverman

Swing, Witch's Father/Ozian Official/The Wizard/Doctor Dillamond U/S

National tours: Miss Saigon , Motown: The Musical (Smokey Robinson). Training: Otterbein University BM and Manhattan School of Music MM. Thankful for his SuperMama, The Mine, the Wicked team and The Telsey Office. @deighvidk

Kelly Lafarga

Dance Captain, Swing

Feels honored to join  Wicked . Film:  Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D.  TV: “Glee,” “Bones,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “DWTS.” Tours: Eve, Donnie Klang. Marymount Manhattan College. Thanks Mom, Nin and Sasha for your endless love and support. Dad, I love and miss you always.

Marina Lazzaretto

Thrilled to be back with the Wicked  Family! Broadway:  An American In Paris ,  West Side Story . First National Tours:  Cats ,  An American In Paris ,  Wicked ,  Come Fly Away . Television: “Schmigadoon,” “Fosse/Verdon,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “SNL.” Representation: The Hybrid Agency @ marinalazz

Lauren Leach

Dream come true to join the  Wicked  family!  Film: Steven Spielberg’s  West Side Story . “Thank you Telsey/ Wicked  Team and MSA. Much love for my friends and family. Couldn’t do this without them.” @laurenleachy

Colin LeMoine

Ensemble, U/S Fiyero

National Tour: Hadestown (u/s Orpheus), Hello, Dolly! (Ambrose Kemper), NY: Pirates of Penzance Concert (Roundabout) Regional: Flat Rock, Jacob’s Pillow, MT Wichita. BFA MT IU Bloomington. “Thanks to my parents, Wicked , Telsey and Terrific Talent.” @colin_lemoine

Adelina Mitchell

Ensemble, U/S Elphaba

National Tour debut in the first Broadway show she ever saw! Regional: The Music Man (Marian in ASL production), World Premiere of A.D. 16 (Ruth), Signature Theatre, The Muny! Grateful for the Wicked Team, Telsey, DGRW & her incredible support system!  www.adelinamitchell.com | @ adelinamitchell_

Madison Claire Parks

Ensemble, Glinda U/S

Wicked debut! Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks (Luisa), The Baker’s Wife (Genevieve). Regional: The Light in the Piazza (Clara), 9 to 5 (Doralee). “Thank you Professional Artists and Telsey/ Wicked team. For Mom and Dad.” madisonclaireparks.com

Jackie Raye

Ensemble, Glinda, Nessarose U/S

Proud member of the Wicked Tour for over three years. Georgia native. Theatre: A Chorus Line (Maggie), Anything Goes (Hope), Oklahoma! (Laurey). TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” BFA in Musical Theatre from TCU. Grateful to the Telsey office/ Wicked Team, her friends, family and mentors. @jackieraye_

Kat Rodriguez

Ensemble, Madame Morrible U/S

Kat is grateful to be making her professional debut in Wicked . Big love to her moms, The Mine, LINK and her first Elphaba for inspiring the dream. katrodriguez.com

Lauren Sambataro

Swing, Witch's Mother/Midwife u/s

Lauren is thrilled to be back in Oz! Broadway: Wicked , Mamma Mia! (DC/Swing). National Tours: Wicked , Movin’ Out , Evita . Regional: In the Heights , West Side Story , Radio City Christmas Spectacular! BFA Fordham/Ailey. “All my love & gratitude to my infinite support system: Jeremy, Mom, Dad, R&R!” @lauren_sambataro

Anthony Santos

Born in New York City. Fresh out of college, Anthony was a company artist with Dance Theatre of Harlem and guest artist with New York City Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Houston Ballet and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. On tour for a year with the Philip company of Hamilton .

Derek Schiesel

National Tour Debut. Thrilled to be in Oz! Minnesota Native. Credits: Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, The Weeknd, Jason Mraz, VMA’s, LA Philharmonic Orchestra, “Dear White People,” “Jane the Virgin.” @DerekSchiesel

Wayne Schroder

Witch's Father/Ozian Official, The Wizard/Doctor Dillamond U/S

Broadway:  9 to 5 ,  A Christmas Carol .  Tours:  9 to 5 .  Off-Broadway:  Prince and the Pauper ,  Mimi le Duck .  Film:   The Producers the Musical ,  Brando ,  Welcome Home .  Television: “Guiding Light,” “All My Children.”  Concert:  Kristina  at Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall in London.

Tregoney Shepherd

Midwife/Ensemble; Morrible U/S

Tregoney Shepherd began her career at age 5 in the dual roles of “Gertrude Guzzletop” (the Tooth Fairy) and as the back end of a cow. Broadway/National Tours: Bad Cinderella ,  Les Miserables ,  Wicked ,  The Phantom of the Opera ,  Mary Poppins .

Brett Stoelker

Ensemble, U/S Fiyero, Witch's Father, Ozian Official

National tour: Pretty Woman , Les Misérables , Rock of Ages (Stacee Jaxx), Joseph…Dreamcoat . Select regional: Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus), Next to Normal (Gabe). Thankful for Jillian, Mom and Dad, DGRW and Craig/The Telsey Office. IG @brettstoelker .

Dance Captain, Swing, Chistery U/S

Is very grateful to be back with the Munchkinland family! Credits: Cirque du Soleil, “SYTYCD,” Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Florence + the Machine, Ke$ha, Kelly Clarkson, “American Music Awards,” “Video Music Awards,” “Billboard Awards,” “DWTS,” “American Idol,” San Francisco Ballet.

Mitchell Tobin

Mitch is thrilled to be joining Oz and would like to thank MSA agency and Telsey for making their dream a reality. Broadway: The Music Man Original Broadway cast, West End/Tour: Billy in Billy Elliot: The Musical . @mitchtobin0407 mitchelltobin.net

Dance Captain, Swing, Chistery u/s

Justin Wirick

  Joined Jan. 2010. 3,000+ performances. 20 Green Girls. Denizen of Pittsburgh, PA. • Travel Enthusiast: 8+ Years of Touring, 50 States, 8 Provinces, 15 Countries • Passions/Hobbies:  Wicked , Gymnastics, Figure Skating, Fundraising, Event Coordinating, Photography, Motivational Speaking. “Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” Follow my adventures on IG  @justinwirick88

Evan Ensign

Production Stage Manager

Broadway & Tour: Annie Get Your Gun , Chicago , Rent , Avenue Q , Exit The King , The Phantom of the Opera , Les Misérables among others. He’s also been director/associate director on a number of shows around the world primarily in London and New York.

Michelle Dunn

Stage Manager

Broadway: Disney’s The Lion King . Tours: Mean Girls , Miss Saigon , The Phantom of the Opera , Disney’s The Lion King . Other: Houston Ballet. “Thank you to my family for your never ending love and support. For Dad.”

Joseph Heaton

Assistant Stage Manager

Broadway: A Bronx Tale : The Musical, Miss Saigon, Fully Committed , Machinal ; Tours: Les Misérables . All my thanks to EE, BJ, & OB! IG: @touringstagemanager TikTok: @touringstagemgr

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Craig revel horwood, the wicked witch of the west at selected dates.

Craig Revel Horwood is a household name having appeared as a Judge on all 21 series of the hit BBC1 entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing. He also both directs and appears in the annual Strictly Come Dancing Live arena tour. He created the touring show Strictly Confidential, was Head Judge on Dancing with the stars New Zealand and is currently Head Judge on Dancing with the Stars Australia.

Craig started his career as a performer in musical theatre in his home country of Australia, moving to London to appear in many West End musicals including Miss Saigon and Crazy for You. After many years, he returned to the West End starring as Miss Hannigan in Annie, which he also twice successfully toured around the UK. He has starred in pantomime every year for Crossroads, with roles including the Wicked Queen in Snow White, Captain Hook in Peter Pan and the Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella.

Craig’s work as a director/choreographer has included productions of The Witches of Eastwick and Copacabana at the Watermill Theatre Newbury, Fiddler on the Roof on a national tour, Chess on tour in the UK and in Toronto, The Hot Mikado on a national tour, and in the West End: Sunset Boulevard, My One and Only and Spend Spend Spend, the last two of which were nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Choreography. Craig has also choreographed several musicals and operas in Europe, and choreographed Paradise Moscow for Opera North, and created work for the Ballet Boyz. In 2022, Craig Directed and Co-Choreographed a new production of the musical Strictly Ballroom starring Kevin Clifton.

In 2012 Craig won the BBC2 series Maestro at the Opera, the final of which saw him conduct Act 2 of La Boheme at the Royal Opera House.  He has also won Celebrity Masterchef and discovered his Australian roots in Who Do You Think You Are.

In Summer 2021 Craig was seen travelling the UK with fellow Strictly Judge Bruno Tonioli on the ITV primetime show Craig and Bruno’s Great British Road Trips and was revealed as ‘Knickerbocker Glory’ on ITV’s The Masked Dancer, reaching the semi-final.

In 2022 Craig toured the UK in his solo show All Balls and Glitter and in 2023 Craig reprised the role of Miss Hannigan in the UK Tour of Annie. This Christmas, Craig will be playing the ‘Wicked Stepmother’ in Cinderella at the Wimbledon Theatre.

Craig has three volumes of memoirs published, and his debut novel ‘Dances and Dreams on Diamond Street’ was published in 2020.

THE VIVIENNE

The Vivienne is without doubt the UK’s No.1 drag superstar, after emerging as the original champion of the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. Since then, she has become a huge star both in the UK and internationally appearing on TV regularly and releasing music for fans across the globe. 2022 saw The Vivienne’s TV career go global when she appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars All Winners on US TV. 2023 saw The Vivienne make history as the first drag star to appear on a major UK reality competition series, competing in Dancing On Ice on ITV. Viv made it all the way through the Top 3, with breathtaking performances in the final. 2023 also saw The Vivienne become the face and voice of the BBC’s Eurovision Song Contest trailers. In addition, she performed Waterloo at the massive Eurovision opening ceremony in Liverpool city centre.

Jason Manford

The cowardly lion manchester only.

Jason Manford hails from Salford, Lancashire. He is a stand-up comedian, writer, actor, radio and television presenter. He began his career in 1999, while working at the Buzz Comedy Club in Chorlton, Manchester. Jason was collecting glasses when a performer didn’t arrive for an evening set. Jason, who was 17, stepped in to fill the gap, an event which marked the beginning of his comedy career. Six gigs later he was crowned The City Life North West Comedian of the Year.

After winning several smaller awards, Jason was nominated for the Perrier Award in Edinburgh in 2005 for his show  Urban Legends . He shot to stardom as team Captain on Channel 4’s,  8 out of 10 Cats  in 2007.

Following his UK tours in 2008 and 2009, stand up sets on  Live at the Apollo  (BBC One),  Michael  McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow  (BBC One) and  The Royal Variety Performance  (ITV1, 2009) have all helped establish Jason as a nationally known comic, a position which made him the ideal host of ITV’s reality comedy competition,  Show Me The Funny .

A second series of his hilarious creation  Walk on the Wild Side  (BBC One) aired in 2010. Jason has also hosted  Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford  (ITV1). He was a regular panellist on two series of  Odd One In  (ITV1).

Jason took his  I’m Turning Into My Dad  tour across the UK in 2010, including a five night run at the Edinburgh International Festival that summer. He then went back on tour in 2011 with  Off On Tour We Go: Jason Manford Live .

After his opera singing turn saw him emerge the winner on  Born To Shine  (ITV1) Jason put his new found talent into practice joining Alfie Boe on tour. This was followed by a well-received run in the critically acclaimed hit West End musical  Sweeney Todd , starring Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton. He hosted ITV’s  Funny Old Year  on New Year’s Eve 2013, giving his unique and personal take on everything from television to sport, from the gaffes to the feuds and the trends of the year. Jason toured the UK with his  First World Problems  show which took him to all corners of the British Isles which started in May 2013, performing more than a staggering 200 shows.  First World Problems  was released on DVD in November 2014 and the tour finished in December 2014.

In April 2014 Jason appeared alongside  Shameless  star David Threlfall in ITV1’s drama based on the life of Tommy Cooper,  Not Like This, Like That . Jason hosted a brand new series on BBC One,  A  Question of Sport: Super  Saturday throughout June 2014. In September 2014, the  illustrious Sunday  Night at the Palladium  returned to ITV and saw Jason as one of the guest hosts. He has also enjoyed appearances on  QI  (BBC Two),  Big Fat Quiz of the Year  (Channel 4),  Comedy World Cup  (Channel 4) and  Lip Sync Battle UK  (Channel 5).

Jason starred in  The Producers  as timid accountant, Leo Bloom. The show is based on Mel Brooks’ beloved Academy Award winning movie. The hilarious musical comedy which has taken Broadway and the West End by storm, opened in March 2015.

In March and April 2015, Jason starred in the BBC One six part drama series  Ordinary Lies  with co-stars Max Beesley, Michelle Keegan and Mackenzie Crook. For his role as downtrodden car salesman Marty, he was nominated for ‘Best Actor’ at the Royal Television Society Awards.

Following three successful end of year specials of  Funny Old Year , Jason went on to host  Funny Old Week  for ITV throughout July 2015.

Jason then hosted  The Money Pit  on Dave (UKTV), where ordinary people decide whether or not to invest their own money on a variety of projects on the show in return for a share in the company or a special reward.

In July to November 2015, his  Best Of  live show toured the UK. Jason wrote a comedy-horror show called  That’s The Spirit  for Sky1, which aired Halloween 2016. He starred in this alongside Rebecca Callard, Imogen Gurney and Brenock O’Connor.

Jason took to the stage in February 2016 to star as Caractacus Potts in the UK critically acclaimed tour of  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang  for a 12 month run.

Jason hosts a live three hour show on Absolute Radio on Sunday mornings with celebrity guests and his own comedic take on the topics of the week. His show receives huge ratings and is very popular with audiences across the UK. In 2017, Jason was nominated for Best Music Presenter at the ARIAS, run by The Radio Academy. In 2018, Jason was nominated in the Funniest Show category at the ARIAS. The show holds the Sunday morning record for pulling in the most listeners in that slot since Absolute was launched in 2001.

2017 was non-stop for Jason. After finishing  Chitty  in February, he went straight into hosting a brand new Sunday night primetime TV game show called  Bigheads . The series began April 2017 on ITV1 and ran for six weeks. April also saw Jason present the prestigious Olivier Awards (ITV1), before jumping into hosting duties for week seven of  The Nightly Show  (ITV1). He also made a guest appearance in the new series of  Benidorm  (ITV1). In September that year,  Bigheads  won Best TV Game Show at the prestigious Rose d’Or Awards in Berlin. Jason was nominated for Best Entertainment Presenter for  Bigheads  at the National Television Awards, while the show itself was nominated for The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award.

In October 2017, Jason released his debut album of musical favourites  A Different Stage  on Decca Records. The record ranges from show tunes he has performed in the past, to songs that are close to his heart and some of his childhood favourites. The album reached the Top 10 in the UK.

In January 2018 Jason took to the road for his mammoth year-and-a-half long  Muddle Class  UK tour, which explored Jason’s life growing up ‘working class’, then finding that as he’s got older, part of him has become ‘middle class’, causing much confusion!

In October 2018, Jason trod the boards once again, this time as Nathan Detroit in  Guys and Dolls  at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Towards the end of 2018, Jason filmed the Christmas special of his prime time ITV1 show,  What Would Your Kid Do?  and a second series, which aired in March 2019. The series set the challenge for parents to guess how their kids will react in a variety of different situations, as child development psychology merges with an entertaining game show.

December saw the release of a special Christmas episode of Jason’s Cartoonito children’s show  Daisy & Ollie , which saw a special guest appearance from Take That’s Gary Barlow performing a song.  Daisy & Ollie  is now shown every weekday morning on Channel 5’s Milkshake.

2019 saw the continuation of Jason’s hugely successful  Muddle Class  UK tour, and later in the year star in  Scarborough , a BBC One sitcom written by Benidorm creator Derren Litten.

May 2019 saw Manford’s Comedy Club take over Blackpool with his first ever ‘Manford’s Comedy Festival’ in partnership with Winter Gardens and Absolute Radio. The festival line-up included big comedy names such as John Bishop, Sean Lock, Milton Jones, David O’Doherty and more.

In September 2019, Jason returned to musical theatre to star in the hilarious whodunnit  Curtains  as Frank Cioffi, which toured the UK and included a month-long run at the West End’s Wyndham’s Theatre.

January 2020 saw Jason host a brand-new, primetime comedy gameshow for BBC One,  First & Last . In February, Jason claimed second place as ‘Hedgehog’ in the first series of ITV1’s  The Masked Singer .

During the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, Jason hosted a number of events from his home to keep the nation entertained whilst being stuck indoors during the lockdown. These included a weekly Friday night gameshow ‘Jason Manford’s Games Arcade’, a kids quiz every Wednesday afternoon with questions thought up by his own children and also a ‘Lockdown Comedy Club for Kids’, where Jason invited children all over the UK to send in their own jokes to be shared on his YouTube channel.

In June 2020, Jason’s  Muddle Class  show recorded at Stockport Plaza was shown on BBC One.

In January 2021, Jason guest starred as character Craig in BBC One’s  Death In Paradise .

In May, Jason’s brand-new quiz show  Unbeatable  launched on BBC One, running for 50 episodes. In the same month, Jason’s Absolute Radio show won the bronze Comedy Award at the 2021 Audio and Radio Industry Awards.

In September 2021, Jason kicked off his brand-new stand-up show  Like Me  – a massive 280+ date UK & Ireland tour, culminating in November 2022. In October, the tour saw Jason play at the prestigious London Palladium.

January 2022 saw Jason host BBC One’s ‘Big Night of Musicals’ at Manchester’s AO Arena. In February 2022, Jason joined the judging panel of ITV’s new Saturday night prime time entertainment show,  Starstruck . The same month also saw Jason return to  The Masked Singer  as Hedgehog, where he performed a duet in the final with winner Natalie Imbruglia.

In April Jason hosted the ‘Olivier Awards’ at London’s Royal Albert Hall. He previously hosted the UK’s most prestigious stage honours in 2017, 2019 and 2020.

In November 2022 Jason co-hosted this year’s  Children in Need  on BBC One alongside Ade Adepitan, Alex Scott, Mel Giedroyc and Chris Ramsay live from Media City, Salford.

Jason headed out into the fresh air with friend, former cricketer and broadcaster Freddie Flintoff on an unforgettable wild adventure in the depths of Snowdonia to film a one off special,  Two Men and a Tent  for ITV.

Also, in November 2022 Jason also released a charity single ‘Assembly Bangers’ on the Westway Red Label. This brilliantly nostalgic dance track based on the ‘hits’ that have been sung in school assemblies for many decades to raise funds and awareness for the Trussell Trust’s first ever large-scale emergency appeal to ensure food banks can keep going this winter.

In December Jason made his Panto debut leading the cast in  The Pantomime Adventures of Peter  Pan  in the role of Captain Hook at the Manchester Opera House.

Following the success of Jason’s charity single ‘Assembly Bangers’ released to raise funds and awareness for the Trussell Trust’s first ever large-scale emergency appeal to ensure that food banks can keep going this winter, Jason released ‘Assembly Bangers: The Album’ on Westway Music Label.

Also, in December 2022 Jason joined the panel of judges on ITV1’s  Britain Get Singing  including Will.i.am, Alesha Dixon and Adam Lambert. This festive show supports ITV’s groundbreaking mental health campaign Britain Get Talking.

On New Year’s Eve Jason co-hosted the  National Lottery’s   Big Bash  from the OVO Arena Wembley on ITV1.

In what spare time he has, Jason runs Manford’s Comedy Club with his brother Colin. Since the launch over four years ago, Manford’s Comedy Club has gone from strength to strength and have booked over 300 comedians to entertain more than 80,000 people in 70 different locations across the country. From Holiday Parks to Art Centres and from bustling City Centre Nightclubs to quiet out of town theatres, Manford’s Comedy Club has delivered a lot of laughs to a lot of people.

Jason supports Manchester City FC and has a season ticket with his dad and three brothers. He cites Billy Connolly as the first comedian he saw when he was nine years old, and as the first inspiration for him to become a comedian. He has a love for family friendly entertainers including Eric Morecambe, Tommy Cooper and Les Dawson.

Nic Greenshields

The cowardly lion.

TRAINING: LAINE THEATRE ARTS

THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE: LOVE NEVER DIES (THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE); LES MISERABLES (INTERNATIONAL TOUR) LES MISERABLES – THE STAGED CONCERT (SONDHEIM THEATRE); YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (GARRICK THEATRE); GUYS AND DOLLS (SAVOY/PHOENIX THEATRE); BILLY ELLIOT (VICTORIA PALACE); THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE); INTO THE WOODS (ROYAL OPERA HOUSE); WONDERFUL TOWN (ROYAL EXCHANGE); THE BEAUTIFUL GAME (CAMBRIDGE THEATRE); LES MISERABLES (PALACE/QUEENS THEATRE); LAUTREC (SHAFTESBURY THEATRE) MISS SAIGON (THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE); OKLAHOMA (UK TOUR); BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (INTERNATIONAL TOUR); CATS (INTERNATIONAL TOUR); ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND (SOHO THEATRE); ANYTHING GOES (KILWORTH); MY FAIR LADY (KILWORTH); ANNIE (EDINBURGH); WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND (EDINBURGH); MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (EPSOM); HAMLET (ILFORD); SWEENEY TODD (EPSOM); DICK WHITTINGTON (BROMLEY); ALADDIN (WINDSOR); CINDERELLA (WOLVERHAMPTON)

DIRECTING CREDITS: RESIDENT DIRECTOR FOR SCHOOL OF ROCK (GILLIAN LYNNE THEATRE); ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (KINGS CROSS THEATRE); ASSISTANT RESIDENT DIRECTOR FOR GUYS AND DOLLS (PHOENIX THEATRE); AND DIRECTOR FOR STARS IN THE ROUND (ROYAL ALBERT HALL)

FILM AND TELEVISION CREDITS: CILLA (ITV); SUBCULTURE (BERSERK FILMS); DE – LOVELY (PARAMOUNT); THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE (BBC); THE BRIT AWARDS (ITV); THE OLIVIER AWARDS (ITV); BLUE PETER (BBC); LIVE FROM THE LONDON PALLADIUM (BBC); AND CHILDREN IN NEED (BBC)

RECORDINGS: THE BEAUTIFUL GAME; LES MISERABLES – THE MOVIE; LOVE NEVER DIES CONCEPT ALBUM

CONCERTS: LES MISERABLES 25TH ANNIVERSARY AT THE O2; THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 25TH ANNIVERSARY AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL; STARS OF THE WEST END INTERNATIONAL

Aston Merrygold

The tin man at selected dates.

Known for his incredible stage presence during his time with X Factor formed band JLS, it is not surprising that the band has gone on to sell out countless arena tours and sell over 10 million records, including five Number 1 hits and numerous awards. Whilst the band took a seven year break, Aston made strides in his career appearing on the West End, Strictly Come Dancing and released his platinum debut single ‘Get Stupid’ and most recently ‘Overboard’ and ‘Share a Coke’. JLS made their comeback last year and performed to sold out arenas all over the UK and Ireland.

Alongside pursuing his musical ambitions and being a husband and father to his two sons, Aston has continued to remain at the forefront of entertainment, becoming a judge on the Sky 1 talent show, Got To Dance . He was also unmasked as Robin in the Semi Finals for the 2020/2021 series of Masked Singer UK and joined the cast of CBBC’s comedy drama, Almost Never , playing Jordan, the new manager of ‘The Wonderland’. Most recently, Aston was a panellist on the Masked Singer Live tour across the UK and is due to star as Willard in Footloose the Musical this summer for performances in Aberdeen, Glasgow and London.

Femi Akinfolarin

The tin man.

Training: Bird College of Dance; BRIT School

Theatre:   Treason  (World premiere UK Tour);  Moulin Rouge! The Musical  (Piccadilly Theatre, West End);  West Side Story  (Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester);  The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe  (The Bridge Theatre);  Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat  (London Palladium);  Man Of La Mancha  (London Coliseum);  Dr Dolittle  (UK Tour);  Romy & Michelle  (Workshop).

Film: Sammy in Rumet (Short)

Television: Break Up Of Bands (ITV)

Allan Stewart

The wizard at selected dates.

Allan started his career at the age of 10 in the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow. He appeared in clubs and theatres during his school days, and at the age of 16 wrote and recorded his first single at the Abbey Road studios, with the legendary Beetles producer, George Martin.

His voice broke and when he came back into the business two albums and the hit single “Opening Night” followed. Although he was initially known as a singer he was seduced by the sound of laughter and turned his attention to comedy and television. He starred in many series for STV including “Hello, Good Evening, Welcome,” “The Allan Stewart Tapes”, and his national television break came in the 80’s with the hugely successful series “Copy Cats”. “Live from the Palladium,” “Night of a 1000 Stars” and many other high profile TV guest spots filled his diary.  He hosted his own quiz show “Chain Letters” and appeared in two Royal Variety performances.

He played the lead in the original musical of Jolson’s life at London’s Victoria Palace, and in The Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. He toured in the hit play “Stones in his Pockets” and played the part of Roger De Bris in the Mel Brooks musical “The Producers”. This year he headlines his 27th consecutive pantomime in Edinburgh. Allan is very excited to be touring in this wonderful new production of The Wizard of Oz.

Alex Bourne

Alex has recently reprised his role of Daddy Warbucks on the national tour of Annie. Other theatre includes: Edna Turnblad in Hairspray (UK Tour); Lex Hogan in Eugenius at The Other Palace; Daddy Warbucks in Annie (London, UK Tour and Toronto); Sam Carmichael in Mamma Mia! (UK Tour); Blackheart in Robinson Crusoe (Cliffs Pavillion, Southend); Bob in Midsummer Songs (The New Wolsey Theatre); Harrison Howell in Kiss Me, Kate (Royal Albert Hall/BBC Proms); Billy Flynn in Chicago (China Tour); Daryl in Witches of Eastwick-TMA Nominee for Best Actor (Watermill Theatre); Fred Graham/Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate – Olivier Award Nominee (Chichester Festival Theatre and Old Vic); Khashoggi in We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre); Billy Flynn in Chicago (Adelphi Theatre); Dean Martin in The Rat Pack (Flying Music/Strand Theatre, London); Beast in Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney Theatrical/UK tour); Magnificent Musicals (Gary Brown); Frank ‘N’ Furter in Rocky Horror Show (Turnstyle); Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney Theatrical/Dominion Theatre); Danny Zuko in Grease (Robert Stigwood Org/Cambridge Theatre, London); Kenickie in Grease (Robert Stigwood Org/National Tour); John Lennon/Bobby Vee/Bruce Springstein in Only The Lonely (Whitehall Theatre, London); Buddy Holly in Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story (Victoria Palace/US tour) and Showboat (RSC/Opera North at The London Palladium).

Workshops includes: Lex in Eugenius (First Family Entertainment); DrAcula in Vampi (Batty productions Ltd); Ivan in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Ambassador Theatre Group) and Manonegra in Children of the Sun (Quecha Theatricals Ltd).

Radio and concerts includes: All About Bond (Henley Festival); A Night of a Thousand Voices (Royal Albert Hall) and Friday Night Is Music Night (Radio 2).

Film includes: The Shop Owner in Cinderella starring Camila Cabello (Sony Pictures).

Aviva Tulley

Training–The Brit School, Arts Educational School, London.

Theatre–Erzulie in ‘Once On This Island’ (Southwark Playhouse).

Concert–‘Roles We’ll Never Play’ (Turbine Theatre).

Previously played Nabulungi in ‘The Book Of Mormon’.

Benjamin Yates

Training: The Arts Educational Schools, London and winner of the BBC Performing Arts Bursary.Television credits include: Olly in EMMERDALE (ITV).

Theatre credits include: Tommy Devito in JERSEY BOYS (West End); Cover Theo In THE SCHOOL OF ROCK (West End); covered and played Fiyero in WICKED (UK Tour); covered and played Jack in WONDERLAND (UK Tour); Riff and covered Tony in WEST SIDE STORY (Kilworth House); Mungojerrie in CATS (LondonPalladium, UK and European Tour); JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (World Arena Tour); THE WHO’S TOMMY (Blackpool Winter Gardens); Sonny in GREASE (Ljubljana Festival).

Training: Arts Educational Schools.

Theatre credits include: Mrs Jones in For Tonight (Adelphi Theatre); Kathy in 9 to 5 (UK tour & South Korea); Rose in The Mould That Changed the World (Edinburgh Festival Fringe & USA); Acrobat & 1st cover Miss Honey/Mrs Wormwood in Matilda (UK tour); Katie Nana & 1st cover Mrs Banks in Mary Poppins (international tour); Jennie Brinker in Allegro (Southwark Playhouse); Heather in Sunset Boulevard (London Coliseum); Anna in The Station Master (Tristan Bates Theatre); Secretary in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Royal Festival Hall); Fritzie & 1st cover Sally Bowles in Cabaret (UK tour); Young Lucy & 1st cover Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Adelphi Theatre & Chichester Festival Theatre); Cosette in Les Misérables (Sondheim Theatre); Frenchie & 1st cover Sandy in Grease (Piccadilly Theatre); Bobbie in The Railway Children (Sevenoaks Playhouse).

Screen credits include: Miracle Parent in Matilda: The Movie; Standby Maria in The Sound of Music Live (ITV); London Road (National Theatre & Cuba Pictures).

Recordings include: Sweeney Todd (London 2012 cast recording) ; The Railway Children (original cast recording).

Abigail Matthews

Training: The Mountview Academy

Theatre Credits:  Bleak Expectations (Criterion Theatre – West End); Robin Hood- The White Rock  (Hastings);  The Miracle Worker  (The Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford);  Baby Bear  (UK Tour);  Confessions  (The Playground Theatre);  The Butterfly Lion  (Barn Theatre, Cirencester);  Peter Pan  (Beck Theatre);  Goodnight Mister Tom  (Duke of York’s);  The White Feather  (Union Theatre);  Bye Bye Birdie  ( Rose and Crown, Offie Nominated for Best Supporting Actress);  War Horse   (Gillian Lynne Theatre);  Dick Whittington  (The White Rock);  A Winter’s Tale & The Hired Man  (Landor Theatre, Offie Nominated for Best Supporting Actress);  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe  (360 ° Theatre, Kensington Gardens);  Evita  (UK & European Tour).

ONSTAGE SWING

TRAINING: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and The Dance School of Scotland.

CREDITS WHILST TRAINING: King Triton in The Little Mermaid; Mal Beineke and Lurch in The Addams Family; Mr Lindquist in A Little Night Music and Magic at the Musicals (Royal Albert Hall).

The Wizard of Oz marks Adam’s professional debut.

Alexandra Regan

Offstage swing.

Training : Bird College of Dance, Music & Theatre Performance (BA).

Stage Credits: Ensemble Swing in Starlight Express (Bochum); Ensemble in Aladdin (Qdos); Bess in BESS (Stuart Brayson); Rita O’Grady in Made in Dagenham (Bird College); Ensemble in Dick Whittington (Qdos).

Cole trained at Laine Theatre Arts and was most recently Ruhrgold/Cover Greaseball in  Starlight Express , Germany.

Other Credits Include: Choreographer/Gargoyle in  Sleeping Beauty  (Bear in the Air London), Lead Vocalist onboard  Viking Entertainment , Ensemble in  Beauty & The Beast  (Stageworks Worldwide), The Delivery Boy in  The Magic of Just Eat  Commercial, Dandini in  Cinderella  (Crossroads & One From The Heart) and Lead Vocalist in the Aria Entertainment concert  From Page To Stage .

Cole is an avid supporter of more intersectionality in the creative arts & hopes to use any platform he has to champion this.

David Burrows

Uncle henry & ensemble.

Theatre credits include: Lt Ward and President Roosevelt in the recent national tour of ‘Annie’. Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘Love in the Mist’ at Sarah Thorne Theatre, Broadstairs.  ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’, which opened at the ‘Curve’ Leicester. David played Uncle Bert in ‘Half a Sixpence’, at the Noel Coward Theatre in London, which was nominated for an Olivier award in the Best new musical category and has appeared on ‘Live at the London Palladium’, ‘Children in Need’, and the ‘One Show’. He was part of the cast of ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’, at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, playing the part of Mr Hoallum, which was nominated for an Olivier award in the best revival category. Other acting credits include original cast ‘My Fair Lady’ at the National Theatre and at London Drury Lane, which went on to win an Olivier in the best revival category. ‘Oliver’ the London Palladium, UK national tour and the Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto. Factory Foreman, in ‘Les Miserable’ at the Palace Theatre, London. Harvey, in ‘All the Fun of the Fair; National tour. ‘Inherit the Wind’ at the Old Vic. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, The Taming of the Shrew and ‘Babe the Sheep Pig’, all at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. ‘Diana, Truth and Lies’ at the Snapple Theatre, Off Broadway New York and Soho Theatre London. The Wizard and Professor Marvel in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at West Yorkshire Playhouse.  The Proprietor in “Assassins”, Sheffield Crucible Theatre.   Charlie Davenport in the National tour of ‘Annie Get Your Gun’. ‘The Witches’ National Tour. ‘The BFG’ National tour and West End. Archie Rice in ‘The Entertainer’, Colin in ‘Absent Friends’ and Roy Tunt in ‘The Sociable Plover’ at Sarah Thorne Theatre Broadstairs.

Fanja Parent

Fanja trained at the Arts Educational School

Credits whilst in training:  Larry in A CHORUS LINE and Beggar Woman in SWEENEY TODD (Arts Ed).

Further credits:  Ensemble in THE OLIVIER AWARDS 2023 (Royal Albert Hall); Ensemble in LET’S FACE THE MUSIC (Royal Albert Hall) and Soloist in DISCOVERING OPERA (National Opera Studio).

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Kelsie-Rae Marshall

Training: Lisa Thornley School of Dance & The Hammond

Theatre Credits: ALW Cinderella (Gillian Lynne Theatre, West End ) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (London Palladium, West End); Emmie Sparrow In Brass the Musical (Union Theatre); Princess Jasmine In Aladdin (New Brighton Floral Pavilion);  Ensemble U/S Ulla The Producers (International Tour); Ensemble U/S Lisa Housman Dirty Dancing  (UK Tour); Ensemble Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Leeds Playhouse & UK Tour); Demeter in Cats (Royal Caribbean); Ensemble Red Hot Broadway (China Tour)

Other Credits: Christmas Spectacular (The Barbican); Cinderella Workshop (Andrew Lloyd Webber); Floating Festivals: Stages & Throwback Cruise (Beyond Repair Dance); Britain’s Got Talent Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (ITV); London Live News – Brass (London Live); Dancer Agatha Christie’s ABC Murders (BBC); Carnival Cruise lines Dancer/Singer (Carnival Paradise & Carnival Breeze); Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Dancer (Oasis of the seas); The Blues Brothers Show (Monte Carlo Sporting Club); Dancer House full 3 (Bollywood)

Kelsie would like to thank her Mum and Dad for their continuous love and support.

Martin McCarthy

Training: Dixon-Woods School of Dance, & Italia Conti

Theatre: Drake & understudy Rooster in Annie (UK Tour); The Wizard of Oz (Curve); White Christmas (Tour); Witches of Eastwick Concert (Sondheim Theatre); On Your Feet! (Curve; ENO & Tour); West Side Story (Curve); 42nd Street (Theatre Royal); Grease (Curve); Legally Blonde (Curve); Calamity Jane (Watermill/ Tour); White Christmas (Edinburgh & Cardiff); Top Hat (Aldwych & Tour); Chess (Tour); Tap Dance Fever (Canada); Dick Whittington (Cochrane); State Fair (Finborough); Evita (Tour); Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lady Be Good, The Boyfriend and The Taming of The Shrew (all Regents Park); Fame (Tour), Follies Concert (Palladium); Santa Claus (Southampton & Liverpool)

Film: Matilda

Other: Choreographer on Crazy For You (Gothenburg); Choreographer on Singin’ in the Rain (Broadway Theatre); Associate Choreographer on Kiss Me Kate (Luxembourg); Associate Choreographer on Legally Blonde (South Korea); Assistant Choreographer on Kiss Me Kate (Chatelet); Assistant Choreographer on Let’s Dance Again (Royal Festival Hall)

Nathan Routledge

Training: Performance Preparation Academy (PPA)

Theatre: Jersey Boys (UK & Ireland Tour); Roles We’ll Never Play (Vaudeville Theatre); The Pirate Queen (London Coliseum); Snow White (Manchester Opera House)

Other Work: Grad Tidings (Southwark Playhouse); Unplugged (Phoenix Arts Club)

Nathan is delighted to be joining the cast of The Wizard of Oz !

Instagram: @nathan.routledge

Olivia Kate Holding

Training: Olivia trained at Bird College, where she graduated with a 1st Class Honours Degree.

Theatre credits: Hamilton- Victoria Palace Theatre,  On Your Feet!, Young Gloria/ensemble- Original UK tour cast, Saturday Night Fever – UK tour Linda/cover Annette, Wicked, Apollo Victoria Theatre, Mamma Mia! Swing cover Ali/Lisa – Novello Theatre

TV credits: Ant& Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Paddy’s ITV Christmas special, The Apprentice – ‘You’re Hired!’

Rose Ouellette

TRAINING: Bachelor of Fine Arts from California State University, Fullerton

THEATRE CREDITS: Dinah in Starlight Express (Mehr Entertainment, Bochum), Joanne/Cover Gloria/Assistant Dance Captain in Rocky the Musical (Stage Palladium Theatre) Swing/Assistant Dance Captain in Mamma Mia! (Stage Metronome Theatre), Taddy- Jo/Cover Shy in The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (Denver Arvada Center), Polly in Crazy for You! (San Diego Moonlight Amphitheatre), Soprano Soloist in All Night Strut (Broward Stage Door) .

OTHER CREDITS: Ensemble/Cover Olive Thomas in Ghostight (Signature Off-Broadway Theatre, New York Musical Theatre Festival), Featured Soloist in Divas! ( The Palace Theatre), Ensemble in Spandex (Roy Arias Off- Broadway Theatre, Workshop), Lead Soloist (AIDA Cruises)

Sadie Levett

Training: Italia Conti Academy. National Youth Theatre

Theatre credits include; Cathy in Whistle Down the Wind (Union Theatre), Carrie (u/s Pearl and Dinah) in Starlight Express (Bochum)

Credits whilst training: Charity Hope Valentine in Sweet Charity, Julie/Ensemble in Our House, Soloist in An Evening with Earl Carpenter

Sadie would like to thank her family for their ongoing and unconditional support!

Sydney Spencer

SYDNEY   SPENCER   – SHE/HER

Sydney trained at The Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Theatre credits:  Ensemble/Cover Kay in CLOSE-UP: THE TWIGGY MUSICAL (Menier Chocolate Factory); Ayesha in SCOUTS! THE MUSICAL (The Other Palace).

Theatre credits in training:  Patsy in GAS STATION ANGEL; Kyra/Dance Captain in BARE; Rita O’Grady in MADE IN DAGENHAM; Ilse/Dance Captain in SPRING AWAKENING; Charlotte Cary in THE WELKIN; Mrs Corry in MARY POPPINS (Mountview) and Ensemble in MAGIC AT THE MUSICALS (Royal Albert Hall).

Instagram:  @_sydneyspencer

Twitter:  @_sydneyspencer

Thomas Kalek

Training: Bird College

Theatre credits include  Mother Goose (Hackney Empire Theatre, London), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (New Victoria Theatre, Woking)

Film credits include Barbie (Warner Bros.)

Thomas is excited to be joining this production and would like to say a massive thank you to his family, friends and agents for their continued support.

Tyler Ephraim

Training: London School of Musical

Theatre includes: Frank in Trolls – Online (The Cockpit Theatre), Dan/1st Cover Issachar in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat  (UK & International tour), Stick Man in Stick Man (UK tour), Mane Man in The Wonderful Storybook (Theatre Peckham), Judah in Joseph and theAmazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK tour), Spencer in Boogie Nights (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Death of Rats in Soul Music (Rose Theatre), Ensemble in Dark Tower (Riverside Studios).

Credits whilst training include: Jimmy in Grand Hotel, Jester In Once Upon a Mattress, Bill/Ron Macer in Made in Dagenham.

Other work includes: On Hostile Ground (online musical) and Juhgiyo (music video)

Tyler is thrilled to be apart of The Wizard of Oz Cast and would like to thank his family, friends and agent for their constant love and support. Especially his Nan.

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Princess Fiona

James Gillan

Lord Farquaad

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Cherece Richards

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Training: Guildford School of Acting.

Theatre includes: Scar in The Lion King (International Tour); Park Keeper / Von Hussler and understudied and played Mr Banks in Mary Poppins (National Tour); Escapologist and understudied and played Miss Trunchbull and Mr Wormwood in Matilda the Musical (Cambridge Theatre/RSC); u/s Khashoggi and Rebel Leader in We Will Rock You (International Arena Tour); u/s Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar (National Arena Tour); Simon Stride in Jekyll and Hyde (Union Theatre).

Workshops include: Cecco/Tootles in Peter Pan (Lyric Theatre).

Concerts include: My Fair Lady (BBC Proms/Royal Albert Hall).

Training: Team Diablo Academy, Bologna, Italy.

Theatre credits include: Jacqueline in Windfall (Southwark Playhouse); Morticia Addams in The Addams Family UK Tour (Aria Entertainment and Music & Lyrics Ltd); Berthe/Fastrada in Pippin (Lambco Productions); Janet in the No. 1 UK Tour of The Rocky Horror Show (Trafalgar Entertainment); Alex Owens in the No. 1 UK Tour of Flashdance (Selladoor Worldwide); Dale Tremont in Top Hat (Gatehouse Theatre); Millie Dillmount in the No. 1 UK Tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie (Spirit Productions); Marilyn Monroe in The Norma Jeane Musical (Stockwell Playhouse); Streetwalker (Offie-nominee) in Irving Berlin’s Face the Music; Ensemble in Burn the Floor - Reunion Tour (UK Tour); Professional dancer in Strictly Live Tour (UK Tour); Ensemble in Burn the Floor (Japan/Australian Tour); Featured act I Can’t Dance, Mane Chance Charity Gala (Theatre Royal Windsor).

Television credits include: Professional dancer and 2016 Champion in Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1); Professional dancer and 2015 Champion in Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special (BBC1); Expert presenter on It Takes Two (BBC2).

Radio credits include: Friday Night is Music Night (Hackney Empire, 2018).

Awards include: 2015 Offie Nominee for Best Supporting Actress; World Professional Showdance Champion; European Professional Ballroom Champion.

James was nominated for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical at the 1997 Lawrence Olivier Awards. This was for his West End debut in The Who’s Tommy at the Shaftesbury Theatre.

Most recently, he created the role of Tray in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue – a role he stayed with through the show’s entire West End run. He also had the great pleasure of taking ETAJ all the way to the states, performing at the Ahmanson Theatre in LA for its 6-week run.

Other theatre credits include: Lady Puck in The Donkey show (Proud Camden); Mr Tumnus in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Rose theatre Kingston); Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors (Aberystwyth Arts centre); Colin in the Secret Garden (West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Rep); the title role in Stiles & Drewe’s Peter Pan (at both The Royal Festival Hall and The West Yorkshire playhouse); the original Boq in the West End production of Wicked (The Victoria Apollo Theatre); John Hinkley in Assassins (The Crucible Sheffield); Rusty in Starlight Express not only at The Apollo Victoria, but also re-created the role for its original UK tour, Marilyn in Boy George’s Taboo (UK tour); Nick in Fame (Swedish arena tour); James in Godspell (Chichester festival theatre); part of The Shakespeare’s Globe 1999 season under the direction of Mark Rylance playing Iras in Antony and Cleopatra and Lucius in Julius Caesar ; the title role in Pippin (the Bridewell theatre); Benjamin in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK tour) and James in James and the Giant Peach (UK tour).

On TV, James has appeared in Doctors (BBC); ‘Orrible (BBC); Casualty (BBC); The Seven Industrial Wonders of the World (BBC); The Inbetweeners (Channel 4); The C Word (BBC); Suspects (Channel 5); A Tale of Two Cities (PBS) and The Late Late show (CBS).

Concerts include: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 50th and Stephen Sondheim’s 80th, both at The Royal Albert Hall.

Recordings include: Peter Pan , A Tale of Two Cities (International cast recording),; Everybody’s Talking About Jamie ; and the soundtrack to the movie Easy Virtue .

Brandon Lee most recently played the role of Jimmy Early in Dreamgirls (UK tour). His previous theatre credits include the original West End productions of Be More Chill (Shaftesbury); Come From Away (Phoenix); Heathers (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Motown the Musical (Shaftesbury); and On the Town (Regents Park).

Television and Film includes: Artemis Fowl and Cinderella (Disney); Marriage of Reason and Squalor (Sky Arts); Greta (Metropolitan Films).

Other credits include: Dirty Dancing (UK tour); My Fair Lady; Guys and Dolls; Hamlet; King Lear; Much Ado About Nothing; Meet Me in St Louis; Othello (New Harmony Theatre) and productions with Milwaukee Ballet, Nashville Ballet and Ballet Soul.

Training: Italia Conti (2023 graduate).

Theatre includes: U/S Ti Moune in Once on this Island (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre).

Theatre whilst training: The Witch in Big Fish; Young Lucy in Sweeney Todd .

Recordings include: Blue Skies (Cherece Richards).

Training: Laine Theatre Arts and Birmingham Ormiston Academy.

Credits include: Ensemble/Cover Prince Jaz in Aladdin (Chequer Mead Theatre).

Credits whilst training include: Ernst in Spring Awakening (Laine Studio Theatre); The Laine Show 2022 (Epsom Playhouse); Pan in His Dark Materials (Laine Studio Theatre); Susie Self’s Opera: Quilt Song (The Old Rep Theatre) and Alice In Wonderland (The Old Rep Theatre).

Leo is incredibly excited to be making his professional debut after graduating from Laine, he wants to thank his family, friends, and teachers for their massive and continued support.

Scotty trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London.

Theatre credits include: Chess (The Royal Albert Hall); Room on the Broom (UK and International Tours); The Gruffalo (UK Tour and Garrick Theatre, West End); Mike Nulty in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas , Brendan in Liz Lochhead’s Perfect Days (Leon Sinden Audience Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play); Marvin Shellhammer in Meredith Wilson’s Miracle on 34th Street (all at Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Lancelot in Monty Python’s Spamalot (English Theatre, Frankfurt); Franz Liebkind and covered and played Max Bialystock in The Producers (International Tour); Swing/Resident Director on the 1st National Tour of Motown - The Musical , Sir Harry in Once Upon a Mattress (Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London); Beast in Beauty and the Beast (Nottingham Playhouse); Little Buttercup in Sasha Reagan’s All Male H.M.S. Pinafore (Wilton’s Music Hall, London and Theatre Royal, Winchester); The 39 Steps – A Live Radio Play (Aberdeen Music Hall); Lt. Schrank/Gladhand in West Side Story (Festival Ljubljana) and most recently as Clowes in The Mould that Changed the World (Edinburgh Fringe and USA Tour).

Scotty is absolutely thrilled to be a part of this all-new production of Shrek The Musical .

Training includes: The Urdang Acadamy.

Professional credits include: Ensemble/Onstage swing/cover Hannah & Spot Conlon in Disneys Newsies (Troubadour Wembley Park theatre); Onstage Swing/cover Jan & Patty Simcox in ‘Grease’ (Dominion Theatre); Shelly / Cover Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray (London Coliseum); Kate in Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival Theatre); Princess Tamara in Jack & the Beanstalk (The Playhouse Theatre); Alice Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington (The Kings Theatre); Ensemble Cover Princess Jasmine in Aladdin (The Kings Theatre).

Other credits include: The Olivier Awards 2023, Loose Women 2022, The One show 2021, Recording Vocalist for Milkshake Live!

Jabari was head boy at Laine Theatre Arts and he’s also an alum of Jacobs Pillow USA.

Theatre includes: Levi and understudy Issachar in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium, Toronto and UK Tour); understudy Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk (Everyman Theatre); Swing in Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre); understudy Neleus in Mary Poppins (UK & International Tour); Gregor/Ensemble in MAME (Hope Mill Theatre & UK Tour); A Jazz Happening at the Ted Shawn Theatre (USA); Clumsy in Snow White (Richmond Theatre); Nick Bottom in Ballet Shoes (Peacock Theatre); Understudy Genie and Abanazer in Aladdin (Wyvern Theatre).

Workshops includes: & Juliet the Max Martin musical; Fayard Nicholas in Feelin’ In The Mood .

Television includes: All Star Musicals (ITV); Commercial for Britain’s got talent (ITV); The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS); EastEnders for Children In Need (BBC); Blue Peter (BBC); Festival of Remembrance (BBC).

Other work includes: The Night of 1000 voices (Royal Albert Hall); Performer for Hard-Fi (Wembley Stadium); Max Adventures internet viral; Legoland Vidiyo Music festival; ITV Palooza (Royal Festival Hall).

Training: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (BA Musical Theatre).

Credits Include: Swing/ Cover Angela/ Cover Mrs Hobday in Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Original cast, UK Tour); Necile in Claus The Musical (The Lowry Theatre); Soloist in The Bernstein Mass (Royal Scottish National Orchestra).

Georgie is delighted to be joining the company of Shrek The Musical for her second UK tour!

Training: BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre at Guildford School of Acting.

Credits whilst training: Ensemble in The Pirate Queen ; Susan in Company ; and Pepper Walker in Cry-Baby .

Theatre credits include: Ensemble/Cover Jill in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Yvonne Arnaud Guildford.

Shrek is Natasha’s first job as a 2023 graduate.

Training: New College Lanarkshire.

Credits Include: Ensemble/First Cover Shuggie in Beauty & The Beast (Kings Theatre, Glasgow); Paul in Black Isle (Workshop, National Theatre of Scotland); Finley in Public (Workshop, Arts Depot); Ensemble/1st Cover Doody & Eugene in Grease (Royal Caribbean); Ensemble in Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen); Dancer in Got To Dance (Sky1).

Credits Whilst Training: Bobby Strong in Urinetown ; Peter in Bare ; Franz in Rock of Ages.

Mark is thrilled to be joining the cast of Shrek and would love to thank his family, friends, teacher and his agent, Apollo Artist Management, for their continued support over the years.

Training: Mountview Academy Of Theatre Arts, London.

Credits: Swing u/s Elder Cunningham in The Book Of Mormon (Prince of Wales, West End); Prince Sebastian U/S in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella (Original London Cast, Gillian Lynne, West End); Boq U/S in Wicked (Apollo Victoria, West End); The Arbiter U/S in Chess (ENO London Coliseum, West End); Standby Elder Cunningham in The Book Of Mormon (Prince of Wales, West End); Jim in The Railway Children (Cadogan Hall); Hartley/Bellboy/Dance Captain in Titanic (Toronto Canada & Southwark Playhouse); Student/Ensemble in Les Misérables (Film); Harry/Young Ebenezer U/S in Scrooge (London Palladium, West End & UK Tours); William Harbison in South Pacific (Cadogan Hall); Alternate Joseph in Joseph and The Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK Tour); Bellboy in Anything Goes (Globestar/Corporate); Angel Dumont in Rent (Crescent Theatre); The Barricade Boys (International Tour); Mile End Lee in Pet Shop Boys: Closer to Heaven (London, Union Theatre); Kurt in Glee: Don't Stop Believing (UK Tour); Lead Vocalist (M/S Color Fantasy Cruise Liner); Lead Vocalist in Dreamcoat Stars (UK Tour); Jingle Bell Rock (Dubai, World Trade Centre); Mike in Zanna Don't (Landor Theatre); Prince Charming in Cinderella (Harlow Playhouse); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Worcester Swan).

TV: Britain's Got Talent (ITV); The Masked Dancer (ITV).

Workshops: ALW's Cinderella (Really Useful Group); Wardrobe (Sandfilm Productions); The Monster Bride (Crazy Coqs).

Recordings: Les Misérables (Polydor); The Barricade Boys EP (Sisco Entertainment).

Professional Training: Urdang Academy.

Credits whilst in Training: Brooke Wyndham in Legally Blonde (Hannah Chissick); Eliza Hamilton in The Schuyler Sisters (Rob Archibald); Dancer in Afro Dance Explosion (Chris Otim); Conchita Alverez in Copacabana (George Ure).

Professional Credits: Ensemble/Cover Maid Marian in Robin Hood – Riverfront Live Pantomime (Richard Gauntlet); Ensemble/Cover Cha Cha & Marty in Grease The Musical West End (Nikolai Foster/Arlene Phillips); Ensemble in Grease The Musical on Loose Women (Nikolai Foster); Dancer in Pause Showcase (The Ferdinand Twins); Twins in All Girls – Boohoo Campaign (TV Commercial); Creepy Twins in End of the Wicked – Music Video (Atmosphere/Cruel Santino); Dancer in West End Does Christmas (Phillip Michael Thomas).

Remi is delighted to be joining the cast of Shrek and hopes you all enjoy the show.

Training: Laine Theatre Arts Theatre Credits: DIRTY DANCING (Dominion Theatre, West End), GOLDILOCKS & THE THREE BEARS (Crossroads Productions); HALF A SIXPENCE (Kilworth House Theatre); JULIAN CLARY: BORN TO MINCE (Bloomsbury Theatre, London); Dance Captain in JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (Cheltenham Everyman Theatre); Dance Captain in PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (UK Tour); Dance Captain in THE WEDDING SINGER (Troubadour Theatre, Wembley Park London); ROBIN HOOD AND THE MERRY MEN (Qdos Entertainment); Dance Captain for FLOATING FESTIVALS (Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas); Dance Captain in THE WEDDING SINGER (Daegu International Music Festival, South Korea); SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (UK Tour); PETER PAN (Qdos Entertainment); DICK MCWHITTINGTON (Qdos Entertainment); WEST SIDE STORY (UK Tour); Dance Captain for JULIAN CLARY: POSITION VACANT (Palace Theatre, West End); PETER PAN (Qdos Entertainment); JULIAN CLARY: POSITION VACANT - UK Tour (Shepard’s Bush Empire, London); CINDERELLA (Qdos Entertainment). Other credits: CLIMATE SEASON PROMO COMMERCIA L (Academy Films/ Channel 4); MIRANDA: MY SUCH FUN CELEBRATION (BBC & London Palladium); MARY POPPINS RETURNS PREMIERE (BAFTA); TUI INTERNAL FILM (Y&R London); QUINTESSENTIALLY BRITISH (SkyNet TV - Asia); MAGNIFIQUE (Red Velvet Cabaret); Creative/ Choreographic Assistant & Principle Dancer for ‘BEYOND REPAIR ENTERTAINMENT’.

Training: Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (BA Hons Acting).

Theatre includes: We Will Rock You UK and Ireland Tour (Ensemble/1st Brit); We Will Rock You 20th Anniversary Tour (Brit).

Radio includes: BBC Radio 3 and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Present: A Clockwork Orange - (Dim/Warder/Comedian).

For Nan, who loved theatre.

Bethany graduated with a degree in Theatre Dance from London Studio Centre in 2018.

Theatre credits include: Bring It On (UK Tour); Cats (Royal Caribbean); Matilda (West End); Jack and the Beanstalk (Theatre Royal, Norwich).

Bethany is so excited to be performing in Shrek and would love to thank her family for all their love and support.

Training: Emil Dale Academy, Musical Theatre.

Theatre Credits: Shiegra in Claus The Musical; On-stage Swing in Zorro The Musical;  Princess Peach in Mario: A Super Musical;  Muse 1 in Medusa: The Legend .

Credits whilst training: Frau Bergman and Vocal Captain in Spring Awakening;  Sarah in Company;  Sebastian in The Tempest;  Hope Cladwell in Urinetown;  Helen Walsingham and Vocal Captain in Half A Sixpence and Dabby Bryant in Our Country's Good .

Training: The Urdang Academy.

Stage Credits Include: Ensemble / Fight Captain in Bugsy Malone (UK Tour); Johanna Radebe’s Freedom (UK Tour); Ensemble in The Wiz (The Hope Mill Theatre).

TV Credits Include: The Greatest Dancer (BBC); Trigger Point (ITV); Big Night of Musicals (BBC); The Witcher (Netflix); The Kitchen (Netflix); Saul Nash Winter Collection (Vogue).

Andilé is delighted to be joining the cast of Shrek and would like to thank Apollo Artist Management for believing in him and giving him these opportunities.

Training: Bird College, graduating in 2022.

Credits include: Ensemble in 42nd Street (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris); Ensemble in Alpha’s summer ball 2022 .

Credits whilst training include: Dance captain/Ensemble in Crazy For you ; Featured Ensemble in Coraline .

Brontë is delighted to be joining the cast of Shrek and cannot thank her family, friends, and agents enough for their continued love and support.

Training: Tring Park for Performing Arts; Laine Theatre Arts.

Theatre: Beauty and the Beast (Disney); Mame - Dance Captain (Hope Mill Theatre); Cats (Kilworth House); Annie (UK Tour); The Nutcracker (London Coliseum).

Television: The Children's Royal Variety (BBC).

Film:   Tomorrow Morning  - Assistant Choreographer (Visualise Films); Avengers: Age of Ultron (Marvel Studios).

Training: Laine Theatre Arts.

Theatre credits include: A Night at The Theatre (Abu Dhabi); Ensemble & Diane Lorrimer in 42nd Street (Théâtre du Châtelet); Sleeping Beauty (Chelmsford Civic Theatre); Beauty and the Beast (Chelmsford Civic Theatre); The Spirit Of The Ring in Aladdin (The White Rock Theatre, Qdos); Cinderella (Chelmsford Civic Theatre); Billy Elliot the Musical (Victoria Palace Theatre); Elton John’s 7th Anniversary Gala (Victoria Palace Theatre).

Other credits include: 1 day, 2nights’ - HRVY Music Video (BMG & Lightening Films).

Talia would like to thank MCSOD and her family and friends for their continued love and support.

Theatre: Ensemble/ Dance Captain in Top Hat (The Mill At Sonning); Ensemble/understudy Ann in Half A Sixpence (Kilworth House Theatre); Ensemble in Johannes Radebe: Freedom (UK Tour); Ensemble in Top Hat (Kilworth House Theatre); Princess Susan in Jack & The Beanstalk (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham); Princess Jasmine in Aladdin (Chelmsford Civic Theatre); Carmen in Fame (Lyric, Hammersmith); Keeley Gibson / Understudy Debbie in Billy Elliot The Musical  (Victoria Palace Theatre, West End) and Young Elaine / Understudy Young Morgan in Pendragon (Rose Theatre, Kingston).

Workshops: Bring It On! The Musical (Choreography Workshop).

Film: Ensemble in Tomorrow Morning - The Movie (2022 Release).

Other: West End Wendy for West End Musical Brunch (London) and Dancer in opening sequence at The Brit Awards  (2014).

Gabriela is also one third of @gregoriansisters on TikTok and Instagram. During the pandemic, they started posting fun dancing videos and some fashion/singing content. They now post regularly to over 400,000+ followers across TikTok and Instagram!

Gabriela would like to thank her incredible family and friends for all their continued support and her agent and management for all that they do.

Theatre: Newsies (Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre); The Book of Mormon (UK & International tour); Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); Mike in Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival Theatre).

Concerts: Featured Dancer in West End Does Christmas (Cadogan Hall); Featured Dancer in West End Does Halloween (Fortune Theatre).

Training: Guildford School of Acting/Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Theatre Credits: Fagin’s gang in Oliver! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Dick Whittington (The Hawth Theatre Crawley); Swing/Dance Captain in Hairspray (UK Tour); Swing In Sister Act (Hammersmith Apollo); Featured Ensemble in the European Premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (The Hope Mill Theatre); Jim in the UK Premiere of The Railway Children (The Electric Theatre Guildford); Ensemble/swing in Sister Act (UK Tour).

Other Credits: Vocalist for Magic at the Musicals (Royal Albert Hall); Dancer for Eliza (Narrative Ballet Workshop).

Creative Credits: Associate Director/Choreographer for Bastards (Southwark Playhouse workshop).

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Arts | capitol police investigate verbal threat as ct legislators continue debating, arts | the wizard of ‘wicked’ returns to ct after thousands of performances in the broadway hit musical.

Tom McGowan has played the Wizard in “Wicked” well over two thousand times, but the Yale School of Drama graduate, whose acting career spans Shakespeare, musicals, sitcoms and movies, never tires of hiding behind the curtain.

McGowan keeps the magical humbug role fresh by gauging it against the varying personalities of his co-stars.

“I try to adjust to who’s playing Elphaba,” said McGowan, who is with the “Wicked” tour that’s coming back to The Bushnell for a three-week run from April 24 through May 12. “That’s one of the reasons I haven’t gotten bored all these years. Elphaba is one of the great roles in history and one of the trickiest.”

For most of the Hartford run, Elphaba will be played by Olivia Valli, last seen at The Bushnell in the first national tour of the musical “Pretty Woman.”

“With her, I’m really focusing on the ‘fatherly’ thing,” McGowan said. “I try to be as fatherly as possible. Although the Wizard is this man behind the curtain who’s not so nice, he’s also new to this and just working it out. I try to keep that in mind.”

“Wicked” is a prequel of sorts to “The Wizard of Oz,” chronicling the school days of the Wicked Witch of the West (aka Elphaba) and Glinda the Good (currently played by Celia Hottenstein). The musical is based on the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, the first in his series of books giving an alternate take on the Oz characters created in the early 1900s by L. Frank Baum.

The musical, featuring the hit song “Defying Gravity,” has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz , a longtime Ridgefield resident who has had revivals of many of his musicals done at local theaters such as the Goodspeed Opera House (“Rags”) and ACT of CT (“Snapshots,” “Working,” “Godspell”). “Wicked” has a book by Winnie Holzman and was directed by Joe Mantello.

McGowan got into the Yale School of Drama on his third try. His professional career had an auspicious start when he took over the starring role in the Broadway comedy “La Bête,” the critically acclaimed play by David Hirson written entirely in rhyming couplets and iambic pentameter. Hollywood star Ron Silver had the role but left during the first week of performances. The run was short, but it made McGowan’s name.

He returned to Yale to do three shows at the Yale Repertory Theatre shortly after graduating: The George S. Kaufman comedy “The Solid Gold Cadillac” in 1989, “Daylight in Exile” by James D’Entremont for the Rep’s Winterfest series of new works in early 1990 and the Chekhov drama “Ivanov” (starring William Hurt) in the fall of 1990. Elsewhere in Connecticut, he appeared in readings of new plays at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford for five straight years.

Besides his many times with “Wicked,” he’s visited Connecticut during a national tour of another very long-running Broadway show, “Chicago.” McGowan played Amos Hart, the hapless husband whose anthem is “Mr. Cellophane.” Strangely, both Amos Hart and The Wizard are roles that originated on Broadway with Joel Grey.

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The long-awaited movie version of “Wicked,” starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Ariana Grande as Glinda, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible and Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard, will release the first of its two parts this November. Anticipation for the film has created fresh interest in the musical. McGowan remembers a similar thing happening with “Chicago.”

“People kept asking me, ‘Is the movie going to kill the Broadway show?’ It didn’t. It helped it,” McGowan said.

McGowan has played the Wonderful Wizard of Oz on and off for 16 years. The tour coming to Hartford is called the “Munchkinland” tour to distinguish it from other “Wicked” ensembles happening around the world. McGowan was part of the Munchkinland tour when it first began in 2009.

“I’ve done the tour three different times and filled in another time,” he said.

It has taken him all around the country and to Hawaii. He’s also been in the Broadway cast of “Wicked” twice, in the eighth and 10th years of its now 20-year New York run, and is the only American actor to have played the Wizard in London’s West End.

He’s been with the Munchkinland tour this time for four months. Two weeks ago, he marked his 2,300th performance as the Wizard.

He’s been able to take long breaks from “Wicked” over the years. “I’ve done three other Broadway shows and a lot of TV in that time,” he said, including a key role on the first season of “The Good Fight.” He was able to achieve a personal dream last year when he played Falstaff in Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” at The Old Globe in San Diego. He was also in the Hallmark Channel movie “One Royal Holiday,” filmed in Connecticut in 2020.

Depending on the age of who recognizes him, he jokes, he’s perhaps known for “Frasier” (playing Kenny Daly on 42 episodes of the sitcom), “Everybody Love Raymond (17 episodes as Bernie Gruenfelder) and the Ben Stiller-starring 1995 Disney comedy “Heavyweights.”

While “Wicked” is in Hartford, the Munchkinland tour will make numerous changes in its cast. Several of the lead roles will have different actors playing them starting May 7, the last week of performances at The Bushnell. From that point, Lauren Samuels will replace Valli Elphaba, Austen Danielle Bohmer (who was an ensemble member in “Bye Bye Birdie” at the Goodspeed Opera House in 2016) will be the new Glinda and Aymee Garcia will play Madame Morrible (taking over from Kathy Fitzgerald). McGowan will pass his Wizard hat to Blake Hammond, whom Bushnell audiences have seen previously in national tours of “Something Rotten,” “The Addams Family” and “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.”

“This is a top-shelf tour,” McGowan said. “They always find these incredible young actresses. They change the principals because they like to keep it fresh. The assistant director comes out to see it at every other city. They’ve kept this show really sharp.”

“Wicked” runs April 24 through May 12 at The Bushnell, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford. Performances are Tuesdays through Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 1 and 6:30 p.m. $54-$213. bushnell.org .

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The Harry Potter tour in Leavesden is a big money spinner for Warner Bros.

Britain's Harry Potter movie tour has generated more than $1 billion of revenue since it opened 12 years ago according to its latest financial statements which show that sales doubled to a record $184.4 million (£149.1 million) in 2022 as the end of pandemic restrictions cast a powerful spell on the attraction.

The tour is set inside two cream-coloured cavernous soundstages at Leavesden Studios on the outskirts of London. Owned by media giant Warner Bros. Discovery WBD , Leavesden was originally an aircraft factory before it was converted into a movie studio in 1994 so that James Bond flick GoldenEye could film there.

Warner bought Leavesden in 2010 making it the first studio to have a permanent European base since Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1940s. Leavesden re-opened in 2012 after Warner invested more than $123.7 million (£100 million) in the site. Since then it has been home to well over 50 productions including all eight Potter films, the three Fantastic Beasts spin-offs and last year's highest-grossing movie, Barbie .

The studio generates 39.7% of Leavesden's total revenue which rose by $87.5 million (£70.7 million) to a record $305.8 million (£247.2 million) in the year to 31 December 2022 as we revealed in Britain's Sunday Times newspaper. The increase was entirely driven by the tour as studio revenue dipped 2.9% to $121.3 million (£98.1 million).

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Over the past few years soaring inflation and the cost of living crisis has caused consumers to cut streaming subscriptions leading to studios scaling back the number of shows in production.

It didn't stop there as Leavesden faced the challenge of strikes in Hollywood when actors and writers downed their tools for more than six months last year in a bid to boost the royalties they receive. Warner is still counting the cost of this and on February 23 announced that revenue for the fourth quarter of 2023 was down 7% to $10.2 billion partly driven by strike-induced production delays. On the day of the announcement its shares closed 10% down at $8.61, almost the lowest price since the group was created by the merger of AT&T’s T WarnerMedia and Discovery Inc in April 2022.

The impact is being felt far beyond the studios as special effects firm Framestore, which created the spellbinding visuals in the Potter movies, said it expects margins "to be impacted" by the strikes in 2023.

In contrast, the tour behind the scenes of the Potter movies has been a dream ticket for Warner. Leavesden's net profit more than doubled last year to $87.8 million (£71 million) which was largely driven by the tour given that the studio's revenue reversed. Since 2012 Leavesden has generated total net profits of $589.6 million (£476.7 million) and paid $289.4 million (£234 million) of dividends to Warner.

Guests can wander through recreations of classic Harry Potter locations (photo by Andrew Aitchison / ... [+] In pictures via Getty Images)

Since it opened 12 years ago more than 18 million people have streamed through the tour's turnstiles generating a total of $1.2 billion (£935.8 million) of revenue – 67.5% more than the studio has made.

The tour is filled with props and sets from the movies with the latest addition being Professor Sprout's Greenhouse which opened in summer 2022. From the outside, the giant greenhouse appears to be in the grip of a giant vine which covers the walls inside. Its tendrils spread into flower boxes where plants seem to sprout from them. Visitors can uproot them to reveal a squealing shrub as Harry and his chums did in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets .

As we recently revealed , the tour has been so successful that Warner has invested more than $115 million in its first overseas outpost which opened in Tokyo last year and is 50% bigger than its British counterpart.

Leavesden operates the Japanese facility as well as the wildly popular chain of Potter shops and the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stage show which premiered in London in 2016 to critical acclaim. Since then it has expanded to five other countries and is still growing as the financial statements reveal that "in 2022 the company invested in another production of the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ."

The company also produces the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stage show (Photo by Sam ... [+] Tabone/WireImage)

Despite the logjam in Hollywood, Leavesden too is expanding. Last year it announced plans to build 11 new sound stages which will increase production capacity by more than 50% and will create 4,000 direct and indirect jobs. It is expanding to stay in the game in the face of increasing competition.

Britain has become a popular location for filming thanks to its generous fiscal benefits which give studios a reimbursement of up to 25.5% of the amount they spend in the country. It explains why Shepperton Studios, just outside London, is planning a 1.2 million square feet expansion which will make it the world's second-biggest studio.

Likewise, nearby Pinewood plans to spend $1.6 billion (£1.3 billion) on new facilities including a studio tour which will put it in even more direct competition with Leavesden. Over the past 80 years Pinewood has been home to everything from the Pink Panther and Paddington to Superman and Star Wars so it may take more than the wave of a magic wand to beat.

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