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WICKED, the award-winning West End and Broadway musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, makes a spectacular return to the Birmingham Hippodrome from tonight for a sell-out four week run until Sun 29 April 2018.

WICKED, the spectacular West End and Broadway musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, will begin performances at the Birmingham Hippodrome in just 6 weeks. With over 90% of all available tickets already sold, the last remaining seats (starting from just £28.00) are available at Tuesday-Thursday performances including matinees. Also check for single seats at all other performances. Due to the phenomenal demand for tickets, an extra show has been added on Wednesday 11 April 2018 at 2.00pm (tickets are now on sale).

WICKED once again cast its spell over Edinburgh earlier this week, when Elphaba defied gravity atop Edinburgh Castle as part of a special launch event to mark the forthcoming return of the spectacular UK & Ireland Tour to Edinburgh Playhouse from 8 May 2018, for an exclusive Scottish engagement. One of the most successful productions in the venue's history, WICKED was previously seen by over 175,000 people - equivalent to 1 in 3 of the entire population of Edinburgh - during its celebrated engagement in 2014.

WICKED, the award-winning musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is proud to announce a new year-long charity partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSH Charity) for 2018.

WICKED, the smash hit musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has announced the opening of its 25th new booking period on Monday (22 January 2018). Over 500,000 new tickets for the world class West End musical (Official London Theatre) are being released, with booking extended to Saturday 25 May 2019.

It is now just two months until WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, will make its highly anticipated return to Bristol Hippodrome from Wednesday 31 January to Saturday 3 March 2018. This spectacular, critically acclaimed and multi record-breaking touring production has just opened in Z rich, to standing ovations and unanimous rave reviews, where it continues until 31 December 2017.

The acclaimed WICKED YOUNG WRITER AWARDS, created and sponsored by the award-winning musical WICKED in association with the National Literacy Trust, announce that author, award-winning journalist and former Labour MP Ed Balls is returning to join on the judging panel, alongside acclaimed Young People's Laureate for London, Caleb Femi and Editor-in-Chief of First News, Nicky Cox MBE. Author and illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon books, Cressida Cowell, returns as Head Judge for the fourth consecutive year, together with long-standing judges Jonathan Douglas, Director of the National Literacy Trust and Michael McCabe, Executive Producer of WICKED.

The cast and company of the smash hit musical WICKED have hosted a green theatre day and raised over 16,500 to help the Woodland Trust plant 11,000 trees at a St Albans forest.

WICKED, the acclaimed stage musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has been voted 'Best Theatre Production for Schools' by educators for a second consecutive year at the School Travel Awards. The production continues an open-ended run at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, where it is now in its 12th year, and is also touring the UK & Ireland throughout 2018.

WICKED, the smash hit musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has added two extra 2.30pm shows this Christmas on Tuesday 26 December and Friday 29 December at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre.

WICKED, the award-winning West End musical that tells the incredible untold story of the witches of Oz, together with the National Literacy Trust, is proud to announce the eighth year of the prestigious WICKED YOUNG WRITER AWARDS

WICKED once again cast its spell over Bristol on Tuesday, when Elphaba defied gravity above the Floating Harbour as part of a special launch event at M Shed. Marking the return of the UK & Ireland Tour to The Bristol Hippodrome from 31 January 2018, the stars of the new tour were also introduced, with Amy Ross (Elphaba), Helen Woolf (Glinda) and Aaron Sidwell (Fiyero) starring. Check out photos of Elphaba defying gravity over the Floating Harbour below!

WICKED, the smash hit musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, flies into its 12th year at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre today (Wednesday 27 September 2017).

The new musical, An American in Paris, was uniformly critically acclaimed when it opened earlier this year. Inspired by the Hollywood classic, it is now playing its final 14 weeks at the Dominion Theatre. The last performance of this celebrated engagement will be on Saturday 6 January 2018. The London production of An American in Paris has been filmed for future release in cinemas, featuring the original cast led by Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope.

WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is delighted to announce that Amy Ross (Elphaba), Helen Woolf (Glinda), Steven Pinder (The Wizard and Doctor Dillamond), Kim Ismay (Madame Morrible), Emily Shaw (Nessarose), Iddon Jones (Boq) and Nikki Bentley (Standby for Elphaba) will join the previously announced Aaron Sidwell (Fiyero) to lead the cast of the forthcoming return engagement of the spectacular, critically acclaimed and multi record-breaking UK & Ireland Tour in 2018.

Christopher Wheeldon's stunning reinvention of the Oscar® winning Hollywood musical An American in Paris, has extended its engagement for a second time, with tickets now on sale until Saturday 28 April 2018.

WICKED, the West End musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has just announced its 24th extension with 500,000 new tickets now released for performances until Saturday 1 December 2018.

WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is delighted to announce that EastEnders star Aaron Sidwell will play Fiyero.

London's Dominion Theatre, home to Christopher Wheeldon's stunning reinvention of the Oscar winning Hollywood musical An American in Paris, has completed a £6 million restoration and unveils a brand new double-sided LED screen on Tottenham Court Road, the largest and highest resolution projecting screen on the exterior of a West End theatre.                                               

WICKED, the West End musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, will tonight play its 4567th performance at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, surpassing the triumphant run of Billy Elliot The Musical to become the 16th longest running show in London theatre history.