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Wicked, the smash hit West End musical, has announced that Louise Dearman, who played 'Glinda' to from March 2010 to December 2011, will return to star as 'Elphaba' from Monday 29 October 2012. It is the first time that a leading lady will have starred in both roles in the nearly decade-long history of the global musical phenomenon.

Wicked, the hit musical now in its sixth year at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, welcomes Keith Bartlett to the role of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from today, Monday, 30 July.

Wicked, the hit musical now in its sixth year at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, will welcome Keith Bartlett to the role of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from Monday 30 July.

WICKED, the award-winning hit musical that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, is pleased to announce its partnership with anti-bullying charity The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation, which launched in the UK last night (Thursday 10 May).

On Twitter Watch, Wicked London wrote 'Take a look at #HelenaBonhamCarter at Wicked on Wednesday! Which song do you think Helena would have liked the most?!'

The long-running West End musical Wicked has just announced the third year of its hugely successful Wicked Young Writers' Award. Spearheaded by author of War Horse and former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo, the Award recognises excellence in writing, encourages creativity, and helps develop writing talent in young people between 5 and 25 years of age from all backgrounds and areas of the UK.

Wicked, the smash hit West End musical now in its sixth spellbinding year at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, is pleased to announce the opening of its 13th new booking period, with tickets now on sale until Saturday 27 April 2013.

Winner of the 2010 Laurence Olivier Award for ‘Most Popular Show', the Whatsonstage.com Award for 'Best West End Show' and the BroadwayWorld.com UK Award for ‘Best Long-Running West End Show', WICKED has now played over 1750 performances and grossed in excess of £118 million at the UK Box Office since its West End premiere in 2006. Apollo Victoria Theatre, Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1LG. In the video below, the cast of the show shares what they look foward to the most about the holidays. Click below to check it out!

WICKED recently played its 2000th performance and celebrated its landmark 5th birthday on Tuesday 27 September 2011. The 'hugely popular musical' (The Times) has now been seen by almost 4 million people since its West End premiere in 2006. In the video below, the cast of the show chats about their favorite costumes! Click below to check it out.

WICKED, the 'hit musical with brains, heart & courage' (The Sunday Telegraph) at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, today announced its sixth annual WICKED Day, a free afternoon of family fun that celebrates the award-winning production to raise funds for environmental causes in and around the local community.

WICKED, the smash hit musical that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, just celebrated its landmark 5th birthday last week at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre. Check out photos from the celebration below!

WICKED, the smash hit musical that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, will celebrate its landmark 5th birthday tomorrow night (Tuesday 27 September 2011) at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre.

WICKED, the smash hit musical that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, is pleased to announce that Gina Beck and Matt Willis will join the cast on Monday 12 December 2011 to star as Glinda and Fiyero respectively. Desmond Barrit is returning to the show to play The Wizard. They will be joined by Lillie Flynn (Nessarose), Christopher Howell (Doctor Dillamond) and Adam Pettigrew (Boq).

WICKED, the hit musical that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, has announced that Rachel Tucker will continue in her starring role as Elphaba into 2012. Julie Legrand (Madame Morrible), Nikki Davis-Jones (Standby Elphaba) and Chloe Taylor (Standby Glinda) are also all continuing in their roles. UK Executive Producer Michael McCabe commented: 'Since first joining our cast in March 2010, Rachel has thrilled audiences and critics alike with her powerful and passionate performance as Elphaba. We are all absolutely thrilled that Rachel has now decided to continue leading the company with her extraordinary professionalism and great dedication to the role - we couldn't be more proud of her success'.

Rachel Tucker, currently starring in Wicked at the Apollo Theatre, recently appeared on the ITV skating competition Dancing on Ice to perform the Wicked's show stopping number 'Defying Gravity'. Watch the performance below!

WICKED, the long-running hit musical at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, is pleased to announce its entire new company to begin performances on Monday 7 February 2011: Joining the previously announced Mark Evans (Fiyero) are: Zoe Rainey ('Amber Von Tussle' in Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Theatre) as Nessarose, Ben Stott ('Jack' in Sondheim's Into The Woods at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park) as Boq, and Chloe Taylor(WICKED, 2009) as Standby Glinda.

Nominated for this year's Whatsonstage.com Award for 'Best Takeover in a Role', Lee Mead will give his final performance as Fiyero in WICKED on Saturday 5 February.