West End WICKED Breaks Its Own Box Office Records; Alexia Khadime Returns as Elphaba in May

The hit musical WICKED, now in its third year at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, broke Box Office records last week with the highest weekly gross of its entire run. The musical grossed £885,294, beating its own record of £873,020 set in the final week of December 2006. Almost 20,000 theatregoers attended 9 performances of the musical last week.

WICKED continues to defy the ‘credit crunch' and increased sales in 2008 by more than £1 million on the previous year, with no increase in ticket prices since February 2007, taking £28 million in total.

Acknowledged as 'the West End's most successful musical' (The Independent on Sunday), WICKED has taken in excess of £65 million at the Box Office since opening in September 2006. The award-winning musical has already been seen by over 1.7 million people and played over 950 performances.

UK Executive Producer Michael McCabe said: "2008 proved to be a remarkable year for Wicked and we are delighted to have ended it on such a high note. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our outstanding cast, company and crew, the incredible Box Office staff and the many individuals and contractors who have all helped to make Wicked such a huge and enduring success in London".

WICKED stars: Kerry Ellis as Elphaba, Dianne Pilkington as Glinda, Oliver Tompsett as Fiyero, harriet thorpe as Madame Morrible, Desmond Barrit as The Wizard, Caroline Keiff as Nessarose, Jeremy Legat as Boq and Andy Mace as Doctor Dillamond.

Cast subject to change from Monday 11 May 2009. Alexia Khadime returns to play Elphaba from Monday 11 May 2009.

Official UK website: WickedTheMusical.co.uk">www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk

 

 

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