{"id":17148,"date":"2022-11-13T15:31:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T15:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/13\/wicked-announces-2023-cast-including-alexia-khadime-and-lucy-st-louis-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/"},"modified":"2022-11-13T15:31:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T15:31:43","slug":"wicked-announces-2023-cast-together-with-alexia-khadime-and-lucy-st-louis-there-ought-to-be-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/13\/wicked-announces-2023-cast-together-with-alexia-khadime-and-lucy-st-louis-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked Announces 2023 Cast together with Alexia Khadime and Lucy St Louis \u2013 There Ought To Be Clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wicked<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the unbelievable untold story of the Witches of Oz, is proud to announce its full new London forged who will start performances at London\u2019s\u00a0Apollo Victoria Theatre<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0Tuesday 7 March 2023<\/strong>. Leading the corporate might be\u00a0Alexia Khadime<\/strong>\u00a0as \u2018Elphaba\u2019, returning to the position she beforehand performed to common acclaim, and\u00a0The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>\u00a0star\u00a0Lucy St. Louis<\/strong>\u00a0as \u2018Glinda\u2019.\u00a0Caitlin Anderson<\/strong>\u00a0will make her West End debut as \u2018Nessarose\u2019, and present ensemble forged member\u00a0Joe Thompson-Oubari<\/strong>\u00a0will take over the position of \u2018Boq\u2019.<\/p>\n

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The full new forged is confirmed as\u00a0Alexia Khadime<\/strong>\u00a0(Elphaba<\/em>),\u00a0Lucy St. Louis<\/strong>\u00a0(Glinda<\/em>),\u00a0Ryan Reid<\/strong>\u00a0(Fiyero<\/em>),\u00a0Sophie-Louise Dann<\/strong>\u00a0(Madame Morrible<\/em>),\u00a0Mark Curry<\/strong>\u00a0(The Wizard<\/em>),\u00a0Caitlin Anderson<\/strong>\u00a0(Nessarose<\/em>),\u00a0Joe Thompson-Oubari<\/strong>\u00a0(Boq<\/em>),\u00a0Simeon Truby<\/strong>\u00a0(Doctor Dillamond<\/em>),\u00a0Amy Webb<\/strong>\u00a0(Standby for\u00a0Elphaba<\/em>),\u00a0Lisa-Anne Wood<\/strong>\u00a0(Standby for\u00a0Glinda<\/em>),\u00a0Yuki Abe<\/strong>,\u00a0Kofi Aidoo-Appiah<\/strong>,\u00a0Conor Ashman<\/strong>,\u00a0Jessica Aubrey<\/strong>,\u00a0Joshua Clemetson<\/strong>,\u00a0Fergus Dale<\/strong>,\u00a0Effie Rae Dyson<\/strong>,\u00a0Nicola Espallardo<\/strong>,\u00a0Danny Fogarty<\/strong>,\u00a0Ross Harmon<\/strong>,\u00a0Kate Leiper<\/strong>,\u00a0Nick Len<\/strong>,\u00a0Jemima Loddy<\/strong>,\u00a0Joshua Lovell<\/strong>,\u00a0PaddyJoe Martin<\/strong>,\u00a0Millie Mayhew<\/strong>,\u00a0Harry Mills<\/strong>,\u00a0Daniel Parrott<\/strong>,\u00a0Aiesha Naomi Pease<\/strong>,\u00a0Jeanie Ryan<\/strong>,\u00a0Natalie Spriggs<\/strong>,\u00a0James Titchener<\/strong>,\u00a0Micaela Todd<\/strong>,\u00a0Christine Tucker<\/strong>,\u00a0Jaydon Vijn<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Taela Yeomans-Brown<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Current forged members\u00a0Lucie Jones<\/strong>\u00a0(Elphaba<\/em>),\u00a0Helen Woolf<\/strong>\u00a0(Glinda<\/em>),\u00a0Carina Gillespie<\/strong>\u00a0(Nessarose<\/em>),\u00a0Nicholas McLean\u00a0<\/strong>(Boq<\/em>),\u00a0Meg Astin<\/strong>,\u00a0Alishia-Marie Blake<\/strong>,\u00a0P\u00e0je Campbell<\/strong>,\u00a0Michael Colbourne<\/strong>,\u00a0Nolan Edwards<\/strong>,\u00a0Laura Harrison<\/strong>,\u00a0Amie Hibbert<\/strong>,\u00a0Lucie Horsfall<\/strong>,\u00a0Samuel How<\/strong>,\u00a0Christian Knight<\/strong>,\u00a0Jasmine Leung<\/strong>,\u00a0Maggie Lynne<\/strong>,\u00a0Rhidian Marc<\/strong>,\u00a0Jessica-Alice McCluskey<\/strong>,\u00a0Stacey McGuire<\/strong>,\u00a0Lewis Newton<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Samantha Thomas<\/strong>\u00a0will all play their ultimate performances on\u00a0Sunday 5 March 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Alexia Khadime<\/strong>\u00a0(Elphaba<\/em>) first performed \u2018Elphaba\u2019 to vital acclaim in 2008 and subsequently returned to the position for a second engagement in 2009\/10. Alexia\u2019s many different main West End roles have included \u2018Nala\u2019 in Disney\u2019s\u00a0The Lion King<\/em>; \u2018\u00c9ponine\u2019\u00a0in\u00a0Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em>; \u2018Nabulungi\u2019 in\u00a0The Book of Mormon\u00a0<\/em>(WhatsOnStage Award); and, most just lately, \u2018Miriam\u2019 in\u00a0The Prince of Egypt<\/em>. At the National Theatre, she performed \u2018Harmonia\u2019 in\u00a0Welcome To Thebes<\/em>, directed by Richard Eyre.\u00a0Her many tv appearances have included\u00a0Comin\u2019 Atcha!<\/em>\u00a0(CITV); Nick Payne\u2019s\u00a0Wanderlust<\/em>\u00a0(BBC);\u00a0Splatalot<\/em>\u00a0(CBBC) with Dick & Dom; \u2018Ellie\u2019 in\u00a0The Queen\u2019s Nose<\/em>\u00a0(CBBC) and\u00a0Grange Hill<\/em>. She appeared within the movies\u00a0Rocketman<\/em>;\u00a0Les Mis\u00e9rables\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0London Road.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lucy St. Louis<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(Glinda<\/em>) is at present starring as \u2018Christine Daa\u00e9\u2019\u00a0in Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s\u00a0The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>\u00a0at Her Majesty\u2019s Theatre, London. She beforehand starred as \u2018Diana Ross\u2019 in\u00a0Motown The Musical<\/em>\u00a0on the Shaftesbury Theatre and as \u2018Antonia\u2019 in\u00a0Man of La Mancha<\/em>\u00a0on the London Coliseum. Lucy\u2019s many different London theatre credit embrace her West End debut in\u00a0Ragtime<\/em>\u00a0(Regent\u2019s Park Open Air Theatre);\u00a0The Book of Mormon<\/em>\u00a0(Prince of Wales Theatre); and\u00a0Beautiful: The Carole King Musical<\/em>\u00a0(Aldwych Theatre)<\/p>\n

Caitlin Anderson<\/strong>\u00a0(Nessarose<\/em>) will make her West End debut in\u00a0Wicked<\/strong>. She educated at Scotland\u2019s\u00a0MGA Academy of Performing Arts, graduating in 2018.<\/p>\n

Joe Thompson-Oubari<\/strong>\u00a0(Boq<\/em>) is at present showing within the ensemble\u00a0forged of\u00a0Wicked<\/strong>\u00a0and has performed the position of \u2018Boq\u2019 on many events. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in the summertime of 2019, gaining an MA (with Distinction) in Musical Theatre.<\/p>\n

Based on the novel by\u00a0Gregory Maguire<\/strong>,\u00a0Wicked<\/strong>\u00a0imagines a beguiling backstory and future prospects to the lives of L. Frank Baum\u2019s beloved characters from\u00a0The Wonderful Wizard of Oz<\/em>\u00a0and divulges the selections and occasions that form the destinies of two unlikely college associates on their journey to turning into\u00a0Glinda The Good<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0Wicked Witch of the West<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Wicked<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>has music and lyrics by multi-Oscar and Grammy Award winner\u00a0Stephen Schwartz<\/strong>\u00a0(Godspell<\/em>,\u00a0Pippin<\/em>,\u00a0The Prince of Egypt<\/em>, Disney\u2019s\u00a0Pocahontas<\/em>,\u00a0The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Enchanted\u00a0<\/em>and its Disney+ sequel\u00a0Disenchanted<\/em>).\u00a0<\/em>It is predicated on the multi-million copy best-selling\u00a0novel\u00a0Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Gregory Maguire<\/strong>\u00a0and written by Emmy and Tony Award nominee\u00a0Winnie Holzman<\/strong>\u00a0(creator of the landmark American tv sequence\u00a0My So-Called Life<\/em>).<\/em>\u00a0Musical staging is by Tony Award-winner\u00a0Wayne Cilento\u00a0<\/strong>with route by two-time Tony Award-winner\u00a0Joe Mantello<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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