Still Wicked! 

The Apollo Victoria,  London - 9th of April 2016

I have been wanting to see this production since I heard about it which now feels like forever ago! As I find adaptations fascinating, the idea of this production focusing on the backstory of Oz's Wicked Witch has had me intrigued for sometime. After seeing the production, I'm still intrigued! Whilst I appreciate that there will be many people who have seen this production already I still don't want to reveal any spoilers for anyone yet to see the show, so I'll just say that I thought that the conclusion of the plot was very clumsy and didn't seem to make sense when considered in tandem with the film. At one point the conclusion of the original film's plot is running side by side with the play so it is vital that the two plots do mesh together well. Sadly this was not the case! Despite this, Wicked is one of the best musicals I have ever seen!

I strongly recommend anyone and everyone to see this production! The musical talent is remarkable, the costumes look like something straight from a Jean-Paul Gaultier catwalk and the set is seemingly steampunk-inspired; a new look for a set but one that works really well in the context of the show.

The ensemble, despite pumping out so many performances a week for such a long time now, seems as fresh as a daisy and it genuinely feels like your performance might well have been the opening night! There is certainly no sense that anyone is getting stale, bored or complacent and Elphaba (Wicked Witch) played by Emma Hatton is amazing. That girl has a set of pipes!

I also adored the ditsy blonde Glinda the Good Witch played by Savannah Stephenson. And Oliver Savile looks very good in a tight pair of pants! Although I was expecting them to split embarrassingly revealing a pair of red polka dot pants at any point in his leaping around... The university where all of the core characters met was like a Hogwarts version of Oxbridge which was also very amusing! Definitely one to watch on a jaunt to London!