First Look at Louise Dearman as Elphaba in London's Record Breaking Hit Wicked
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[**WICKED**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/384/Wicked-tickets.aspx), the record-breaking West End musical now in its 7th smash hit year at the [**Apollo Victoria Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/384/Wicked-tickets.aspx), is pleased to release the first pictures of **Louise Dearman** as Elphaba, who will play her first performance tonight (29 October 2012).
**Louise Dearman** previously played Glinda to huge acclaim (from March 2010 to December 2011) and is the first actress to have starred in both leading roles in the nearly decade-long history of the global musical phenomenon.
From tonight (29 October 2012) Wicked stars: **Louise Dearman** (Elphaba), **Gina Beck** (Glinda), **Ben Freeman** (Fiyero),** Louise Plowright** (Madame Morrible), **Keith Bartlett** (The Wizard), **Christopher Howell** (Doctor Dillamond), **Sam Lupton** (Boq), **Katie Rowley Jones** (Nessarose), **Hayley Gallivan** (Standby Elphaba), **Lucy van Gasse** (Standby Glinda), **Florence Andrews, Gemma Atkins, William Bozier, Oliver Brenin, Lauren Brooke, Philip Catchpole, ****Aisling Duffy, Chlöe Hart, Jacqueline Hughes, Robert Jones, Sophie Linder Lee, Tania Mathurin, Marc McBride, ****Stacey McGuire, Tom Muggeridge, Sean Parkins, Michelle Pentecost, Stuart Ramsay, Lindsay Taylor, ****Paulo Teixeira, Justin Thomas, Hannah Toy, Matt Turner, Oliver Watton** and **Jason Winter.**
**Wicked** is already the 16th longest-running West End musical of all time* and recently celebrated its landmark 2500th performance (8 September 2012) and 6th Birthday (27 September 2012). The Olivier and Evening Standard Awardwinning
London production has been seen by almost 5 million theatregoers since its West End premiere in 2006.
Wicked has music and lyrics by multi GRAMMY and Academy® Award winner **Stephen Schwartz**, a book by **Winnie Holzman** and is directed by two-time Tony® Award winner and Olivier Award nominee **Joe Mantello**. Wicked is based on the best-selling novel, ‘Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West’, by Gregory Maguire.