WICKED MAKES WEST END HISTORY WITH HIGHEST EVER WEEKLY GROSS
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£923,612 FOR WEEK-ENDING 30 OCTOBER 2010.
RACHEL TUCKER AND LOUISE DEARMAN EXTEND CONTRACTS
**WICKED**, the long-running hit musical, made **West End Theatre history** last week with the highest ever recorded weekly gross. For week-ending 30 October 2010, the “hugely popular musical” (The Times) earned an extraordinary £923,612 at the **Box Office**. Over 20,000 people attended 9 performances of the musical at **London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre**.
**WICKED** has now played over 1700 performances and grossed in excess of £115 million at the **UK Box Office** since its **West End** premiere in 2006. Now in its 5th year, over 3 million theatregoers have already seen the multi award-winning show.
WICKED stars **Rachel Tucker** (Elphaba) and **Louise Dearman** (Glinda) have both extended their contracts and will now continue in their acclaimed roles until 10 December 2011. Also continuing in their roles are **Julie Legrand** (Madame Morrible), **Clive Carter** (The Wizard), **Julian Forsyth** (Dr Dillamond) and **Nikki Davis-Jones** (Standby Elphaba).
**Lee Mead** (Fiyero), **Cassandra Compton** (Nessarose), **George Ure** (Boq) and original London cast member **Sarah Earnshaw** (Standby Glinda) will all depart on 5 February 2011.
Winner of 35 major awards, including the Laurence Olivier Award for ‘Most Popular Show’ and the Whatsonstage.com Award for 'Best West End Show', **WICKED** tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz.