After the festivities of Christmas and new year, January is not usually a month for celebration, but that will not be the case for musical fans following the announcement Wicked will return to Bristol in 2024. A major 10-city tour in UK and Ireland was announced today [Friday, Nov 18] and the critically acclaimed touring production will fly back to Bristol Hippodrome for just over a month from Tuesday, January 23 to Sunday, February 25 in 2024.
The highly anticipated West End and Broadway musical has received rave reviews in the past for its incredible storytelling of Witches of Oz. Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked imagines a beguiling backstory and future possibilities to the lives of L. Frank Baum’s beloved characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and reveals the decisions and events that shape the destinies of two unlikely university friends on their journey to becoming Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Ben Phillips, theatre director of The Bristol Hippodrome, adds: “It is an absolute pleasure to have this gravity-defying performance back in Bristol once again. I was the Theatre Director for several years at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, Wicked’s London home, so this show holds a very special place in my heart and welcoming it to my current venue is like being reunited with a dear friend.”
