Alice Fearn as Elphaba (Picture: Matt Crockett)

The hit West End musical Wicked has been Defying Gravity for over ten years now and by the look of these first look images of the new cast, it’s going to keep on doing so for more years to come.

Alice Fearn will take over the role of Elphaba – also known as the Wicked Witch of the West, and Sophie Evans, the acclaimed runner-up in the BBC talent show Over The Rainbow, becomes Glinda.

The musical phenomenon is based on the book by Gregory Maguire which brilliantly reimagines the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, and exactly how the Wicked Witch came to cause such destruction across Oz.

Elphaba heads for the western skies (Picture: Matt Crockett)

Sophie Evans as Glinda (Picture: Matt Crockett0

Sophie Evans as Glinda (Picture: Matt Crockett)

Andy Hockley as The Wizard (Picture: Matt Crockett)

Bradley Jaden as Fiyero (Picture: Matt Crockett)

Melanie La Barrie as Madame Morrible (Picture: Matt Crockett)

Jack Lansbury as Boq (Picture: Matt Crockett)

The role of Elphaba was originally performed by Idina Menzel, who won the 2004 Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance, while Kristin Chenoweth took on the character of Glinda, and was also Tony-nominated.




It has gone on to win a further two Tony Awards, one Grammy Award, 11 Drama Desk Awards, and two Laurence Olivier Awards.

Martin Ball as Doctor Dillamond (Picture: Matt Crockett)

Sarah McNicholas as Nessarose (Picture: Matt Crockett)

Bradley Jaden (Fiyero), Melanie La Barrie (Madame Morrible), Andy Hockley (The Wizard) and Jack Lansbury (Boq) will join Fearn and Evanas and current cast members Martin Ball (Doctor Dillamond) and Sarah McNicholas (Nessarose).

The new London cast will tread the boards for the first time on Monday July 24 2017;