What To Know About This Production
// WICKED //
REHEARSALS:
Sundays 10am - 5pm
Thursdays 6pm - 10pm
PRODUCTION WEEK:
18 Oct – 24 Oct
PERFORMANCE DATES:
Evenings:
Fri Oct 25th, Sat 26th, Tues 29th, Thurs 31st Fri 1st Nov, Sat 2nd.
Matinees:
Sat 26 & Sun 27 Oct,
2nd & 3rd Nov (final performance)
DETAILS:
Musical, Comedy Drama Full Length
2 hours 45 mins
SYNOPSIS:
Every story has a backstory – what happened before we stumbled on the scene; an unravelling of the past – an understanding of how it all came to be, the bit that set the wheels in motion.
Oz and its crafty Wizard have always been…Wicked tells the tale of what it was like just before Dorothy and her house fell from the sky.
Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West has been described as a political, social, and ethical commentary on the nature of good and evil and whether good intentions with bad results are the same as bad intentions with bad results. With the central themes of bullying and persecution of those who are ‘different’ – Wicked lays the ground work for our eventual journey to Oz.
Its pivotal characters are Elphaba, the sensitive, green-tinged outsider who grows up to become the notorious Wicked Witch of the West and Galinda - beautiful, blonde and popular – who grows up to become the Good Witch of the South.
The story is Elphaba’s to tell - going back to the time when she and Galinda met, eventually becoming friends and travelling together to Oz to meet the Wizard. The pressure of conscience on whether it is better to be ‘right’ or ‘popular’ causes a rift between them that sees Elphaba being misjudgingly cast out as the Wicked one.
Misunderstandings, misplaced loyalties and misrepresentations form the foundation for this study into the contradictions of values and judgements, eventual redemption…and, of course – love.
Performance Dates
- Oct 25 Friday 7:26 AM
- Oct 25 Friday 8:00 PM
- Oct 26 Saturday 2:00 PM
- Oct 26 Saturday 8:00 PM
- Oct 27 Sunday 2:00 PM
- Oct 29 Tuesday 8:00 PM
- Oct 31 Thursday 8:00 PM
- Nov 1 Friday 8:00 PM
- Nov 2 Saturday 2:00 PM
- Nov 2 Saturday 8:00 PM
- Nov 3 Sunday 2:00 PM