EASTENDERS' Aaron Sidwell to Join the WICKED 2018 UK & Ireland Tour

WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is delighted to announce that EastEnders star Aaron Sidwell will play Fiyero on the forthcoming return engagement of the spectacular, critically acclaimed and multi record-breaking UK & Ireland Tour in 2018.

Aaron Sidwell is currently playing 'Steven Beale' in the BBC's EastEnders, a role he originally played in 2007/08. His many musical theatre appearances include Grey Gardens (Southwark Playhouse), American Idiot (Arts Theatre, London) and the leading role of 'Michael Dork' in Loserville The Musical (West Yorkshire Playhouse and in the West End).

Aaron Sidwell is scheduled to appear at all venues. The full UK & Ireland Tour cast will be announced in September.

The tour will visit: Bristol Hippodrome (Wednesday 31 January - Saturday 3 March 2018); Liverpool Empire (Wednesday 7 - Saturday 31 March 2018); Birmingham Hippodrome (Wednesday 4 - Sunday 29 April 2018); Edinburgh Playhouse (Tuesday 8 May - Saturday 9 June 2018); Leeds Grand Theatre (Wednesday 13 June - Saturday 7 July 2018); Dublin Bord Gáis Energy Theatre (Tuesday 17 July - 26 August 2018); Sunderland Empire (Thursday 6 - Saturday 29 September 2018); Southampton Mayflower Theatre (Wednesday 3 - Saturday 27 October 2018, tickets on sale September 2017); Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre (Wednesday 31 October - Saturday 24 November 2018) and Manchester Palace Theatre (Tuesday 4 December 2018 - Saturday 5 January 2019). For further details visit: www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk.

Acclaimed as "one of the greatest musicals of our time" (Daily Mail), "the hit musical with brains, heart and courage" (The Sunday Telegraph) and "a magical adventure that casts its spell on young and old" (Metro), WICKED tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two sorcery students and their extraordinary adventures in Oz, which will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West. Based on the acclaimed, best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire that ingeniously re-imagines the stories and characters originally created by L. Frank Baum in 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', WICKED has become a global phenomenon featuring astounding technical wizardry, stunning costumes, a compelling 'untold' story and show-stopping songs, including the incredible 'Defying Gravity'.

A three-time winner of the theatregoer-voted WhatsOnStage Award for 'Best West End Show' and a two-time winner of the Olivier Audience Award, WICKED played a fifteen-city tour of the UK & Ireland from September 2013 - July 2015, winning five-star rave reviews at every venue. It resumed touring in July 2016 to embark on a major international tour including engagements in Singapore, Hong Kong, Manila, Shanghai and Beijing. This spectacular production will also play an engagement in Zurich immediately prior to its return to the UK & Ireland.

WICKED is already the 16th longest running show in West End theatre history and is currently celebrating 11 remarkable years at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, where it continues an open-ended run. Around the world, WICKED has now been seen by over 50 million people in 15 countries, and won over 100 major awards.

WICKED has music and lyrics by multi Grammy and Academy Award-winner Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Disney's Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Enchanted and, for DreamWorks, The Prince of Egypt) and is based on the novel 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire and adapted for the stage by Winnie Holzman (My So-Called Life). Musical staging is by Tony Award-winner Wayne Cilento and the production is directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello.

WICKED is produced around the world by Marc Platt, Universal Stage Productions, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone. Executive Producer (UK & Ireland) Michael McCabe.

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