The award-winning actor Desmond Barrit joins the record-breaking hit musical WICKED at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre tonight (Monday 7 July 2008) as The Wizard.
Desmond Barrit most recently starred as 'Hector' in Alan Bennett's The History Boys at Wyndham's Theatre, for which he has won unanimous critical acclaim. The Olivier Award-winning actor's performances for the RSC include: 'Falstaff' in Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 (Olivier Award nomination), directed by Michael Attenborough; 'Bottom' in A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Adrian Noble (also on Broadway); 'Trinculo' in The Tempest, directed by Nicholas Hytner; 'Antipholus' in The Comedy of Errors (Olivier Award) and 'Malvolio' in Twelfth Night, both directed by Ian Judge. At the National Theatre his acclaimed performances include 'Pseudolus' in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, directed by Edward Hall; 'Dick Cheney' in David Hare's Stuff Happens and 'Toad' in Alan Bennett's The Wind in the Willows, both directed by Nicholas Hytner. For the Donmar he has starred in Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist with Rhys Ifans and as 'Birdboot' in Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound and 'Harold Gorrnge' in Peter Shaffer's Black Comedy, both with David Tennant.
The smash hit musical, which is soon to celebrate its 750th performance, has now been seen by over 1.4 million theatregoers since its London premiere in September 2006. The production has grossed over £50 million at the Box Office to date and recouped its entire £7 million capitalisation in January 2008.
WICKED now stars: Alexia Khadime as Elphaba, Dianne Pilkington as Glinda, Oliver Tompsett as Fiyero, Harriet Thorpe as Madame Morrible, Desmond Barrit as The Wizard, Caroline Keiff as Nessarose, Jeremy Legat as Boq and Andy Mace as Doctor Dillamond.
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