wicked at the Apollo theatre.

Last Thursday I went with my family to see wicked in the west end. I had heard a lot of great things about the show but I had never got round to seeing it before now. I was instantly impressed the second the show started by the giant moving dragon above the stage and the monkey men that just jumped out of nowhere. It was a dramatic start to a very dramatic show.

I found myself instantly fascinated by the whole thing. I have always loved the wizard of oz and watched it constantly when I was little and I can safely say the wicked witch (Elphaba) was the scariest ‘bad guy’ of my childhood. However I will never see the wizard of oz in the same way again, infact I’m not sure I could watch it again. Wicked is not my favourite west end show but it’s by far the best story line in any show I have ever seen. I was honestly in shock at the end. It was weird that suddenly such a well loved story full of dreams of a young girl that just wanted to go home and an evil witch that I grew up with was actually all twisted an back to front and completely wrong. And I was pretty sure the whole way through that I at least knew how it all ended, Elphaba dies, but not even that ever happened!

The story line was so brilliant and cleverly written that even my seven year old sister appreciated how clever it was. This just proves that wicked is an absolutely amazing show to go and see, if it can impress my little sister and my Nan whilst making everyone question one of the greatest loved films of all time it’s obviously a very diverse show that appeals to everyone.

The singing was breathtaking  I can’t remember how many times I got Goosebumps and when Elphaba sang defying gravity I was pretty sure tears were coming. The costumes were so extravagant and so much work must have gone into them but they really did make the magic of the Emerald city jump out at you. And the set was just wow. The wizard thing (big gold head) seriously scared the life out of me and all the slight movements it did made me wonder how much work must have gone into it.

I loved it sooo much I can’t wait to go again and I’m still amazed at how clever it is and I can safely say that wicked is much better than the wizard of oz and I couldn’t ever watch the wizard of oz again without getting incredibly angry with a certain few characters that look like butter wouldn’t melt.