Wicked - 2023/2025 UK and Ireland Tour

Casey Al-Shaqsy is on as Elphaba for both shows today (27th March, 2024).

Laura Pick has stated on social media that she tried performing while still recovering from an illness, and will be taking a brief break from the show to allow herself time to recover fully.

Casey Al-Shaqsy, Maddison Firth and Jade Davies will be covering her absence until she is ready to return.

Well done to Laura for being open and honest about this, and also Wicked UK for putting performer well-being front and centre, as it always should be.

Wishing Laura a speedy recovery, and the best of luck to the Elphaba covers!

Maddison Firth is performing as Elphaba tonight. Megan Gardiner will be performing as Glinda, with Stephanie Lindo as Nessarose (29th March, 2024).

Generally, they are expected to do all shows.

I saw this last night and my first time of seeing this. I did not know much about it and throughly enjoyed it. Both female leads are tremendous as were the whole cast and orchestra There was a standing ovation.

Casey Al-Shaqsy is on as Elphaba tonight, Julie Cloke is on as Madame Morrible and James Gower-Smith is on as The Wizard/Dr Dillamond (2nd April, 2024).

From her instagram story…it seems Laura Harrison is on her way to Birmingham! Guessing she’s standing by as Laura is still not back?

Yes, Laura Harrison flew down to Birmingham last night to cover for Elphaba (3rd April, 2024). Casey Al-Shaqsy is recovering from a recent bout of laryngitis and Jade Davies is yet to have her Elphaba put-in, so wasn't available to perform. Well done to Laura Harrison for helping cover on tour while the other green girls are recovering!

Hope everyone recovers soon - was Madison indisposed or on holiday as she and Casey were covering as Laura Pick has had to take time off?

Does Jade Davies in effect need to do a dress rehersal for the role or at least some sort of run through to step into the role or was she off too for any reason?

There have been instances where US u/s Elphabas have gone without even a put in. I can’t recall exactly who but I’ve heard them say it on a couple of these theatre podcasts they’ve been on.

Maybe Jade going on without one (again no real confirmation she has or hasn’t) is there absolute last resort and given they were able to get Laura up then they didn’t have to.

Although one could assume that as soon as Laura P went off they would have ensured she was ready to go on if needed. Then again maybe she is they could just all be indisposed by illness. If Maddison was on holiday (I’m sure someone said this could be the case) they’d have asked her to come back to perform unless she wasn’t in travelling distance.

I do feel like it’s a shame though that Laura and Casey are actively putting it out there why they won’t be performing. I feel like they’ve been pushed into this from a lot of fan pressure with what was happening in London over the past year. At the end of the day it’s no one’s business why they aren’t on. A viewers only concern should be that there is someone to play the role so it doesn’t get cancelled.

If a cast member wishes to post why they are off, it is up to them. A lot of people post insta stories. All I think the company needs to say is holiday or indisposed. The 2nd could cover pretty much anything. We never knew why people were off pre-social media times.

London to B'ham is only 90 odd ,minutes by train so Laura H can get up to there pretty quickly. I just have a vision of her travelling in her green make up although this wouldn't have happened.

Unless there are week breaks between the tour venues then they would be entitled to holidays. I don't know what the maximum number of consecutive weeks a show can run be it in one venue or on tour before someone would be entitled to statutory holiday?