Lee Mead To Play Fiyero In West End Wicked
It has been announced today that Lee Mead, winner of the BBC One search for a Joseph, Any Dream Will Do will take on the role of Fiyero in the West End production of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre from the 10th May 2010.
Lee is currently playing the title role in Oscar Wilde’s Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime which is on a UK tour until the 24th April 2010. Following winning Any Dream Will Do, Lee played the title role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Adelphi Theatre to critical acclaim winning the 2007 Variety Club Award for ‘Outstanding New Talent’.
In a statement Lee said on being cast for the role “I’m really excited to be returning to the West End in this incredible musical. Fiyero is a fantastic part and I’m looking forward to joining Rachel Tucker, Louise Dearman and the brilliant new cast at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.”
Executive Producer of Wicked, Michael McCabe commented “With a wealth of musical theatre experience already under his belt, Lee was, from the outset, the one to watch in the BBC’s ‘Any Dream Will Do’. His much deserved win and subsequent performance in ‘Joseph…’ proved that he was an outstandingly talented leading man. I am really delighted that he has now chosen to make his return to the West End as Fiyero in Wicked alongside a fantastic new cast that will take us into our fifth year.”
The news completes the new cast line up which will come into play from the 29th March 2010 which includes Julie Legrand (Madame Morrible), Clive Carter (The Wizard), Cassandra Compton (Nessarose), Julian Forsyth (Doctor Dillamond), George Ure (Boq) and Nikki Davis-Jones (Elphaba Standby) in addition to the previously announced Rachel Tucker (Elphaba) and Louise Dearman (Glinda). Original London cast member Sarah Earnshaw continues as Glinda Standby.
Lee Mead will take up the role of Fiyero from the 10th May, until then and from the 29th March 2010 Fiyero will be played by Lewis Bradley.
Wicked is the untold story of the characters in Frank L Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, based on the novel, Wicked The Life & Times Of The Wicked Witch Of The West by Gregory Maguire.
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