Thorpe takes on Wicked duties

Subject: Thorpe takes on Wicked duties Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:33 pm

Harriet Thorpe is to replace Susie Blake as witchy headmistress Madame Morrible in Wizard Of Oz-based musical extravaganza Wicked, from 14 April.

Thorpe’s face may be familiar due to her numerous television roles, notably in comedy series The Brittas Empire, French & Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous and Murder Most Horrid, plus film roles including the WI head in Calendar Girls. On stage, Thorpe has recently been seen playing Fraulein Kost in Rufus Norris’s production of Cabaret at the Lyric. Her extensive London stage credits include work for the National Theatre, Open Air, Young Vic and Almeida, plus appearances in Les Misérables, Jackie and Under The Doctor in the West End.

In Wicked, Thorpe joins a cast that includes Kerry Ellis as Elphaba and Dianne Pilkington as Glinda, Oliver Tompsett as Fiyero and Nigel Planer as the Wizard. Originally a hit on Broadway, this show opened at London’s Apollo Victoria in September 2006. Based on the book by Gregory Maguire, the story centres on the two witches from L Frank Baum’s story The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz and imagines the events preceding Dorothy’s adventure to the Emerald City.
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hmmmmmmmmmmmm i'll be seeing her on Wednesday! shoudl be interesting Devious

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