The latest milestone for the hit musical ‘Wicked’ was the London show’s thousandth performance which was the matinee on Valentine’s Day, Saturday the14th February.

The musical opened at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in September 2006 and is now enjoying its third year. It has already been seen by close to two million people and has taken more than £67 million in theatre ticket sales.

The musical is based on a novel by Gregory Maguire who re-imagined the characters created by L Frank Baum in his novel ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’. The musical tells the story of the witches of Oz and how one came to be known as good and one as wicked.

It stars Oliver Tompsett as Fiyero, Harriet Thorpe as Madame Morrible, Kerry Ellis as Elphaba, Diane Pilkington as Glinda and Desmond Barrit as the Wizard.

The libretto for the show was written by Stephen Schwartz and the script is by Winnie Holzman. It is directed by Joe Mantello.

‘Wicked’ is a worldwide phenomenon with productions also running in Japan, Australia, Germany and North America.

The show recently celebrated the highest grossing week of its run when it took £890,000 in the seven days to the 29th of December 2008.

You can book you Wicked tickets with live availability with Concierge Desk London