Gina Beck & Matt Willis Will Dance Through Life in London’s Wicked

West End vets Gina Beck and Matt Willis will join the cast of London's Wicked on December 12 as Glinda and Fiyero, respectively, and Wicked alum Desmond Barritt will return to the role of The Wizard. The three actors will star opposite Rachel Tucker as Elphaba, as well as Julie LeGrand (Madame Morrible), Lillie Flynn (Nessarose), Christopher Howell (Doctor Dillamond) and Adam Pettigrew (Boq). 

Beck has appeared in The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables on the West End, and is currently starring in The Belle’s Stratagem at the Southwark Playhouse. Willis made his West End debut in Flashdance, and most recently starred in the UK national tour of Footloose. He was a member of popular British band Busted, and in 2006 he won the ITV reality show I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Gregory Maguire that re-imagined the stories and characters created by L. Frank Baum, Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students. Their adventures in Oz ultimately see them fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.