It has been announced that Martyn Ellis (pictured right) will join the West End production of Wicked from Monday 17th February. He replaces Sam Kelly who has withdrawn from the production due to ill health. We send Sam our best wishes.
Martyn Ellis received a Whatsonstage Award for his performance as ‘Nicely Nicely Johnson’ in Michael Grandage’s acclaimed production of Guys and Dolls with Ewan McGregor (Piccadilly Theatre). He more recently starred as ‘Harry Dangle’ in One Man, Two Guvnors (at the National Theatre, in the West End and at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway, directed by Nicholas Hytner) and ‘Alfred P. Doolittle’ in Daniel Evans’ production of My Fair Lady with Dominic West and Carly Bawden (Sheffield Crucible).
His other major theatre roles include ‘Pumbaa’ in Disney’s The Lion King (original London cast, directed by Julie Taymor); ‘Hermann Preysing’ in Grand Hotel(Donmar Warehouse, directed by Michael Grandage) and ‘Thenardier’ in Les Misérables. On television he played ‘Friar Tuck’ in 52 episodes of The New Adventures of Robin Hood (Warner Bros. International Television) and will shortly be seen as ‘Big Al’ in the new Sky 1 drama series The Smoke.
Martyn Ellis (The Wizard) joins international Wicked star Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba), Savannah Stevenson (Glinda), Jeremy Taylor (Fiyero), Sue Kelvin(Madame Morrible), Paul Clarkson (Doctor Dillamond); Sam Lupton (Boq), Katie Rowley Jones (Nessarose), Emma Hatton (Standby Elphaba) and Sophie Linder-Lee (Standby Glinda).
Martyn Ellis (The Wizard) joins international Wicked star Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba), Savannah Stevenson (Glinda), Jeremy Taylor (Fiyero), Sue Kelvin(Madame Morrible), Paul Clarkson (Doctor Dillamond); Sam Lupton (Boq), Katie Rowley Jones (Nessarose), Emma Hatton (Standby Elphaba) and Sophie Linder-Lee (Standby Glinda).
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