Photos have been released of Martyn Ellis as The Wizard in Wicked. The actor joined the West End production at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on Monday 17th February, replacing Sam Kelly who left the show due to ill health. Take a look at the pictures below (click on an image to enlarge).
Martyn Ellis famously played ‘Nicely Nicely Johnson’ in Michael Grandage’s acclaimed production of Guys and Dolls with Ewan McGregor at the Piccadilly Theatre. He most recently starred as ‘Harry Dangle’ in One Man, Two Guvnors (National Theatre/West End/Broadway) and as ‘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.
Wicked currently stars Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba), Savannah Stevenson (Glinda), Jeremy Taylor (Fiyero), Sue Kelvin (Madame Morrible), Martyn Ellis (The Wizard), Paul Clarkson (Doctor Dillamond), Sam Lupton (Boq), Katie Rowley Jones (Nessarose), Emma Hatton (Standby Elphaba) and Sophie Linder-Lee (Standby Glinda).
Photo Credit: Matt Crockett
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