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'Wicked' musical celebrates cast change
By Kimberley Dadds
West End hit musical Wicked has celebrated a change in cast, with three new
people being added to their team.
Dianne Pilkington now plays the good witch Glinda, with Oliver Tompsett as
Elphaba's love interest Fiyero and Andy Mace as Doctor Dillamond.
Helen Dallimore (Glinda), Adam Garcia (Fiyero) and Martin Ball (Dillamond) left
the show last week. Tompsett and Mace were part of the original cast when the
show began in September.
Meanwhile, Kerry Ellis (Elphaba), Susie Blake (Madame Morrible), Nigel Planer
(The Wizard), James Gillan (Boq) and Katie Rowley Jones (Nessarose) have all
extended their contracts to stick with the show.
Talking about her debut performance as Glinda, Dianne Pilkington told us:
"This is so much fun, she's got so much scope and I can't even start to think
about it right now, I'm sure it's going to keep me occupied for an entire year.
It's probably the most fun role I've ever played."
She also said of her new cast members:
"Just brilliant, everyone's been so welcoming and lovely, you know there's a
mixture of old and new and people have been moved around in the cast. It's just
