**Who stars in Wicked?**

Erivo stars as Elphaba, who later becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, while Grande plays her bestie, Glinda, who becomes Glinda the Good.

Both Erivo and Grande have some serious performance credentials, with Erivo nearly having achieved the prestigious EGOT status – having received a Tony, Grammy and daytime Emmy award for her role as Celie in the 2015-2017 revival of The Colour Purple. Grande, on the other hand, is of course best known for being a bestselling and award-winning musician, but has acted on Broadway in the musical 13 and in Adam McKay’s film Don’t Look Up.

Jonathan Bailey stars as Fiyero, who is at the crux of the love triangle that unfolds between Glinda and Elphaba, and if there’s one thing Bailey knows how to do well, it’s a fan-favourite romantic lead role.

Everything Everywhere All At Once star Michelle Yeoh takes to the screen as Madame Morrible, the headmistress of Crage Hall at Shiz University where Glinda and Elphaba first meet.

Broadway star Ethan Slater (The SpongeBob Musical) also stars as Boq, the Munchkin with an unrequited crush on Glinda.

Jeff Goldblum plays the (perhaps not-so wonderful) Wizard and Peter Dinklage has been confirmed as Dr Dillamond, the Goat who bleats his way through the song Something Bad.

Rounding out the cast are Marissa Bode (Narissa, Elphaba’s sister) and comedian Bowen Yang.

**When will Wicked be released?**

The first film landed in cinemas in November 2024 and will be released digitally on 3 January 2025.

We’ll have to wait another year for the second instalment, which is currently slated for release on 26 November 2025.

Wicked: you’ll soon be able to watch Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in the new musical at home