Wednesday 14th November 2018, another day, another chance to watch ‘Wicked’ at the Millennium Centre here in Cardiff Bay. Today’s going to carry on where I left it on my last visit, so I’m talking about duets in act two. ‘Wonderful’ starts our first duet in this act when Elphaba returns to confront the Wizard about the winged monkeys, the Wizard actually does most of the singing, although the song is a integral part of the show, as Elphaba finds out more lies about what she has been told previously. Stephen Pinder plays the Wizard, and I must admit, sings this really well this Elphaba chipping in at strategic points.

Another fabulous duet concerns Elphaba and Fiyaro, a beautiful song with just the two of them on stage. With ‘As long as your mine’, another strategic part of the plot unfolds. Stunning singing from both engulf the stage as the two unlikely lovers pledge the rest of their lives together.

The best duet is saved for the end of the show, as Glinda and Elphaba perform ‘For Good’. Yet one more beautifully written song, that always bring a tear to my eyes, as the two girls remind us of their undying friendship, even after the events of the past highlighted throughout the show. Whoever plays the girls always make this song so special, although I’ve mostly seen Charli play Glinda recently alongside Amy (Ross and Webb) as Elphaba, these actresses are just amazing together, the only problem is the end of the show is quickly upon us, and after that song I really don’t want it to end. That’s another reason why I love this Musical so much.

There are a few more songs to talk about, but I’ll pick those up in my next blog. The cast for this evenings performance can be seen in the caption below. Tonight Helen Woolf returns as Glinda. I must mention just how amazing Charli Baptie has been over my last eight visits to Wicked, playing Glinda. I’ve seen both girls in Bristol and credit to both actresses they are brilliant.

Once again another fabulous show, the cast were totally awesome as usual, so impressive. Also a chance to watch Helen in the Lead role again, it’s nice to see both actresses sharing the role, with each of them totally brilliant in their portrayal of Glinda. More to come soon.