Sunday 16th February 2025
Location: Watergate Theatre, Parliament Street, Kilkenny. R95 D320
WICKED’S ELPHABA FLIES IN TO KILKENNY FOR THE SONDHEIM FESTIVAL!

Olivier-nominated Broadway and West End star RACHEL TUCKER, probably best known for Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway and the West End – will give her concert to close The Sondheim Festival – the Kilkenny-based weekend of events to celebrate the late, great Stephen Sondheim, famous for West Side Story, Into the Woods, and Sweeney Todd amongst other works. She will be accompanied on piano by Ireland’s leading musical theatre director, David Hayes.

Rachel is an Olivier-Nominated Actress who is currently starring in Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre in London, following her performance in Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre, playing the lead role of Norma Desmond alongside Nicole Scherzinger. Prior to that, she starred in Come From Away at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway, playing the role of Annette/Beverley Bass, the role she originated in London.

Rachel became best known for her interpretation of Elphaba in London’s West End production of Wicked at the Apollo Theatre. After playing the role for three years and over one thousand performances she became the show’s longest running consecutive ‘Green Witch’!

Now in its third year, The Sondheim Festival runs on 15 & 16 February and also hosts a Choral Workshop, Voice Workshops, plus other fun events.
The Festival Director is Christine Scarry – well known to Kilkenny audiences for her productions of Michael Collins, The Addams Family, Vincent, The Full Monty, Sweeney Todd, Listen To My Heart, concert performances with Alchemy Vox, and many other productions at the Watergate Theatre.
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