Harriet Thorpe
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Harriet Thorpe is replacing Susie Blake in the West End production of
Wicked. Thorpe will take on the role of
Madame Morrible beginning on 14 April at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre.
Thorpe’s reach as a performer ranges from her early television success in the BBC’s hugely popular comedy series The Brittas Empire, in which she famously played the receptionist whose children lived under the counter, to her recent highly acclaimed performance as Mrs. Lovett in the national tour of Sweeney Todd. She enjoys a longstanding association with Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French, starring with them in Girls on Top; French & Saunders and Absolutely Fabulous, Murder Most Horrid and The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle. Her stage career includes working with the directors Richard Eyre, David Hare, John Doyle, John Caird, Peter Gill, Howard Davies, Michael Attenborough, Rachel Kavanagh, Timothy Sheader and Rufus Norris. Her film appearances include the haughty head of the W.I. in Calendar Girls and she has just completed filming The Calling with Brenda Blethyn and S.N.U.B. with Gary Mavers.
Wicked currently stars Kerry Ellis as Elphaba, Dianne Pilkington as Glinda, Oliver Tompsett as Fiyero, Blake as Madame Morrible (until 12 April) and Nigel Planer as The Wizard.