Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande closed their Wicked story in London, at the European premiere of Jon M. Chu's film of the musical's second act.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande led the European premiere of Wicked: For Good at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in the West End on Monday 10 November 2025. The cast walked a yellow brick road carpet and was introduced on stage.
Erivo, born in Stockwell in 1987 to Nigerian parents, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and took The Color Purple to Broadway. She won a Tony, a Grammy and a Daytime Emmy for it.
Harriet and Wicked each brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Grande began on Broadway at fifteen in the musical 13 and found television fame in Victorious. Her Glinda brought an Academy Award nomination too.
Jon M. Chu’s film adapts the second act of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s 2003 musical, drawn from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel. It follows Elphaba and Glinda as they become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.
London was the third stop on a world tour that began in São Paulo, and the film reached cinemas on 21 November.
Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater and Marissa Bode joined the two leads on the carpet.