Wicked – a gravity-defying performance at Women’s World Cup

The London production of Wicked the Musical kicked off the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026.

First held in England in 2009, the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is a biennial world cup for the sport of cricket in the T20I format.

No, I don’t know what any of that means either – but now onto the theatre part…

This lovely video was made to mark the proceedings of the event and gives a nice look backstage at Wicked, as well as a huge performance of Defying Gravity.

It’s not a particularly spectacular gravity-defying moment and they perhaps could have at least draped a cloth over the platform but it was all for the love of sport!

Take a look at Emma Kingston, Zizi Strallen, Claire Machin and the cast of Wicked the Musical in action!

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