Susie Blake in London

"SUSIE BLAKE IS SENSATIONAL!" Caroline Feraday, BBC Entertainment News Susie Blake triumphed as 'Madame Morrible' at a special performance on Thursday 12 April to celebrate her arrival in the hit musical. The star-studded audience included Victoria Wood, with whom Susie famously worked as the 'Continuity Announcer' who introduced Acorn Antiques; her cousin Hayley Mills; actor Julian Rhind-Tutt and former colleagues from Coronation Street including John Savident (Fred Elliott), Bill Ward (Charlie Stubbs) and Wendi Peters (Cilla Battersby-Brown). Also in the audience and at the after show party at the Park Plaza Victoria: GMTV's Andrea McLean; Will Atkinson, Esther Barton, Nick Barrett, Annika Gabbitas, Cleo Humphrey, Midas, Chris Royle, Abi Ryan, Fe Salomon, and Darren Smith - from T4's Musicool; Caroline Feraday; Michelle Heaton and Andy Scott Lee and actresses Georgina Bouzova, Charlie Brooks, Leanne Wilson and Sarah Barrand. Brenda Emmanus interviewed Susie Blake for BBC London News and called WICKED "a major hit" and "an amazing success". Steve Scruton of BBC Radio raved: "Susie Blake is wonderful and Wicked is a real West End treat" and Paul Phear on Magic 105.4 recently called WICKED "the West End musical with the WOW factor. The cast and production will blow your socks off." Source: www [dot] wickedthemusical [dot] co [dot] uk

20 Apr 2007 by Sara