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I went down to London yesterday to see Wicked, I hadn't seen it since I was in New York in August so it felt like it had been a while, and I hadn't seen it with the current London cast at all. I was stupidly nervous because I'm a big fan of Alice Fearn, the previous Elphaba, and I was unfamiliar with Nikki Bentley who's currently playing her. But as soon as she came on after 'Dear Old Shiz' I warmed to her immediately, I just loved her mannerisms and because I was right at the front I could see all of her facial expressions and I just got drawn right in to her performance. When she started singing 'The Wizard And I' she started quite softly and I was worried that despite her wonderful acting that she was vocally weak, but she kept building and building throughout the song seemingly without effort and completely blew me away. I stan, I think she's one of the best Elphaba's I've ever seen. She looked like she was trying not to burst into tears when everyone's laughing at her in the Ozdust Ballroom scene, and there were so many little elements of her performance like that that just really hit me emotionally that I've not seen other actresses do. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on other things she does too!