Suzie Mathers as Glinda
Suzie Mathers is a Scottish-Australian actress and theatre performer best known for her role as Glinda in the Australian, Asian tour and London productions of Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz.
Wicked[]
Mathers was part of the Original Australian Cast of Wicked as a swing, from the show's opening night on July 12, 2008, in Melbourne until it closed on August 9, 2009. Suzie returned to Wicked, this time in the 1st Australian tour performing in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, in the role of the Midwife, performed in the ensemble and was also the understudy for Glinda. Suzie officially took over the role of lead Glinda from Lucy Durack in 2015, performing in Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand and Manila to much critical acclaim. She has co-starred alongside various Australian theatre performers including Jemma Rix, Maggie Kirkpatrick, David Harris, Anne Wood and Gretel Scarlett, as well as New Zealand actor Jay Laga'aia.
Suzie stepped down from the role of Glinda when it returned to Australia at the end of Wicked's Manila run on March 9, 2014. Though Suzie did briefly reprise the role in Melbourne while Lucy Durack took leave due to injury in May 2014.
Mathers then again reprised the role of Glinda for the Brisbane and Perth seasons of Wicked, taking over once again from Lucy Durack, who left at the end of the Sydney season due to pregnancy. During the Brisbane season, Suzie reached her 500th performance as Glinda, and is expected to have performed the role over 580 times when the show closed in Perth in Mid-2015.
Mathers made her West End debut reprising the role of Glinda, this time in the London production, replacing Savannah Stevenson on September 5, 2016. She performed the role at the 10th anniversary performance on September 27, 2016. Both Mathers and Verkaik left the production on July 22, 2017, and they were replaced by Alice Fearn and Sophie Evans.
During her time with Wicked, she starred alongside Jemma Rix, Rachel Tucker and Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba.