Wizard of Oz
Production Officials
Producer/Director: Andy Poulton
Musical Director: Karl babarczi
Choreographer: Lindsey Grant
Lighting Director: Alec Corbett
Sound Engineer: Ian Davies - Black Country Audio
Costumes: Triple C Costume Hire & Tamason Poulton
Scenery: UK Productions Ltd
Stage Manager: Lisa Bird assisted by Scott Parker
Synopsis
Little Dorothy Gale of Kansas, like so many girls of her age, often dreams of what may lie over the rainbow. One day a tornado hits her home town and carries her away to picturesque Munchkinland, at the other end of the rainbow.The Munchkins treat Dorothy as a hero because, in landing, her house accidentally killed the Wicked Witch of the East, who had long tormented them. Dorothy wants to go home to Kansas and seeks help from the kind Sorceress of the North. Only the great Wizard of Oz, says the Sorceress, can help Dorothy to get back to Kansas.Dorothy persuades three friends to accompany her on the trip to the Emerald City to see the Wizard. They are the Scarecrow, who lacks a brain, or so he thinks; the Tin Woodman, who has no heart; and the Cowardly Lion, who would like to have some courage.The Wicked Witch of the West, sister of the Witch killed by Dorothy's arrival, vows vengeance on Dorothy and does all she can to stop Dorothy and her new friends from getting to the Emerald City.However her plots are in vain and Dorothy and the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Lion reach the Emerald City and meet the Wizard.He will only help them if they kill the Witch of the West – an apparently impossible task. They do, however, succeed, they all get their wishes and then Dorothy realises that she has the power to return home.
DOROTHY GALE
TOTO
EMILY GALE (AUNT EM) / EMERALD CITY GUARD
HENRY GALE (UNCLE HENRY)
HUNK / SCARECROW
HICKORY / TINMAN
ZEKE / COWARDLY LION
MISS ALMIRA GULTCH / WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST
PROFESSOR CHESTER MARVEL / WIZARD OF OZ
GLINDA (GOOD WITCH OF THE NORTH)
TREES
CROWS
WINKIE GENERAL
NIKKO (COMMANDER OF MONKEYS)
JITTERBUG (LEAD DANCERS)
Lydia Tidmarsh
Ivy
Naomi-Leeanne Millard
Garry Homer
Kian Terry
Wayne Butler
Chris Dowen
Phaedra Brickwood
Steve Taylor
Jamie-Leigh Butler
Caterina Churm, Diana Thompson & Alexandra Blunt
Lee Connelly, Shaun Austin & Garry Homer
Lee Connelly
Tilly Bradley / Milly Raybould
Beth Hill & Katie Rabone
Chorus
Shaun Austin, Alexandra Blunt, Caterina Churm, Sophie Clarke, Suze Colbourne, Lee Connelly, Chris Hallett, Claire Hallett, Susanne Hayward, Garry Homer, Deb Jones, Sukhwinder Kaur, Bex Lewis, Charlotte Poulton-Dowen, Steve Robotham, Kathleen Taylor-Millard, Diana Thompson, Emma Thorp, Chyanne Todd-Thrower
Dancers
Maisie Addinell, Ruby Addinell, Jessica Bradbury, Megan Cooper, Hannah Corbett, Sophie Courtnell, Olivia Evans, Beth Hill, Emily Lloyd-Hickman, Freya Poulton, Katie Rabone
Ruby Team
Emelia Brain, Olivia Chambers, Nieve Davies, Alicia Evans, Freya Griffiths, Tara Hill, Elena King, Rosey Muldoon, Joshua Nabbs, Milly Raybould, Nicole Shingler, Bethany Tibble
Emerald Team (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Evening Performances)
Harry Andrews, Jaydan Annakin, Effie Bladen-Hayes, Tilly Bradley, Maisy Cattell, Olivia Davis, Violet Flynn-Jones, Alex Higgs, Lexie Pemberton, Millie Ann Preece-Horden, Aoife Smith-Round