First look: The Wizard of Oz at Curve Leicester
First look production photos have been revealed for Curve Leicester’s Christmas production of The Wizard of Oz.
Curve is staging the regional premiere of the production of the musical which has songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, as well as iconic songs from the original MGM film.
Running from 19 November 2022 – 8 January 2023, Georgina Onuorah will lead the cast as Dorothy with Jonny Fines (My Beautiful Laundrette and An Officer and a Gentleman) as Scarecrow, Paul French (Grease) as Tin Man and Giovanni Spanó (Bat Out Of Hell) as Lion. Ben Thompson (101 Dalmatians) will take on the role of Dorothy’s canine companion Toto, brought to life on stage using puppetry.
Christina Bianco (The Rise And Fall of Little Voice) plays Glinda, Charlotte Jaconelli (Heathers the Musical) plays Wicked Witch of the West, Mark Peachey (Dear Evan Hansen) plays Professor Marvel and the Wizard, Jacqui Dubois (Bedknobs and Broomsticks) plays Dorothy’s Aunt Em and Geoffrey Aymer (The Color Purple) plays Uncle Henry.
The cast is completed by Andrew Dillon, Jonathan Dryden Taylor, Martin McCarthy, Ellie Mitchell, Natasha Mould, Mervin Noronha, Amy Oxley, Andrew Patrick-Walker, Christina Shand, Charlotte St. Croix, Tom Watson and Daisy West.
Join Dorothy and Toto as they are swept up from sepia-soaked Kansas and transported over the rainbow to the technicolour wonderland of Oz.
On her adventure down the Yellow Brick Road Dorothy meets new friends Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion who help her on her way, but the villainous and frightfully glamourous Wicked Witch has other plans for Dorothy, and in Oz – nothing is quite as it seems.
Through the deep Dark Forest to the bright neon lights of Emerald City, Dorothy and her friends search for the powerful and mysterious Wizard of Oz, the only person who can grant their hearts desires, and maybe even a way home.
The production is directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster with choreography by Shay Barclay, set design by Colin Richmond, costume and puppet design by Rachael Canning, projection designs by Douglas O’Connell, musical direction by George Dyer and casting by Kay Magson CDG.
For more information and tickets, visit www.curveonline.co.uk
