THE Wizard of Oz is opening at the Cotswold Playhouse in Stroud today (Friday, January 23).
The show features all the popular numbers from the original film, including Over the Rainbow, Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead, If I Only Had a Heart and We’re Off to See the Wizard.
Directed by husband-and-wife team of Simon and Suzie Moss, the musical features Jenny Sampson in the role of Dorothy, the Kansas farm girl whose imagination carries her off to meet Munchkins, the good witch Glinda and the citizens of the Emerald City as well as the Wicked Witch of the West.
Her three companions on the yellow brick road, the Scarecrow, Tinman and Cowardly Lion, are played by James McGrath, Richard Murray and Harry McNeil, with Becky Townsend taking the role of Glinda and Janette Deacon as the Wicked Witch.
The musical will run from Friday, January 23 to Sunday, January 25, and then from Wednesday, January 28 to Saturday, January 31.
Tickets are available via the Cotswold Playhouse website.
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