The use of projection is used a lot and it’s so clever.
“Andrew Lloyd Webber’s version is hugely revamped and spectacular to the eye. “In Sydney we were sold out I think almost every show, so it was really wonderful to be playing to full houses and having the audience love it and laugh along with it.” Described by Producer John Frost as beautiful and sumptuous, the production transports audiences from sleepy, sepia-toned Kansas to the technicolour fantasy world of Oz. I have trouble on stage sometimes not laughing at how funny the script is, and how funny the fellow actors in the piece are. “The audiences just love the new additions, and the piece is so funny. Those who came a bit sceptical and were like, ‘oh, I know 'The Wizard Of Oz'’, were really surprised. Image © Jeff Busby “The number one comment we get at stage door (after of course ‘where’s Toto?’) is ‘it’s not what I expected’.
“I actually haven’t watched the movie for many, many years, so going into the process I did go and read the book quite a few times, and I found all I needed to know about the character and my version of the character and my research from that.” Developed from the ever-popular MGM screenplay, the production contains all the favourite characters and iconic moments, plus a few other surprises along the way.
“Of course it comes with a lot of pressure and a lot of expectation because this role made Judy Garland famous or Judy made this role famous, but it was written as a book 39 years before the movie got released. “From the very start of the auditions, the Director was really very keen and very adamant that we find our own version of these characters to make them human, truthful, real, and a part of us, as opposed to mimicking Judy Garland or Margaret Hamilton or the other people that have originated these roles. Starring one of Australia’s leading musical theatre stars Anthony Warlow as The Wizard and Professor Marvel, ‘Wicked’ leading ladies Lucy Durack and Jemma Rix as Glinda the Good Witch and The Wicked Witch of the West respectively, and rising star Samantha Dodemaide as Dorothy, the production is billed as an enchanting revision of the all-time classic. Following the Australian premiere in Brisbane last November and a successful season in Sydney, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s London Palladium production of ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ is travelling to Adelaide in April and Melbourne in May.
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