The Wizard Of Oz

Sat 19 Nov 2022 - Sun 8 Jan 2023

Synopsis

Click your heels together three times and say, ‘there’s no place like Curve this Christmas’.

The much-loved and magical story of The Wizard of Oz, spectacularly retold in our Made at Curve Christmas musical.

Directed by Curve Artistic Director Nikolai Foster (Billy Elliot The Musical, A Chorus Line, West Side Story) and featuring additional music and songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice alongside the iconic originals from the MGM film, join Dorothy and Toto as they are swept up from Kansas and transported over the rainbow to the re-imagined technicolour wonderland of Oz… where nothing is quite as it seems.

On her adventure along the Yellow Brick Road Dorothy meets Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion who help her on her way, but he villainous and frightfully glamorous Wicked Witch has other plans for Dorothy and Toto.

Through the menacing Dark Forest to the bright neon lights of the retro-futuristic 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 Wizard of Oz is a spectacular Christmas at Curve adventure for the whole family to enjoy.

‘Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Leicester anymore.’

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Running time: 2 hours, 5 minutes (incl. interval)

Age Recommendation: 6+. This production contains repetitive flashing lights and visual effects, high frequency strobe lighting, pyrotechnics, smoke and haze, loud sound effects and scenes of mild peril.

Please note: All customers who had previously purchased tickets to see 2020/21 performances of The Wizard of Oz should have received communication from Curve regarding their tickets and options. If you have not yet received any information, please contact our team by calling 0116 242 3595 or email tickets@curvetheatre.co.uk.

The Wizard of Oz Audio Flyer

Tickets

DISCOUNTS*
£15 Under 16s
£20 16-26 yrs and/or Students (with a free 16-26 & Student Membership), and Curve Connect
£15 Under 18s school groups
£4 off for Groups 10+
£5 off for Groups 20+
15% off for Members
2-4-1 tickets for Friends, Supporters and Business Friends on Thu 24 Nov 7pm

ACCESS PERFORMANCES
British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreted: Mon 12 Dec 2022, 7.30pm
BSL Interpreter: Emma Phillips

Captioned: Thu 15 Dec 2022, 7.30pm & Tue 27 Dec 2022, 2.15pm
Captioner: Theatre Captioner Network – Stevie Burrows

Audio Described
Tue 20 Dec 2022, 2.15pm with Touch Tour from 12.45pm
Thu 5 Jan 2023, 7.30pm, with Touch Tour from 6pm
Audio Describers: Talking Sense – Nadine Beasley and Kate Taylor-Davies

Listen to the pre-show Audio Notes by pressing the orange ‘Play’ button in the SoundCloud player below:

Curve Theatre, Leicester · Access at Curve | Audio Introduction to The Wizard Of Oz

Dementia Friendly: Wed 4 Jan 2023, 2.15pm
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Relaxed: Sat 7 Jan 2023, 2.15pm
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For more information about our Access Performances, please click here.

*Discounts are subject to availability and may be removed at any time. Only valid on certain performances - terms and conditions apply.

Credits & Acknowledgments

Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Additional Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Additional Lyrics by Tim Rice
Adaption by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams
Orchestrations by David Cullen
Orchestrations adapted by George Dyer

From the book by L. Frank Baum

Director Nikolai Foster
Choreographer Shay Barclay
Musical Director and Musical Supervisor George Dyer
Set Designer Colin Richmond
Projection Designer Douglas O’Connell
Costume and Puppet Designer Rachael Canning
Lighting Designer Ben Cracknell
Sound Designer Adam Fisher
Magic Consultant Scott Penrose
Casting Director Kay Magson CDG
Props Supervisor Marcus Hall Props
Costume Supervisor Anna Josephs
Wigs, Hair and Makeup Designer Elizabeth Marini
Production Manager Patrick Molony
Associate Choreographer Kate Ivory Jordan
Associate Director Christopher Key
Choreography Supervisor Ebony Molina
Associate Sound Designer Lara Windsor
RTYDS resident assistant director Lilac Yosiphon
Fight Director Jonathan Holby

Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and produced with the permission of Warner Bros. and EMI Music Publishing

By arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd

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Production Photography by Marc Brenner

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#RainbowsOfCurve

Inspired by the #RainbowsOfHope social media trend, which saw houses around the world offering a message of happiness by sticking pictures of rainbows to their windows, we asked people to send their rainbow images to Curve to feature in our set design for The Wizard of Oz!

Curve in Conversation: Colin Richmond

Watch this episode of our Curve in Conversation series to find out more about The Wizard of Oz Designer Colin Richmond.

Community Project: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Over the summer we worked with over 60 singers, musicians and signers to create a digital community choir performance of one of the most iconic songs of all time, Somewhere Over the Rainbow.