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UK to Get Two Wizard of Oz Productions in 2008

Lorna Luft
Lorna Luft

There will be two British productions of the musical The Wizard of Oz, based on the novel by L. Frank Baum and the 1939 Warner Brothers film version.

Jude Kelly will direct the SouthBank Centre’s production, to run July 28-August 31, at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The cast will be led by Sian Brooke (Dorothy), Adam Cooper (Tin Man), Gary Wilmot (Cowardly Lion), Hilton McRae (Scarecrow), Roy Hudd (The Wizard), and Julie Legrand (Wicked Witch of the West).

Meanwhile, Lorna Luft will play the Wicked Witch of the West in a separate production to play the Lowry Theatre, near Manchester, November 29-January 3. No other casting or creative team details have been announced.

For more information, visit www.whatsonstage.com.