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Video: The Wiz at The Hope Mill Theatre

by Staff Writer
December 13, 2021
Reading Time: 1 min read
The cast of THE WIZ Photo by Dujonna Gift Simm

The cast of THE WIZ Photo by Dujonna Gift Simm

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A new video has been released from a radical new Black British version of the 70s musical The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester.

Directed by Matthew Xia (‘Into the Woods’, Royal Exchange), The Wiz is a joyous retelling of L. Frank Baum’s classic children’s novel ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’. This re-imagined 2021 Manchester version boasts new orchestrations and offers a contemporary take on the discovery of self-determination and Black joy.

The cast comprises Cherelle Wiliams is Dorothy; Tarik Frimpong, Scarecrow; Llewellyn Graham, Tin Man; Jonathan Andre, Lion; Cameron Bernard Jones, The Wiz; Anelisa Lamola, Addaperle; Bree Smith, Aunt Em & Glinda; Kofi Dennis, Lord High; Ashh Blackwood, Evillene. Andile Mabhena, Shayna McPherson, Dylan Gordon-Jones, Samantha Shuma,
Marisha Morgan.

       

The Wiz runs at Hope Mill Theatre to Sunday 16  January 2022.

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