The Wizard of OZ

Once again Mytholmroyd came up trumps, with a dull start in black and white, it burst into life and colour when they landed in OZ.  I must congratulate the stage crew who worked extremely hard all evening.  Their director came up with an ingenious idea of inventing a box which was constantly turned around,  It started off as a house, then formed several other things, and each of the characters was introduced inside it, plus it also provided the home of the Wizard.

Dorothy (Kirsty Woodsworth-Dale) led us on an adventure as she met up with her friends one by one.  Scarecrow (Elizabeth Wrathall) with her fasinating wobbly legs, and brilliant make-up, the very stiff Tinman (Stephen Wrathall) and the Cowardly Lion (Darren Pardoe) all gave memorable portrayals of their characters.  The frightfully evil Wicked Witch of the West (Kathryn Sullivan) would have scared anyone to death, the beautiful Good Witch of the North (Veronica Walker) charmed everyone.  Toto Dorothy's dog delighted the audience as he was so well behaved, bribed with little treats of course.

I thought the Orchestra was a little loud at times and we did lose some of the words in the first act, but it did improve during the second act.

The production was tackled with great enthusiasm by the whole company, they even had little monkeys on roller skates.  You could see all the children were really enjoying themselves.  Well done St, Michael's.

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