THE WIZ Rockhampton Grammar School
Sat
9
Sat 9 Aug 7:00 PM
Pilbeam Theatre
Allocated Seating
150 Mins
The Rockhampton Grammar School (RGS) is proud to present a revival of The Wiz at the Pilbeam Theatre in August. The Wiz originally opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on January 5th, 1974, and adapted into a film version featuring Michael Jackson and Diana Ross in 1978.
This marks the third time RGS has staged this musical adapted version of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by Frank Baum, with this year’s production featuring a contemporary twist. Imagine the classic Wizard of Oz characters - Dorothy, The Scarecrow, Tinman and the Lion set to a lively mixture of rock, gospel and soul transported to today’s world of technology and social media where witches are influencers and wizards are tech giants. Despite these modern updates, The Wiz retains its timeless message: there is no place like home.
This marks the third time RGS has staged this musical adapted version of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by Frank Baum, with this year’s production featuring a contemporary twist. Imagine the classic Wizard of Oz characters - Dorothy, The Scarecrow, Tinman and the Lion set to a lively mixture of rock, gospel and soul transported to today’s world of technology and social media where witches are influencers and wizards are tech giants. Despite these modern updates, The Wiz retains its timeless message: there is no place like home.
