The Wizard of Oz Reviews

MOK from London, England

A COLOURFUL NIGHT OF MUSICAL FUN.

Costumes and staging were visually engaging. The casting of Ashley Banjo as the Tin Man was perfect , he did a great job making his West End debut. The smallest member of the cast , besides Toto , was Charlotte St Croix , a short but sassy solo gave us a taste of her star quality. I believe she is understudying Dorothy , I will buy tickets to see it again if she takes the lead. A fun night of colour , humour and song .

Mel from London, England

A GREAT SHOW

Jason Manford is outstanding as the cowardly lion. The actors playing Dorothy and the good witch had amazing voices. I didn’t like the puppet Toto as the puppeteer was distracting. Why not use a real dog?

Becky from Lancaster

FABULOUS

I have read some very negative reviews but this show when I saw it ( Thursday matinee) was fabulous and highly entertaining. It's a different interpretation which some people don't seem to appreciate. The use of film as a backdrop is imaginative and helpful ( except when it overexplains the farm hands turning into the characters in Oz - no need really). The ensemble cast of munchkins et al are brilliant. Dorothy carries her role and has a great singing voice - (what did you want? Julie Garland and Eva Cassidy are both dead!) Toto is a joy - he could have been given more solo moments as he is a bit overshadowed. The scarecrow, tin man and lion are all fantastic especially Jason Manford who gives us exactly what we want by being exactly like the film character - his is a stand out performance. The whole thing is fun fun fun and my autistic son, who always leaves any performance at the interval, stayed for the whole duration, smiling and laughing. Thank you cast and crew!!!

Katy from Oxford,

GOOD SHOW

An excellent afternoon's entertainment. Good view even from up in the gods. Set simple but effective and Toto was brilliant. Cast's energy at the end unbelievable.

Susan Dennyson from Oxford,

COLOURFUL AND FULL OF FUN

Let's get the bad points out the way. Shame no one from the West End production was in the Oxford show. Also alot of video used. Besides that it was great. The singing was great, not messed about with so could recognise the tunes. The special effects were good, the hurricane really good. Loved the scarecrow really got into the part. We had a great granny and 6 year old both came out " following the yellow brick road". Thank you new theatre for the booster seat for the little on. Wonderful afternoon out.

George Ritchie from London, England

GREAT SONGS, TWO GREAT SINGERS, LUMPY SHOW

Toto and the Witch from the East are fantastic. The songs are just the way we like them and the lion is played brilliantly. But the psychedelic costumes and massive overuse of film make the experience too cinematic. The first half trigs along ok but really the show only come alive after the interval. The Wicked witch plays her role like a pantomime villainess with great humour, and the lead (Dorothy) has a wonderful voice. For my 90 year old mother it was a blast. For my mid 20s kids it was silly fluff. For me it was an exaggerated kaleidoscope of bright colours which told the heart of the story in the end but was too frantic and lacked gentleness. Take a classic and jazz it up was the production idea, but simply enhancing the costume colours was not enough to achieve that aim. The seats were expensive in the stalls and I’d rather watch the brilliance of Book of Mormon ant night.

Sophia, London from London, England

BIT OF A LET DOWN - EXCEPT JASON

Went to see it with an open mind, it's not actually what I thought - Dorothy is a fab singer but I was surprised she was alot older, and tbh not particularly likeable ...I didn't really care if she got home she was annoying! Lovely voice great actor I'm sure. Fav by far was the star presence of Jason Manford as the lion. What a great job - you could feel the whole room cheer up when he came on The wicked witch plays it comedic, really wasn't for me I wanted her to be scary. Monkeys don't fly....come on....I found that a big let down. 2 just sit there at a laptop? Great dancers, great costumes....I liked Ashley banjo he was impressive, I liked the scarecrow - you care about them. I don't know - see what you think - it just wasn't for me and it's alot of money to come away thinking I it wasn't all that! People behind me coming out of the theatre raving about it though. * Just a note for small children, it's super loud.... there's bangs flashes and it makes you jump from the start.

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