The Wizard of Oz Reviews

Pamela White from Woking, England

LOUD

Saw today in Woking and generally it was much too loud and had trouble to understand what the characters were saying due to the not very good American accents. Completely spoilt it for General ly

Julie Ashcroft from Portsmouth

AFTERNOON IN OZ

Was disappointed the munchkins were normal size (is that as to not insult smaller people ) . Stand out CRH as the witch, the scarecrow and dorothy. But id give it 5/10 as someone who has seen alot of shows

Ersan kara from London, England

BIG DISAPPOINTMENT

Terrible show. Low profile and low budget. Just waste of time and money

Stuart Palmer from London, England

WAS THE SET UPSCALED FROM A SCHOOL PRODUCTION?

Flying monkeys, the wicked witch zooming in from above, pitch perfect singing and memorable songs . . . are just a few of the things you would expect - but will not find in this production. Gary Wilmot and Dianne Pilkington are stand out performers with almost all the cast being at the very least competent. Unfortunately both the big names brought in for star appeal fail to hold a single note. If their parts were just cameos then it might have been fine, but as central characters it rather marred the whole show. The tickets were cheap, bought at release, and my wife says it is no worse than many of the 10 week fillers we have seen at the Palladium. If you are thinking of buying some cheap tickets - do so, just keep your expectations like the cast, firmly on the ground.

Julie Harding from Cheltenham,, England

THANK WIZARD FOR JASON

Disappointing from the off! Was like an cheap amateur production in my opinion! The sets were really basic and disappointing, could have done so much with it, mostly projected onto a screen in a cinematic style, the yellow brick road consisted of three large arrows that lit up as yellow bricks and they pushed around in front of a screen attempting to make it look like they were travelling! The whole thing didn’t know what it wanted to be … so it started with projected pictures of newspapers to give you a time line (we know when wizard was set), then Glinda came on looking like a cross between Barbie and a pink lady riding a pink moped looking like it was set in the 50s or vegas type style, the tin man was more of a robot and was very much just Ashley Banjo doing a bit of robotic dancing with some puffs of smoke coming out of him and he def can’t sing! Toto was a puppet that a man ran round with the whole show (to be fair a great puppet and he moved it so cleverly) but still odd as I watched him more than the dog. The munchkins just didn’t fit the bill at all and the wicked witch lived in wicked witch industries and was played in a comedic style (not scary at all), she also rode a bike and her broomstick fired what seemed like fire except the pyros didn’t always work, when they melted her they used a fire extinguisher with H20 written on it … I could go on .., honestly I don’t know what I watched! The songs were great and I have to say Jason manford as the cowardly lion saved the show! He was exactly like the guy in the film and was brilliant! The crowd lifted when he came on and wow can he sing! He literally carried the show! People around us were disappointed and saying the same ..,- it could have been amazing (they do such clever things on stage nowadays) but this was poor bordering on embarrassing! We paid for a West End experience and got a school production crossed with a panto 😳

Joanna naylor from England

SINCE WHEN WAS DOROTHY A 40 YEAR OLD WOMAN?

A very disappointing show. Dorothy is supposed to be an 11 year old girl, not a 40 year old woman. The wicked witch and the scarecrow were the best performers. Unfortunately the rest of the cast had very little stage performance whatsoever. There was good vocals but acting skills, choreography and setting was pretty poor to be honest for £450! More panto than west end show. The highlight for us were the musicians and in particular the conductor who not only conducted but also played the keyboard with passion and outstanding energy throughout the show. He was phenomenal.

Graham from London, England

A LAZY PRODUCTION

OK - I was looking forward to this show but was bitterly disappointed. First, there are too many projected backdrops - none of which you can see if you’re unlucky enough (like me) to be in the cheap seats. Note to designers: just because we’re poor doesn’t mean we don’t want to see the action! This also included being unable to see the “wizard” or indeed the rainbow (if there was one!) Next: no flying. Witches on motorbikes?? Winged monkeys that don’t take-off? I don’t think so…. Finally “little touches”: since when did a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher constitute “water”? Why did we not get “transformed” when Dorothy went over the (unseen) rainbow?? Or, for that matter, when she went back again? Why was the evil witch actually pretty?? On the plus side: the singing, actors & puppetry (Toto) was excellent & can’t be faulted. The yellow-brick road scenes were the best. A great cast in a poorly designed show. Poor people: save your money & watch the film.

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