The Wizard of Oz

Dorothy and a puppeteer with Toto on a lonely Kansas road under a stormy dusk sky, with a US 101 road sign, created with video projection
The company of The Wizard of Oz on stage against the green projected Emerald City
Farmhands gathered around Dorothy on misty projected farmland
A performer at the centre of a stage washed with red and blue projected light and a circular emblem
The company in a neon-lit purple and blue projected environment
Dorothy and her companions in front of a glowing green circuit-like Emerald City projection
Close-up of projected lips and the Wicked Witch emblem inside a curved screen frame
A projected Oz sign and ruined structures inside a curved screen frame
The company on stage in front of a large projected green city skyline
Animation still: a cornfield with talking tin-can scarecrows against a blue sky
Animation still: a Flying Monkey filling-station sign and pumps among corn
Four characters on a green-lit stage in front of a neon-striped projection

The Wizard of Oz

Musical Theatre · Directed by Nikolai Foster

Video and projection design for Nikolai Foster’s production of The Wizard of Oz, seen at Curve, Leicester, at the London Palladium and on a UK tour. Projected environments carry the story from the Kansas road to the Emerald City, so that much of the scenery is made from video.

Director
Nikolai Foster
Set design
Colin Richmond
Lighting
Ben Cracknell
Video & projection design
Douglas O’Connell
Seen at
Curve, Leicester (2022)
London Palladium (2023)
UK tour (2024)

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