By Ewen McRae
Musical theatre lovers will follow the yellow brick road to Braybrook this weekend when a new production of The Wiz kicks off.
Caroline Chisholm Catholic College’s latest musical will be performed on Friday and Saturday nights, with this year’s production featuring more student involvement than ever.
The college’s head of performing arts, Donna Spillane, said more roles in production were opened up this year, with students embracing the challenge.
“The kids have been amazing,” she said. “In the past, the shows have always been very staff driven.
“But this year I wanted the kids to make it their own, so they’ve stepped up to costume
and set design, directing, choreography, lighting.
“Basically everything you need to put on a show has had a very heavy student involvement … they’ve really embraced those roles and I’m just so proud of all of them.”
The Wiz has its own spin on The Wizard of Oz story.
“It’s a funky, vibrant and relatively modern musical which has a familiar storyline that people know, so it will be a fun show to come along to,” Ms Spillane said.
“We’ve actually got quite a few local retirement villages coming along.
“We did it last year for one local one, and word seems to have spread and more want to come, which is a fantastic thing to do.
“I can’t wait to see it all come together.”
The Wiz will be performed on Friday and Saturday, August 10 and 11, from 7pm.
Bookings: trybooking.com/VAEY.
