By Julie Morgan

Last updated at 12:32, Thursday, 04 February 2010

FOLLOW the yellow brick road – all the way to Rosehill Theatre for a youth production of The Wizard of Oz.

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Held in half-term week (February 16-20), this famous tale will be performed by Rosehill Youth Theatre and is directed by Anne Kelly.

The film was released in 1939, but made just a small profit despite its critical acclaim. It wasn’t until many years later and the popularity of television that the film became a classic.

Twelve-year-old Kansas farm girl Dorothy finds herself swept away by a tornado and lands in a world filled with singing munchkins, scary flying monkeys, an evil witch and a host of the oddest, but most heart-warming, characters in Hollywood history.

The show runs from Tuesday, February 16 to Saturday, February 20. Tues, Thurs and Fri at 7.30pm, Wed 2pm and Sat 2pm and 7.30pm.

CAST: Dorothy: Katie Rusman; Almira Gultch/Wicked Witch of the West: Rachael Blaney; Uncle Henry: Christopher Hodgsen; Auntie Em: Katie Boag; Zeke/Lion: Craig Rogan; Hickory/Tin Man: Jamie Pitman; Hunk/Scarecrow: Jack Riley; Professor Chester Marvel: Charlie Noctor; Glinda the Good Witch of the North: Evie Rusman; Munchkin mayor: Jordan Hawkins; Coroner: Rebecca Crellen; Barrister: Hannah Taylorson; The Wizard of Oz: Lucy Beck; Green gateway: Grant Atkinson; Toto the dog: Alfie; Chorus: Annalise Andrews, Heidi Blaylock, Katie Boag, Chloe Burns, Lucy Beck, Ethan Burns, Rebecca Crellen, Darci Crellen, Jamie Forster, Alix-Leah Gordon, Dillan Hall, Teagan Hall, Chris Hodgsen, Lillias Hodgsen, Montana Hascamp, Sarah Huddart, Miles MacDonald, Sarah Lynch, Jordan Hawkins, Shauna Mattinson, Charlie Noctor, Teigan Payne, Demi-Leigh Roberts, Leon Robson, Olivia Graham, Megan Smith, Alisha Starkey, Morgana Perrett, Alice Taylorson and Hannah Taylorson.

First published at 15:45, Wednesday, 03 February 2010
Published by http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk