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Wizard of a show from Wingate seniors
Following the Yellow Brick Road would have taken you to Wingate School last week for three sparkling performances of The Wizard of Oz.
It’s a long time since I reviewed a school production as a cub reporter and I’d nearly forgotten what great fun they are.
The talented youngsters put their all into this colourful show which took many many weeks to rehearse and prepare under the direction of Tony Garwood.
But it’s not just the cast who have to be applauded. It’s obvious that a tremendous amount of hard work went on behind the scenes too, from making the excellent costumes to painting the scenery, doing the make-up, designing the programmes and much much more.
It was also lovely to see that the school play tradition is alive and well here on Tenerife. Outside the temperature might be in the 20s but inside the school hall it felt like being home again surrounded by proud parents, friends and staff.
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I loved all the main characters and applaud Diletta Ballarati for leading the cast as a really excellent Dorothy. What a great American accent she perfected.
Scarecrow James Feather delivered some witty lines as well as some perfect falls (was he black and blue afterwards?) and Jordana Burridge put in a strong performance as the cowardly lion with a lovely singing voice. Ayla Sykes was a great human Toto the dog and Ashley Hall was a very convincing Tin Man. Full marks too to the witches Victoria Haslam and Fiona Henderson and to all the supporting cast who included Munchkins, citizens of Emerald City, the Witch’s Guards and the Snowflakes.
Special mention must also go to the little chap with the big voice and a multitude of tongue twisting lines, Marco Roberts as the Wizard of Oz who was word perfect.
This was a fast-moving fun production with live music from violin, percussion and piano and spot on sound effects and using the centre aisle as the Yellow Brick Road kept the audience very much involved.
Well done the seniors and the huge number of people involved. You realise when you watch a production like this that there’s a great deal more to life on Tenerife than all the trappings of a sunshine holiday destination. RS Tenerife News 25th April 2008
The cast
Principal Characters
Auntie Em Leah Walters
Uncle Henry James Stormont
Dorothy Gale Diletta Ballarati
Toto Ayla Sayes
Glinda the Witch of the North Victoria Haslam
Scarecrow James Feather
The Tin Man Ashley Hall
A Cowardly Lion Jordana Burridge
The Crow Casey Jenkins
The Apple Trees Celeste Whitehead, Leah Walters and Jade O’Hanlan
The Wizard of Oz Marco Roberts
Emerald City Guide Jade O’Hanlan
Emerald City Gate Keeper Ishaan Sevhani
The Wicked Witch of the West Fiona Henderson
Witch’s Guard Captain James Stormont
The Spook Max Lee
Munchkins
Mansi Kharwani, Mazie Hopkins, Emma Rowe, Lois Whitelaw, Kirsty Griffiths, Katie Griffiths, Olivia Harrison, Samantha Whiting, Gareth Jenkins, Max Lee, Ryan Adamson, Ryan Lynch and Thomas Sessions
Citizens of Emerald City
Mansi Kharwani, Mazie Hopkins, Emma Rowe, Lois Whitelaw, Kirsty Griffiths, Katie Griffiths, Casey Jenkins, Olivia Harrison, Samantha Whiting, Celeste Whitehead, Leah Walters, Gareth Jenkins, Max Lee, Ryan Adamson, Ryan Lynch and Thomas Sessions
The Witch’s Guards
Gareth Jenkins, Max Lee, Ryan Adamson, Ryan Lynch and Thomas Sessions
Prompt Ishaan Sevhani
Musicians
Violin Ana Gomez Thompson
Percusion Liam O’Reilly
Piano Anna Heppner
Director Tony Garwood
Assistant Director and Choreographer Catriona Crone
Musical Director Anna Heppner
Set Design and Construction Sarah Moss assisted by Year 10 Art students
Costumes Pat Kerbey
Props Colette Tolfrey
Make Up
Natalia De Grande
assisted by Hannah Middlehurst, Stephannie Ord and
Sophie Campbell
Stage Manager Tarik Stait-Gardner
Stage Crew Tom Hooper, Jamie Hayes and Joe Barclay
Sound and Lighting Lucy Sykes and Charlei Raglan
Programme and posters Josh Knill
Wizard logo Diletta Ballarati
Wizard Image Steve Basford
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