The Ozard of Wiz
Staging: René Geerlings
- 100% Chosen Family Time
- 30% Popculture
- 90% Playful
You watch the movie whenever you can. You breathe, eat and live the story. You are simultaneously a frightened girl, a scarecrow, a lion, a tin man, a good witch, a bad witch and a wizard. You can act out The Wizard of Oz by yourself, dances included. But then the door of your bedroom opens, and you have to deal with the real world and all the prejudices, rules and pigeonholes that come with it. You wish yourself away, and magically you get swept up in a storm and land in a world beyond the rainbow.
In The Ozard of Wiz, seven people return to their childhood, to a time without shame. They all hope to eventually get what they have been searching for all their lives: brains, courage, a heart and a home. The play serves vogue, pop music and melancholy – with a 70s sauce.
- Staging, Concept
- René Geerlings
- Choreography
- Guilliano Pinas
- Stage design
- Calle de Hoog
- Costume design
- MAISON the FAUX
- Music
- Reinier van Harten
- Lighting
- Remko van Wely
- Dramaturgy
- Merel Heering
- Technicians
- Andrea Spoor / Dennis Stolzenberg
- Production
- Bobby van Liempd
A coproduction by Maas Theater and Dance & ROSE Stories
The Ozard of Wiz is a guest performance for young audiences, brought to Zurich in cooperation with the Blickfelder Festival
The young programme is supported by Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Max Kohler Stiftung, Stiftung Landis & Gyr, Stiftung Accentus
- 60 min
- Zurich-Premiere: 6. December 2023, Schiffbau-Box
- Also interesting for ages 10 and up
- German