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Meet your Dorothy! Georgina Onuorah joins The Wizard of Oz

Posted 26th April 2023

We are delighted to announce that Georgina Onuorah will play the lead role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz this summer at The London Palladium.

She joins the previously announced Jason Manford (The Cowardly Lion), Ashley Banjo (The Tin Man), Dianne Pilkington (The Wicked Witch of the West), Louis Gaunt (The Scarecrow), Christina Bianco (Glinda the Good Witch) and Gary Wilmot (The Wizard/Professor Marvel).

Georgina Onuorah

Currently playing Ado Annie in the critically acclaimed, multi award-winning production of Oklahoma! (Wyndham’s Theatre), Georgina starred as Dorothy in the Curve’s production of The Wizard of Oz in Leicester last year.

Her other West End credits include Millennials (The Other Palace) and alternate Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre.

The full cast is completed by Ben Thompson (as Toto), Annie Southall, Charlotte St.Croix, Claire O’Leary, Eamonn Cox, Emily Ann Potter, Geoff Aymer, Harrison Wilde, Jacqui Dubois, Jessica Daley, Jonathan Dryden Taylor, Lauren Stroud, Marley Fenton, Michael Lin and Sam Stones.

Featuring the iconic original score from the Oscar-winning MGM film, including Over The Rainbow, Follow The Yellow Brick Road and We’re Off To See the Wizard – with additional songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice – this spectacular production will be a magical experience for all the family.

For more information and to book tickets to The Wizard of Oz, click below.

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