Somewhere over the rainbow is the new Dorothy
Dorothy and Toto Wizard of Oz
Were you glued to TV’s reality search for star How do you solve a problem like Maria? Or was it Joseph or Nancy and Oliver? Then you’ll love the latest foray into casting by the GBP (Great British Public) Over the Rainbow which aims to find a new Dorothy for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest West End production of The Wizard of Oz.
Auditions are open to anyone, with or without experience, or in most cases talent, and nationwide auditions have already begun. All applicants have to be aged 16 or over by 26 June 2009. Once selections have been made, we will have to endure week after week of professionals, semi-professionals and checkout girls from Tesco trying to be Judy Garland until we find the perfect young lady from Kansas (or somewhere in the West Midlands at any rate). What a treat!
I thought they were looking for Toto the dog as well. That would be fun. Maybe I imagined it or it was wishful thinking.
A few years ago we had a brown Yorkie/Cairn cross called Nipper who sadly shuffled of this mortal coil about 5 years ago at the age of 16. When she was about eight years old we took her to an open audition for the part of Sandy in Annie at the local amateur theatre. Needless to say it was all an unmitigated disaster as there was no way she was going to answer to ‘Sandy, Sandy…’ in an American accent (that’s Annie with the accent not the dog) or sit still or do anything remotely obedient.
