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WIZ, BANG FOR CORPUS

For this year's annual musical production, staff and students at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds chose THE WIZ. A young an enthusiastic cast gave it their all much to the admiration and enjoyment of a full house. Though it has been adapted for school performances , it is still a real challenge to produce and present - Corpus rose as one to the challenge.

The show follows the story of THE WIZARD OF OZ but was re-written in 1975 with a brand new score and it ran on Broadway for 4 years, won 7 Tony Awards and is now regularly performed by schools, colleges and local theatre companies throughout the world.

This version was made into a film in 1978 by the people behind the Motown Record label and starred Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Mabel King.

John Atkin (Head of Music) said "The school production is a big challenge every year which pupils and staff rise to. This year we have 60 pupils involved both on and off stage who are working very hard as a team on what has proved to be a challenging show. We have a new Dance & Drama Teacher, Amy Thompson, who has set the standard very high and pupils have responded well. This is probably the most visually stunning show we have done with over 120 costumes, pyrotechnics and a new state of the art Sound & lighting system which was installed last Summer."