Registered Charity
No 1136513
February 26 - March 17 2013
Immersion Theatre present
Dorothy in OZ
by James Michael Shoberg
Immersion Theatre are thrilled to be presenting the UK Premier of a piece unlike
anything that has ever been seen on the London fringe circuit, DOROTHY IN OZ, a skewed
adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s "The Wizard of Oz", by Pittsburgh playwright James
Michael Shoberg.
Set in the "Ozlin Centre," a facility for the mentally ill, Dorothy in Oz follows the story of a bi-polar Dorothy (Dottie) Gale, who is involuntarily committed by her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry.
While hospitalized, she is treated with an experimental drug called Cyclozil which
causes her to hallucinate a dark, twisted version of the hospital simply called..."Oz."
While in her drug-induced delirium, Dottie encounters Glinda, a somewhat unhinged
therapist who informs Dottie that her only chance to be released is to seek the hospital’s
mysterious administrator…The Great Oz, himself. Thus begins her trip through a veritable
madhouse, where she is joined by "Skarekrow," a heroin-addicted goth-rocker; Rusty,
a pierced, axe-wielding biker with severe anger issues; and Mr. Lyons, a sexually
frustrated deviant searching for a prescription to give him a little "courage" below
the belt. However, if coping with her three new companions wasn’t difficult enough,
Dottie unwittingly attracts the attention of the Wicked Witch of the West Wing, a
crazed doctor who sends her three cronies, each the subject of one of her deranged
experiments, to capture Dottie for her own depraved purposes...
This show is not suitable for children.
Show Times:
Tues – Sat 7.30pm
Sun matinees 4pm
(No Monday performances)
Running Time 110 minutes including an Interval
Tickets: £12 / £10 (Concessions)
(Concessions: Students, Seniors 60+, Equity,
Unemployed, Disabled.)
All seating is unreserved
Feb 26 - 28 Previews - £10
March 1 - Press Night
March 2 - Pay What You Can*
*Please read Pay What You Can Night