You’ve probably figured out from the title alone what stage show Jane and I went to see at Loughborough Town Hall this evening. If you need an extra clue:

We know one of the cast members so thought we’d pop along to support him (and also our first visit inside the theatre). The show was based on a script that came out of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1987 but, in turn, owes a lot to the 1939 film that starred Dorothy Garland and others. I don’t know if that had any relation to the original stage play from 1902 or the book by L Frank Baum that was first published in 1900. I have read the book but it was a long time ago and I think it would be fair to say that my mental conception of the story is mainly bound up in the 1939 film.

Anyway, Loughborough Amateur Operatic Society (LAOS) did a good job of hitting all the right notes (literally and figuratively) and it was an enjoyable evening’s entertainment.