Devised in collaboration with contemporary theatre makers, The Danger Ensemble, this incantation of The Wizard of Oz is a warped fairytale for the modern age.

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In her tin caravan, walled by Wizard of Oz memorabilia, Judy G. waits. A cyclone is gathering speed over her flyspeck rural town, and she's ready. She's got a transistor radio, she's got emergency supplies, the TV's tuned to news, things are tied down and taped up - she's ready, goddammnit. And it better not pass over her without taking her up in it.

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She wants to get to the Emerald City to see her wonderful wizard, Ozzie. But when her caravan comes crashing down in Oz, Judy is dragged along a yellow brick road unlike anything she expected. The fantasy she clings to with a death-grip turns dark, and she discovers too late that Dorothy and her companions are leading her towards  a horrifying confrontation with the Wicked Witch of the West. In the end Judy will be forced her to face her biggest demon: herself.

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With nods to Judy Garland, the iconic 1939 film, Andy Warhol, child-beauty pageants, and pop-stars, this mash-up of Oz feasts upon all that has come since Frank L. Baum  first introduced the world to the gingham-innocence of Dorothy.

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The Wizard of Oz  played at La Boite Theatre Company during the Brisbane Festival in September 2013, and toured to NORPA later that year.

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Photos: Morgan Roberts

Video: Optikal Bloc