This Christmas season, Hope Mill Theatre will stage the first new U.K. production of The Wiz in ten years. The 1975 Tony Award-winning musical has a book by William F. Brown, music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, and original orchestrations by Harold Wheeler. The Hope Mill production will be directed by Matthew Xia, artistic director of Actorâs Touring Theatre, with musical supervision and new orchestrations by Sean Green and choreography by Leah Hill. Ameena Hamid will co-produce, along with ChuChu Nwagu in place as assistant producer. The production runs November 24âJanuary 16, 2022, operating with any current COVID measures that are in place at that time. Priority booking reservations for the limited tickets can be made here.