From November 2001 to February 2002, a production directed by Nancye Hayes was staged at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney, Australia. This version followed the movie version very closely in design. Thomson, Helen "Old and young troupers bring fresh wizardry to Oz", The Age, July 1, 2002, accessed June 4, 2018The Wizard of Oz (Sydney), AusStage, accessed June 4, 2018 The cast included pop-star Nikki Webster as Dorothy, Delia Hannah as Aunt Em/Glinda, Kane Alexander as Hunk/Scarecrow, Doug Parkinson as Zeke/Cowardly Lion, Pamela Rabe as Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch, and Bert Newton as Professor Marvel/The Wizard. The following year, the production transferred to the Regent Theatre in Melbourne,The Wizard of Oz (Melbourne 2002), AusStage, accessed June 4, 2018 and then to the Lyric Theatre in Brisbane, where Patti Newton (the wife of Bert Newton) and Derek Metzger, respectively, played Aunt Em/Glinda and Hunk/Scarecrow."The Wizard of Oz" (Brisbane 2002), AusStage, accessed June 4, 2018
