Memories of Club Oz: the rise and fall of a Union Street icon is being told in a new film

A new film is promising to tell the full story of Club Oz at The Warehouse in Union Street, with interviews of ravers and former staff who worked there, as well as a combination of archive and contemporary footage of the place.

W: A Return to Oz takes the form of an amateur filmmaker-explorer who finds the building in an empty, derelict state, long after the prosperous life and energy it endured through the 90s.

Director Daniel Howard-Baker grew up in Plymouth and is an award winning director, editor and writer.

“I came across the former Warehouse club only through online threads and anecdotes, discovering a massive eye sore of a building that remained hidden and invisible to me growing up,” he said.

Producer Louis Holder said: “Plymouth is wrapped in its past through the derelict, ghost-town buildings which line Union Street’s pavements and adjoining streets. Beyond the derelict facade lies the memories of ravers, DJs and staff. Where are they now? What was Clubland really like? Could there be a future for the young of today and club culture more widely?”

The film is due for release this Autumn and there is a crowdfunder campaign underway to help with music and archive rights acquisition, and with gaining cinema screenings.

It’s hoped to screen the film across the UK, including at festivals.