23rd-28th March 2009
Come and enjoy this rags-to-riches tale of Annie’s adventure from a New York orphanage to the luxurious home of millionaire Oliver Warbucks. It is a story of hope, charity and the realisation that money isn’t everything in life, but love is.
This wonderful family show is based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip ‘Little Orphan Annie’, with the book written by Thomas Meehan, music and lyrics by Charles Strouse & Martin Charnin. First produced on Broadway in 1977, it has won 3 Tony Awards- for Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book. Full of favourite sing-along songs such as ‘Hard Knock Life’, ‘You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile’ and ‘Tomorrow’.
Orphan Annie is convinced that her parents will one day come and she can be in a family again. Her adventurous escape from the orphanage is short lived, but when she’s chosen to spend Christmas with the millionaire, that’s when fun, intrigue and a roller-coaster of emotions begin…
Creative Team
| Creative | Name |
|---|---|
| Director | Giga Phillips |
| Musical Director | Derek Canfield |
| Choreographer | Graham McCarron |
| Stage Manager | Mike Davall |
Cast List
| Character | Name |
|---|---|
| Annie | Fern Deacon / Daisy West |
| Molly | Isobel Davis / Philippa Simpson |
| Kate | Georgia Pascoe / India Woodliffe |
| Tessie | Hattie Acres-Reeves / Frannie Davis |
| Pepper | Becky Armes (Annie understudy) / Emily Marshall |
| July | Fern Higgins (Annie understudy) / Lucy Barnes |
| Duffy | Naomi Ashley / Rebecca Rogers |
| Other Orphans | Bethany Rourke, Jade Fuller, Jessie McVicar, Robyn Stocks, Sophie Green, Jasmine Price, Hannah Weaver, Alice Kennedy, Emily Good, Verity Neale, Jasmine Hood, Jessica-Mae Thompson |
| Daddy Warbucks | Steve Woolford |
| Miss Hannigan | Siân Thomas |
| Grace Farrell | Christine White |
| Rooster | Rob Tickner |
| Lily | Lisa Fletcher |
| President Roosevelt | David Main |
| Bundles | Roger Johnson |
| Lt Ward | Steve Howard |
| Star to be | Lucy Jesse |
| Sophie | Lucy Armes |
| Drake | Roger Johnson |
| Boylan Sisters | Alex Balston (Ronnie) |
| Dawn Stephens (Bonnie) | |
| Ann-Marie Johnson (Connie) | |
| Ickes | Brian McMahon |
| Hull | Tony Siddall |
| Perkins | Charlotte Walker |
| Howe | Eric McLoughlin |
| Morgenthau | John Canfield |
| Mrs Pugh | Lucy Armes |
| Mrs Greer | Carrie Canfield |
| Bert Healy | Ron Walker |
| Female Dancers | Sam Bottle, Laura Gurney, Emma Dayson, Lucy Jesse, Tara Pearce, Dawn Stephens |
| Male Dancers | Mark Baxter, Tim Canfield, Steve Howard, Rob Tickner, Roger Johnson |
| Female Chorus | Lucy Armes, Alex Balston, Sam Bottle, Carrie Canfield, Laura Gurney, Emma Dayson, Helen Dayson, Ann-Marie Johnson, Lucy Jesse, Tara Pearce, Christine Siddall, Dawn Stephens, June Thomas, Charlotte Walker |
| Male Chorus | Mark Baxter, Tim Canfield, John Canfield, Paul Flanagan, Steve Howard, Roger Johnson, Eric McLoughlin, Brian McMahon, Tony Siddall |