Annie - The Musical
Book by Thomas Meehan
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Martin Charnin
18th - 22nd November 2014
Wyllyotts Theatre, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar
Production team:
Gary Colledge – Producer
David Ranford – MD
Debbie Constantinou – Choreographer
Jenny Colledge – Production Secretary
Suzanne Sive – Costumier
John Absolon - Stage Manager
Made famous in the late seventies on Broadway and in the West End this marvellous ‘feel-good’ musical mixes the ‘must-never-haves’ for adult performers….. a self-confident, lovable, plain speaking, pre-teen, red head girl , her cute friends and, yes, a lovable dog! What hope do the adults have…..
Annie is a spirited orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the haggard, embittered, but most definitely comic, Miss Hannigan. Much to Miss Hannigan’s annoyance, Annie is chosen as ward to the billionaire Oliver Warbucks by Grace Farrell his personal secretary and she also befriends a lovable mutt named Sandy. Enter Hannigan’s crooked brother ‘Rooster’ and his ‘moll’ Lilly who spot the opportunity to make a mint from Warbucks by claiming they are Annie’s long lost parents. Their plans are foiled when Annie befriends ‘Daddy’ Warbuck’s friend, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt who uncovers the crooks in the nick of time.
CAST
Annie - Miya Jones
Pepper, Duffy, July, Kate, Tessie - Jessica Brady, Rebecca Brealey, Ella Byrt, Selina Dileto, Christina Sharpe
Extra orphan - Macy Pollington
Molly - Eloise Luke
Chorus Orphans: - Evie Baldwin, Lilly Bottomley, Coco Cousin-Brown, Jessica Dyson, Maddy Fisher, Alexia Nicolau, Lola Shanks, Olivia Sharpe
Miss Hannigan - Josie Cousins
Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks - David Macklin
Grace - Sarah Brealey
Rooster - Ben Marks
Lily St Regis - Christina Constantinou
Star to be - Victoria Absolon
Bert Healy - Richard Jackson
Boylen Sisters: - Eleanor Jackson, Sarah Byrne, Alice Byrne
President Roosevelt
Drake - John Bagley
Bundles - Tom Field
Lt Ward - Mick McAdam
Ensemble Ladies
Victoria Absolon, Jodie Brooker, Alice Byrne, Sarah Byrne, Tracy Carter, Julie Cox, Linda Gurney, Vickie Hargreaves, Eleanor Jackson, Belle Dileto, Emma Large, Lisa Large, Holly McCadam, Beckie Panther, Babs Philpott, Maddie Reed, Lottie Sacks, Gina Stone, Doreen Webster, Michelle Williams
Male Ensemble
Jim Anderson, John Bagley, George Bannister, Steward Crook, Tom Field, Richard Jackson, Terry Panther, Colin Ricardo, Cem Topan, Julian Tracy, Peter Viner
