Annie

By Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin & Thomas Meehan

Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan.

The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre). It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won the Tony Award for Best Musical.

The musical's songs "Tomorrow" and "It's the Hard-Knock Life" are among its most popular musical numbers. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

The show was performed by the Belfrey Theatre, Wellington, Shropshire

in July 2011.

The Intro Music

Annie Image - With very special thanks to Toni Butler, the mother of our featured 'Annie', Lydia.
Image created by graphic artist Bret Ivory, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Photos courtesy of Society members.

Production Team:

Prompt - Lynn Shepherd

Properties - Company Members

Lighting Set - Matt Richardson and Andrew Foster
Lights - Ali Fear, Aaron Eccleston
Sound - Ed Freeman

Set - Andrew Foster, John Sugden, Jack Cotton, Iain Wilson, Marianne Foster, Jenny Crowson,Tim Crowson, Simon Phillips
Costumes - Annie Savage, Sara Newall-Lecrivain
Make-Up - Chris Simmons and Fliss Gee
Stage Manager - Andrew Foster with society members
Front of House - Sara Newall-Lecrivain with society members
Bar Tim - Crowson and John Binns with Company members

Cast:

Annie - Erin Shrimpton, Rachell Allcock
Miss Hannigan - Jenny Crowson

Rooster Hannigan - Chris Hutton

Lily St Regis - Bethany Craik, Natalie Goldup
Grace Farell - Laura Delves

Daddy Warbucks - Kevin Read-Jones

The Orphans
 

Niamh Shrimpton, Kelly Davies
Jessica, Disney, Hatty Davies
Jasmin Walsh, Rowan Jones
Tabitha Heeley, Aby Rowley
Charlotte Price, Laura Okeeffe
Madison Coyle, Rachel Williams
Katie Henderson, Chloe Ward
Megan Ward, Hattie Butler

The Servants
 

Drake - Brian Hughes

Mrs Greer - Deb Fear, Linda Taylor
Mrs Pugh - Marianne Foster

Cecille - Bryony Fisher

Kaylee Spragg

Leah Johnson, Jack Cotton

Richard Lecrivain, Ken Brookes

Rhianne Fairclough, Bethany Wood

Radio Scene
 

Bert Hely - Andy Reed

Fred McCracken - James Cahill

Wacky - William Marsh, Niamh Shrimpton
Cecille - Josh Hill

The Boylan Sisters - Leah Johnson

                                 Megan Gater

                                 Bryony Fisher

The Cabinet
 

President Roosevelt - Simon Delves, Tim Crowson
Ickes - Jack Cotton

Hull - Joe Maclean, Richard Lecrivain
Howe- James Cahill

Perkins - Fliss Gee

Morganthau - Ken Brookes

Kaltenborn - John Binns

Dog Catcher - Fliss Gee

Dog Catcher Asst - Oliver Marsh, Niamh Shrimpton
Ltnt Ward - Nathan Parsons

Bundles - Jack Cotton

Hooverville
 

Sophie - Simon Delves

Apple Seller - Natalie Fisher

Man with Papers - Richard Lecrivain

Sandy (the dog) - Guinness

Josh Hill

Fliss Gee, Megan Gater

Leah Johnson, Ken Brookes

Kaylee Spragg, Katie Clarke

Rhian Fairlough, Chloe Worthington

Tim Crowson, Deb Fear

Marianne Foster, Jack Cotton

NYC
 

Star to Be - Bryony Fisher

Usherette - Katie Clarke

Popcorn - Natalie Fisher, Ken Brookes

                 Deb Fear, Jack Cotton,
                 Marianne Foster, Linda Taylor
                 Leah Johnson, Chloe Worthington

Judge Brandies - Alistair Maclean

Radio Announcers - John Binns

Deb Fear, Jack Cotton

Marianne Foster, Linda Taylor

Many thanks to Simon Delves who stepped into the role of Roosevelt at short notice and to Richard Lecrivain, another new recruit.