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Manchester Stage Experience needs Annie & Co

Do you know a young person who wants to act on the stage and loves the show Annie?

Celebrating 8 years of productions and following the success of last year’s production of Fame The Musical, Manchester will once again open its doors to the city’s young performers.

Annie is a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan’s evil machinations, befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and finds a new family and home in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

Young people are invited to attend auditions later this week which will be held at the Opera House on:

Ages 11-15                                          Ages 16-21
09.00am – 12.30pm                             13.30pm – 16.30pm
25/02/2012                                           25/02/2012

The ages above are for the age you will be on 22nd July 2012. So if you are 15 now, but by 22nd July 2012 you will be 16, please come on the Saturday.

Principal Call Backs will be on a separate audition date – TBC
(Please keep both audition dates free)

•    Please arrive at the main foyer entrance, wearing comfortable clothes.
•    Refreshments will not be provided.
•    You do not need to prepare anything before the audition.
•    Applicants do not need to be stage trained – this is an open audition for everyone to take part
•    Parental supervision is not required – please bring a mobile phone (which must be silenced during the auditions) with you so you are able to contact someone to collect you after your audition has finished. Please note that only those people who are auditioning are allowed inside the auditorium.
•    Everyone will be notified by email as to whether or not they have been successful within four weeks after the audition date. If you would like to be notified by post, please ensure you put this on your audition form.

Stage Experience’s Annie will run from Sunday 22nd July – Saturday 4th August 2012. All successful applicants must be available on all of these days (exact timings TBC). Rehearsals and Shows will take place at the Palace Theatre.
Auditions to be held at the Opera House.

For more details, visit the Stage Experience site.