Annie tour announces further casting

The upcoming tour of Annie has announced further casting.

Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan’s seminal musical follows a young orphan who is adopted by a billionaire, much to the chagrin of her orphanage’s owner. The show features much-loved numbers such as “It’s the Hard Knock Life”, “Easy Street”, “I Don’t Need Anything But You” and “Tomorrow”.

The revival is helmed by Curve’s artistic director Nikolai Foster, with set and costume design by Colin Richmond, choreography by Nick Winston, lighting by Ben Cracknell and sound design by Richard Brooker.

As previously revealed, Strictly and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star La Voix is set to play the role of Miss Hannigan in Wimbledon (launching on 23 May), Birmingham, Manchester, Plymouth and Canterbury, opposite Alex Bourne as Daddy Warbucks.

Claire Sweeney will assume the role of Miss Hannigan from 7 July for the tour stops in Cardiff, Milton Keynes, Blackpool, Newcastle, Dublin, Bristol, Nottingham, Hull, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Truro, Cheltenham, Stoke, Crawley, Belfast, Aberdeen, Woking, Bradford, Oxford, Sunderland, Southampton, Norwich, Wolverhampton, Sheffield, Glasgow and Leicester.

Also announced today are Tanisha-Mae Brown as Grace Farrell, Christian Cooper as Rooster, and Amber Kennedy as Lily St Regis, alongside Jack Buchanan, Harrison Burley, Zoë Canham, Sophie Elmes, Belle Kizzy Green, Issy Khogali, Yujin Park, Elliot David Parkes, Carl Sanderson, Michaela Stern, Matthew Sweet and Jessica Wright.

Annie has run in the West End and on tour, with names including the late, great Paul O’Grady, Miranda Hart and Craig Revel Horwood playing Miss Hannigan.

The new tour is produced by Michael Harrison and David Ian and licensed by Music Theatre International.

Full tour dates can be found here.