Lesley Joseph joins Craig Revel Horwood in Annie

Birds of a Feather star Lesley Joseph will alternate with Craig Revel Horwood in the role of Miss Hannigan in the upcoming tour of Annie.

Horwood will play the role for the majority of performances this year, with Joseph taking over full time in 2016.

They'll be joined in the principal cast by: Alex Bourne (Oliver Warbucks), Holly Dale Spencer (Grace Farrell), Jonny Fines (Rooster) and Djalenga Scott (Lily).

The company also includes James Alan- Evans. Lewis Bradley, Nic Gibney, Sinead Kenny, Michael Lin, Alice Liveing, Megan Louch, Callum McArdle, Benjamin Mundy, Steven Oliver, Heather Scott-Martin, Anne Smith and Kate Somerset How.

Sharing the title role of Annie will be Madeleine Haynes, Isabella Pappas and Sophia Pettit.

Joining them will be Asha Banks, Rosanna Beacock, Chloe Bowes, Connie Burgess, Claudia Carlier, Jessica Cartledge, Scarlet Churchhouse, Scarlett Flannery, Ashley Goldberg, Mia Hope, Amelia Love Coleman, Lissy Mant, Daisy Parry, Natasha Raphael, Nikoo Saeki, Liani Samuel, Kate Woodman and Tegan Williams.

Annie is directed by Nikolai Foster, with set and costume design by Colin Richmond, choreography by Nick Winston, lighting by Ben Cracknell and sound design by Richard Brooker.

Annie tour dates

11-18 July 2015 – Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan

21-25 July – Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan

28 July-1 August – The Mayflower, Southampton
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan

3-8 August – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan

10-15 August – Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan

17-22 August – Theatre Royal, Norwich
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan

24-29 August – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan

31 August – 5 September – Hippodrome, Bristol
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan (not 1, 2 September)

7-12 September – Plymouth Theatre Royal
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan

15-26 September – Manchester Opera House
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan
Lesley Joseph will play Miss Hannigan on 25 and 26 September

29 September – 3 October – Bradford Alhambra
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan
Lesley Joseph will play Miss Hannigan on 3 October

6-10 October – Hull New Theatre
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan
Lesley Joseph will play Miss Hannigan on 10 October

13-31 October – Birmingham Hippodrome
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan
Lesley Joseph will play Miss Hannigan on 17, 24 and 31 October

10-14 November – New Wimbledon Theatre
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan
Lesley Joseph will play Miss Hannigan on 14 November

17-21 November – Woking New Victoria Theatre
Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan
Lesley Joseph will play Miss Hannigan on 21 November

12-16 January – Theatre Royal Brighton
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

18-23 January – Lyceum Theatre Sheffield
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

25-30 January – Orchard Theatre Dartford
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

1-6 February – Stoke Regent Theatre
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

23-27 February – Millenium Forum, Derry
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

1-5 March – Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall Theatre
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

7-12 March – Liverpool Empire Theatre
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

14-19 March – Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

21-26 March – Theatre Royal Nottingham
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

28 March-2 April – Sunderland Empire
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

12-16 April – Dublin Bord Gais Theatre
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

19-23 April – Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

25-30 April – Ipswich Regent Theatre
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

23-28 May – Marlowe Theatre Canterbury
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan

30 May-4 June – Milton Keynes Theatre
Lesley Joseph as Miss Hannigan