‘Leapin’ Lizards!’ – One of the best-loved family musicals of all time, Annie, comes to the Shaftesbury Theatre, Dawlish this month. Inspired by the famous comic strip Little Orphan Annie which first ran in the New York News in 1924, ANNIE made its Broadway debut in April 1977 and played 2,377 performances before closing in 1983. It won 7 Tony Awards and features hit songs such as ‘Hard Knock Life’, ‘Easy Street’ and the legendary ballad ‘Tomorrow’.
Director Chris Matanlé, who has recently returned to Devon following 8 years of working in London’s West End said ‘It has been a really exciting process bringing one of the most well-known movie musicals to the stage and we have a fantastic, dedicated cast who have worked very hard for the last 5 months.’
11 year old Shaldon resident Shannon Pook will play the title role of Annie, with Roger Matanlé as Oliver Warbucks, Paula Smith as Miss Hannigan and Annabelle Sampson as Warbucks’ assistant, Grace Farrell.
The show runs nightly at 7:30pm from Monday 29th April to Saturday 4th May, with a matinee at 2:30pm on the Saturday. All tickets on the opening night are £7 each, with all tickets at other performances £8.50 (Adults)/£6.00 (Children).
Tickets go on sale on Monday 22nd April from the Shaftesbury Theatre (open 10am-12pm Mon-Sat).
