Wednesday 15th July - Saturday 18th July
THEATRE ROYAL, LINCOLN

Monday 20th July - Saturday 25th July
EDEN COURT THEATRE, INVERNESS

Tuesday 28th July - Saturday 1st August
THE LOWRY, MANCHESTER

Tuesday 4th August - Saturday 8th August
THEATRE ROYAL, GLASGOW

Tuesday 11th August - Saturday 15th August
BRISTOL HIPPODROME

Monday 17th August - Saturday 22nd August
THEATRE ROYAL, BRIGHTON

Tuesday 25th August - Saturday 29th August
SUNDERLAND EMPIRE

Monday 31st August - Saturday 5th September
RICHMOND THEATRE, SURREY

Monday 7th September - Saturday 12th September
LIVERPOOL EMPIRE

Tuesday 13th October - Saturday 17th October
TOWN HOUSE, HAMILTON

Tuesday 27th October - Saturday 31st October
VENUE CYMRU, LLANDUDNO

Monday 2nd November - Saturday 7th November
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, YORK

Tuesday 10th November - Saturday 14th November
MILLENNIUM FORUM, LONDONDERRY

Tuesday 17th November - Saturday 21st November
ALEXANDRA THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM

1. Daddy Warbucks & Annie make the cover of 'All About Manchester in July; 2. Su, or is it Miss Hannigan?, helps support "Our Lowry" in Salford in September; 3. 'Hamilton Advertiser' interview Su about Annie and much more in August.

Liverpool Echo, by Joe Riley • Liverpool Empire

When Little Orphan Annie, US comic strip heroine of the Great Depression, finally made it to the stage in 1976, some saw it as mawkish sentimentality for a Dickensian-style morality musical to match Lionel Bart's Oliver.

But today, the idea of an 11 year old storming the White House (or Downing Street) with optimism as a cure-all for economic woes might appear to be welcome fantasy.

Whatever, Annie (the musical), complete with its clutch of New York workhouse kids chorusing like whistling kettles still manages to present poverty sunnyside up.

That is, apart from the intervention of wicked matron Ms Hannigan, aka Su Pollard, reprising the role she played in Liverpool nine years ago. She ditched all the camp tomfoolery of her small screen Hi-De-Hi persona, to prove the true worth of a vibrant and gritty singing voice and all it takes to play a comedy villain.

ng-magazine.com, by Lizzie Carr • Theatre Royal, Nottingham

Little explanation of the plot is needed as almost everyone, at some point, has been touched by heart-warming story of the plucky orphan. Annie’s cheery disposition sees her taken under the wing of millionaire business tycoon Oliver Warbucks for two weeks over the Christmas period. Warbucks’ initial steely persona gives way to Annie’s infectious charm and he decides to adopt her.

Su Pollard gives a flawless performance as Miss Hannigan

Nottingham-born actress, Su Pollard, most famous for her role in the BBC sitcom Hi-De-Hi! stole the show with her flawless performance as Miss Hannigan, the drunken matriarch who runs the New York orphanage. Her perfect comedy timing had the audience laughing from the opening scene right through to the finale.  

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