WINTER/SPRING

Tuesday 1st - Saturday 5th February
WATERSIDE THEATRE, AYLESBURY

Tuesday 8th - Saturday 12th February
EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE

Tuesday 15th - Saturday 20th February
THE DOME. DONCASTER

Tuesday 22nd - Saturday 26th February
THE MAYFLOWER, SOUTHAMPTON

Monday 28th February - Saturday 5th March
THE PAVILION, WORTHING

Monday 7th - Saturday 12th March
KINGS LYNN CORN EXCHANGE

Tuesday 15th - Saturday 19th March
LIVERPOOL EMPIRE

Tuesday 22nd - Saturday 26th March
CAIRD HALL, DUNDEE

Tuesday 29th March - Saturday 2nd April
DERNGATE THEATRE, NORTHAMPTON

Monday 4th - Saturday 9th April
ASSEMBLY ROOMS, DERBY

Monday 11th - Saturday 16th April
OCTAGON THEATRE, YEOVIL

Monday 18th - Saturday 23rd April
ASHCROFT THEATRE, CROYDON

Monday 25th - Saturday 30th April
THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH

Tuesday 3rd - Saturday 7th May
THE BROADWAY THEATRE, PETERBOROUGH

AUTUMN (TOURING NOW!)

1 - 3 September • Theatre Royal, Lincoln
Box Office: 01522 519999 •
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6 - 10 September • Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Box Office 01274 432 000 •
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13 - 24 September • The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Box Office: +353 (01) 6771717 •
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27 September - 1 October • King's Theatre, Glasgow
Box Office: 0844 871 7648 •
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4 - 8 October • Poole Lighthouse
Box Office: 0844 406 8666 •
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11 - 15 October • Festival Theatre, Malvern
Box Office: 01684 892277 •
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17 - 22 October • Barbican Theatre, York
Box Office: 0844 854 2757 • ( CANCELLED )

25 - 29 October • The Lyceum, Sheffield
Box Office: 0114 249 6000 •
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1 - 5 November • The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
Box Office: 01902 429212 •
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8 - 12 November • Palace Theatre, Manchester
Box Office: 0844 847 2277 •
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15 - 19 November • Millennium Forum, Derry
Box Office: 028 7126 4455 •
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22 - 26 November • The Grand Theatre, Blackpool
Box Office: 01253 290190 •
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29 November - 3 December • Empire Theatre, Sunderland
Box Office: 0844 847 2499 •
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5 - 10 December • Scunthorpe Bath Halls
Box Office: 01724 277733 • ( CANCELLED )

The Cambridge Corn Exchange Christmas show 2011!
17 - 31 December • The Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Box Office: 01223 357851 •
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Chichester Observer, by Phil Hewitt • Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

The irresistible, irrepressible Annie once again delights with her endearing call to trust in the future - a wonderful feel-good fairy-tale in which positive thinking gets every possible reward.

We’re deep in a depression; there are rumblings and threats in far-off lands. For 1930s America, you might as well read 2011 Britain.

And then in breezes breath-of-fresh-air Annie, the wildly-optimistic little orphan with the knack of making everything turn up trumps simply by believing that that’s what’s going to happen.

Su Pollard is terrific as the ghastly, grotesque Miss Hannigan, the boozy old bird in charge of the children’s home from which Annie starts her meteoric rise to become the world’s happiest child and chief presidential adviser.

What's On Stage, by Rebecca Cohen • Liverpool Empire Theatre

Oh my goodness, oh my goodness! Liverpool Empire has got the timeless Broadway musical Annie, and it’s even more spectacular than leapin’ lizards!

Full of energetic numbers, and an endless stream of uplifting choreography, this piece can’t help but bring a smile to your face. And yet, underneath it all, there still maintains a heart-wrenching storyline of the Victorian Depression; an era in desperate need of a sprightly red-headed orphan to fill it with optimism.

Something that Victoria Sian Lewis portrays just beautifully in her mature characterisation of every little girl’s dream role. Even dressed in rags, she has that special sparkle and rawness that forces you to watch her, even when the stage is full.

Equally impressive is Su Pollard as the evil alcoholic and orphanage owner, Miss Hannigan. She camps the part up superbly, tickling with her flawless comic timing and ticking all the criteria for being the villain that everybody loves to hate.  

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