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Photo: Paul Coltas
ANNIE ARRIVES IN THE WEST END
In times like these, there can be no
better recommendation than to see a
‘good old fashioned family musical’.
After a critically acclaimed opening night
in June, Nikolai Foster’s production of
Annie has arrived in the West End
40 years after the original Broadway
production opened in 1977, with
Miranda Hart leading a sparkling cast.
In 1977, the Broadway production
received seven Tony awards including
the Best Musical, Best Score and Best
Book. The much-loved score includes
the classics, ‘It’s A Hard Knock Life’,
‘Tomorrow’ and ‘Easy Street.’
Set in 1930s New York during The
Great Depression, brave young Annie is
forced to live a life of misery and
torment at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage.
Her luck changes when she is chosen to
spend Christmas at the residence of
famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks.
Meanwhile, spiteful Miss Hannigan has
other ideas and hatches a plan to spoil
Annie’s search for her true family.
Miranda Hart is cleverly cast as Miss
Hannigan, using her dynamic
personality and booming voice to the
full. With the aid of a shrill whistle, she
attempts to control the lively and rather
extrovert orphans.
Tickets are available at the Box Office
telephone 0844 871 7630.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
The Globe's Associate Director
Matthew Dunster tells Shakespeare’s
classic tale of antagonistic romance and
madcap humour, as the bold new
production of Much Ado About Nothing
comes to the Globe stage this summer
with a fusion of Latin music, desert
flowers and revolutionary politics.
Set during the armed struggles of the
Mexican Revolution in 1914, Claudio and
Benedick return home from the first wave
of the revolution. Claudio has been pining
for his love, Hero. Benedick loves her
cousin Beatrice and Beatrice Benedick; but
because neither will admit it, nothing
seems likely to bring them together. Only
the intrigues of a revolutionary with a dark
heart, force Benedick to prove his love for
Beatrice by vowing to kill Claudio.
The company of 42nd Street.
20th ANNUAL KIDS WEEK
Kids Week, the annual London theatre
initiative run by the Society of London
Theatre, returns for the whole of August,
with more than 35 shows offering free
tickets for children. This year marks the
20th Kids Week, which began in 1998
and over the years has reached over 1.2
million children and families.
One of the world’s longest running
audience development initiatives, Kids
Week encourages young people to
experience live theatre. During August
one child aged 16 or under can go free
to a wide range of participating shows
when accompanied by an adult paying
full price. In addition two extra children
can go for half price, and there are no
booking, postage or transaction fees.
Kids Week also has a range of free
activities and events which includes
everything from storytelling and
backstage tours to choreography and
stage combat workshops. The full
activity listings can be found at
KidsWeek.co.uk
Shows include The Wind In The
Willows, Wicked, 42nd Street (pictured),
What The Ladybird Heard, The Hunting
Of The Snark, An American In Paris,
Around The World In 80 Days, Horrible
Histories - The Best Of Barmy Britain,
Half A Sixpence, Thriller - Live, We're
Going On A Bear Hunt, Mamma Mia,
Kinky Boots, The Comedy About A Bank
Robbery, Annie, Stomp, The Play That
Goes Wrong, The Phantom Of The Opera
and Dreamgirls.
Photo: Brinkhoff/Moegenburg.
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