Annie
Music by Charles Strouse, book by Thomas Meehan, lyrics by Martin Charnin
By arrangement with Dominie Pty Ltd
Season 16-31 January 2004
Venue Belconnen Theatre
TheStory
Due to the cruel orphanage matron, Miss Hannigan, Annie, a spunky, redheaded orphan, decides to run away and find her parents. After, eventually managing to escape the orphanage, she ends up being sent back by Officer Ward of the NYPD. Soon though, her luck improves. Billionaire Oliver Warbucks decides to invite an orphan over to his house for Christmas and Annie is chosen. The two quickly hit it off and he agrees to help Annie find her parents by putting up a $50,000 reward. Miss Hannigan's brother, Rooster, and his girlfriend, Lily, pretend to be Annie's parents by using information provided by Miss Hannigan. At the last minute, President Roosevelt intervenes to announce that the FBI has discovered that Annie's parents are in fact dead. In the end Hannigan, Rooster, and Lily are all arrested and Annie is adopted by Warbucks.
ProductionTeam
| Director | John Alsford |
| Assistant Director | Belinda Hassall |
| Musical Director | Jennifer Groom |
| Choreographer | Belinda Hassall |
| Assistant Choreographer | Katie Methorst |
| Production Manager | Liz Methorst |
| Stage Manager | Myles Leon |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Ruth Crabb |
| Set Design | Cathie Clelland |
| Costume Design | Jenny Wookey |
| Lighting Design | Anne Teasdale, Travis Harpley |
| Sound Design | Simon Ellero |
| Set Co-ordinators | Paul Tremble, Cathie Clelland, Ron Abrahams |
| Lighting Operators | Andrew Topperwein, Alex Rogers David Paterson |
| Costumes | Jody Potts, Susan Cooper, Anna Wise, Meredith Malcolm |
| Orphans Co-ordinator | Janette Bingley |
| Make Up | Janette Humphrey |
| Hairdressing | Heather Paterson |
| Production Manager | Liz Methorist |
| Set Construction | Paul Tremble, Myles Leon, John Alsford, Kevin Caruana |
| Props | Nick Leon, Marilyn McCormack |
| Crew | Eve Everard, Tony Retter, Ryan d'Argeavel, Jens Andersen, Scott Byrne, Jamie Swann, Katie Barnes, Andrew Bailey, Michael Postula, Warwick Pitt |
| Publicity | Kathy Thomas, Pam,Macmanus, Liz Methorist, David Paterson |
Cast
| Annie | Millie Malcolm, Annie Paterson |
| Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks | Danny O'Neill |
| Grace Farrell | Jo Willans |
| Agatha Hannigan | Michelle Klemke |
| Rooster Hannigan | Arron Grainger |
| Lily St Regis | Olivia Harkin |
| Drake (The Butler)/Bert Healy | Gary Collinson |
| President Roosevelt | Graham Bauerle |
| Kate | Alisia Garcia |
| Pepper | Alex Carson |
| Duffy | Zoe Baldwin |
| Molly | Jessica Bingley |
| July | Lidia Samcewicz-Parham |
| Tessie | Alexa Peggie |
| A Star to be | Anna Wise |
| Sandy the Dog | Sunny |
| Adult Chorus | Oliver Bailey, Kirsten Brooks, Sandra d'Argeaval, Toby Francis, Robyn Page, Maureen Read, Dim Ristevski, Will Sanders, Peter Smith |
| Children's Chorus | Lucy Allen, Chloe Briggs, Katie Dewar, Ruby Dixon, Hali Kyrgios, Madeline McWilliams, Billie Milne, Stephanie Orlando, Amy Perkins, Kate Rafferty, Daisy Sanders, Eliza Sanders, Brianna Thomas, Naomi Thomas |
Orchestra
| Conductor | Jennifer Groom |
| Flute/Piccolo | Lisa Nagy Amanda Magnussen Tracy Kauffman |
| Violin | Michael Owen Cheryl Peffer |
| Clarinet/Saxophone | Kirsten Nilsson Bronwyn Arneson |
| Cello | Megan Peffer Martin Elias |
| Clarinet | Francesca Nagy Jon Rosalky |
| Double Bass | Juliet Flook |
| Oboe | Ian Mallyon |
| Keyboard | Ewan Harwood |
| Trumpet | Sarah Hibberd Brian Stone |
| Guitar | Carl Sampson |
| Tuba | Peter McDonald |
| Percussion | Aaron Weissmann Tim Hauptmann |
| Trombone | Dana Parker Julia Reed |
Awards
Canberra Area Theatre AwardsNominations |
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| Best Actor in a Musical | Danny O'Neill |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Annie Paterson |
| Best Ensemble | The Orphans |