Walking up to The Gaiety Theatre I could feel the anticipation growing.. for the lots of kids that were outside. Growing up Annie was always just a movie I wasn’t that into on the telly at Christmas. This however, made me go Wow! on a few occasions.
Starting off is Miss Hannigan’s ophanage, we are introduced to the kids and their ‘Hard Knock Life’. What was surprising for me was my familiarity with some of the songs from the stage show.
The cast are great. Su Pollard is a treat as Miss Hannigan, always funny, we’ll forgive the kids for their dodgy New York accents at the start. The rest of the cast are great singers and actors and everybody loves Audrey Lebourne. Easily the winner of everybody’s heart was Annie’s dog Sandy, the quietest, cutest most obedient dog ever. (more…)
