Craig Revel Horwood will star as Miss Hannigan in the tour of Annie arriving at Winter Gardens Blackpool September 6–9.
Best known as a judge on all 20 series of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing, he returns to the part having played the role in both the West End and on tour.
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. Determined to find her real parents, her luck changes when she is chosen to spend Christmas at the residence of famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks.
- Annie – Book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin