Claire Sweeney to play Miss Hannigan in UK & Ireland tour of ANNIE

Photo credit: Matt Crockett

It has been announced that Claire Sweeney (Coronation Street, ITV) will star as Miss Hannigan in the UK & Ireland tour of ANNIE from 7 July, with further casting also revealed today.

Claire will perform at the Wales Millenium Centre in Cardiff before playing Milton Keynes, Blackpool, Newcastle, Dublin, Bristol, Nottingham, Hull, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Truro, Cheltenham, Stoke, Crawley, Belfast, Aberdeen, Woking, Bradford, Oxford, Sunderland, Southampton, Norwich, Wolverhampton, Sheffield, Glasgow and Leicester.

Claire will star alongside the previously announced Alex Bourne as Oliver Warbucks, and the newly announced Tanisha-Mae Brown (Singin’ in the Rain, Royal Exchange) as Grace Farrell, Christian Cooper (The Sound of Music, Curve) as Rooster, and Amber Kennedy (Sister Act, UK tour) as Lily St. Regis.

Also joining the company are Jack Buchanan, Harrison Burley, Zoë Canham, Sophie Elmes, Belle Kizzy Green, Issy Khogali, Yujin Park, Elliot David Parkes, Carl Sanderson, Michaela Stern, Matthew Sweet and Jessica Wright.

As previously announced, La Voix will play Miss Hannigan in Wimbledon, Birmingham, Manchester, Plymouth and Canterbury.

ANNIE has music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a book by Thomas Meehan. It is directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster, with set and costume design by Colin Richmond, choreography by Nick Winston, lighting by Ben Cracknell, and sound by Richard Brooker.

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