Annie and her Yorkshire orphans take to the stage

A production of the Broadway musical Annie comes to West Yorkshire Playhouse, in Leeds, this Christmas. The show for all the family features classic songs such as The Hard Knock Life, Tomorrow, Little Girls and Easy Street.

Yorkshire actor Duncan Preston takes on the role of warm-hearted billionaire Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks, while talented young Yorkshire performers, Sophie Downham, and Phoebe Roberts share the part of Annie which they tried out for at the Playhouse’s open auditions this summer.

The girls beat 400 other singing and dancing locals to win this iconic role. They will be joined by 36 other local girls who take to the stage as the orphans.

Directed by Nikolai Foster and designed by Colin Richmond, this production, set in the midst of America’s Great Depression of the 1930s, reunites the team behind last year’s critically acclaimed A Christmas Carol.

Annie and her band of orphans are now appearing at the Quarry stage at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.

The production of the popular musical runs at the Playhouse over the festive period and for further details visit the website www.wyp.org.uk