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Annie

Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:19 pm
by Iggy
Saw this in the local rag. Might be a good opportunity!
(not quite sure about the 300 supporting cast though :? )


SHOPPERS could get the chance to take to the stage thanks to a series of musical auditions.

Lewisham Shopping centre is hosting the auditions for top musical Annie in the run-up to its performance at the West End’s Bloomsbury Theatre.

The event will run during half term from October 25 to October 31.

Organisers are looking to fill the lead roles of Annie, Daddy Warbucks and Miss Hannigan, along with 300 other for the supporting cast.

There is also the chance to win a theatre school scholarship with Make Believe Productions.

People taking part need to book a slot and learn a song from the musical.

To get a space call 0208 953 4184.

Re: Annie

Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:21 pm
by tikto
Iggy wrote:Saw this in the local rag. Might be a good opportunity!
(not quite sure about the 300 supporting cast though :? )


SHOPPERS could get the chance to take to the stage thanks to a series of musical auditions.

Lewisham Shopping centre is hosting the auditions for top musical Annie in the run-up to its performance at the West End’s Bloomsbury Theatre.

The event will run during half term from October 25 to October 31.

Organisers are looking to fill the lead roles of Annie, Daddy Warbucks and Miss Hannigan, along with 300 other for the supporting cast.

There is also the chance to win a theatre school scholarship with Make Believe Productions.

People taking part need to book a slot and learn a song from the musical.

To get a space call 0208 953 4184.

funnily enough my ds is doing this at stagecoach this term and was just practicing the song Tomorrow with me but unfortunately cant go for the role of Annie :D

Re: Annie

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:03 pm
by igloobabe
Usual problem - too old for Annie, too young for Miss Hannigan and too female for Daddy Warbucks!!

Re: Annie

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:09 pm
by islandofsodor
igloobabe wrote:Usual problem - too old for Annie, too young for Miss Hannigan and too female for Daddy Warbucks!!
Lily? Grace?

Re: Annie

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:44 pm
by igloobabe
Grace - isn't 13 too young? Ashamed to say I can't remember who Lily is!!! :oops:

Re: Annie

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:53 pm
by aliceinwonderinc
Well if you're 13 then aren't you the perfect age for Annie? When I did Annie the girl playing Annie was 13...

Re: Annie

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:35 pm
by islandofsodor
In the stage version of Annie her age is stated as being a little older than in the film version. Think she is 11 in the stage version. Pepper is 12 and Duffy & July are 13.

Re: Annie

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:29 am
by igloobabe
Crumbs! Think I need to watch it again!

Re: Annie

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:35 am
by GEORGIEROSE
dd was 13 when she was Annie,but she was very small-have to watch your not a big thirteen as age 11 is mentioned in script

Re: Annie

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:27 pm
by aliceinwonderinc
Igloobabe - I would go for it if I were you. It's not a very long production (the ad says it'll only run for about a week) so it can't be very big, so I would imagine that as long as you could possibly look 11 then it would be okay to audition. And if not then you might get to be an orphan/in the supporting cast or whatever. I played Duffy when I was 9 (so completely too young for it, but it was amateur!) and the main orphans actually have quite a few lines, so you could try going for one of them.

Re: Annie

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:41 pm
by GEORGIEROSE
dd has been Annie three times in different theatres,she has also played Molly and Tessie-guess what don't think I ever want to see Annie again :D :D :D

Re: Annie

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:54 pm
by GypsyMumNot!
FYI everyone - this is an amateur production with a franchise part-time theatre school similar to Stagecoach (just in case you were getting all excited about it being "West End"!) More info can be found at

http://www.makebelievegroup.co.uk

Don't know anything more - I just went looking & found their website, cos I just wasn't getting a handle on the whole "perform in the WE but audition in a shopping centre" thing....! Thought you all would like to know what you may be getting into! :roll:
Funnily enough, I couldn't find anything on the website about fees.... :-k

Re: Annie

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:21 pm
by islandofsodor
And the theatre itself, whilst I am sure is lovely, is not a professional West End venue. It is a university run theatre in central London near to the West End seating just over 500. It hosts smaller scale touring productions, comedy, concerts and amateur productions.

Re: Annie

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:39 pm
by gracey1234
hi, im grace im 14 and im intresting in audtioning for the part of annie. can i have some detail for the audtion pleas! :) x

Re: Annie

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:49 pm
by aliceinwonderinc
The show's already run, you're too late, sorry!