annie- Preview- AUG - ANNIE ..NMTC

PRESS RELEASE
ANNIE
THEATRE ROYAL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
WEEK COMMENCING
TUESDAY 28st AUGUST 2011

It is December of 1933 and America is deep
in the midst of the Great Depression. On
the Lower East Side of New York, the
Municipal Orphanage, Girls' Annex, has
been the drab home of eleven-year-old
Annie for all but the first two months of her
life, when she was left on the front steps of
the Orphanage with an unsigned note
saying, "Please take good care of our little
darling. Her name is Annie... We have left
half of a silver locket around her neck and
kept the other half so that when we come
back for her you will know that she's our
baby." Early one chill morning, awake at
4:00 A.M., Annie wonders what her lost
parents might be like (Maybe).
Featuring popular songs such as
'Tomorrow', 'NYC', 'It's a Hard-Knock Life',
'Fully Dressed' and 'Maybe' and having won
no fewer than 7 Tony Awards when it was
first performed on Broadway. this show will
have you laughing and crying as well as
singing along.
Tickets are available now from the
Theatre Royal Box Office (0844 811 2121)
or through the company’s web site
www.newcastletheatreco.net

Michael Hunter