Events

Dane Court Grammar School will be staging a production of Annie on the 4 to 7 July in the new school theatre with curtains up at 7pm. The musical is set in New York in the 30s where Annie lives in an orphanage run by Miss Hannigan who is a fairly unpleasant character. Annie was left as a baby with a letter saying her parents would return for her one day, and the thought of this keeps her going. However sometimes she runs away to try and find them for herself.

One day after escaping for a while, and finding a dog, she is returned by a policeman and is about to be punished by Miss Hannigan when Grace Farrell arrives. She is the secretary to Mr. Warbucks a charitable millionaire. He wishes to give an orphan a holiday in his grand home for Christmas, and Grace chooses Annie.

Annie is immediately loved by everyone, including Warbucks, who asks her if she would like to be adopted by him. Although Annie tells him she would love to stay she is waiting to be reunited with her real mother and father. Warbucks then tries to help Annie find her parents by offering a reward for them to come forward.

When Miss Hannigan hears of this she hatches a plan with her brother Rooster, who is a rogue, and he, along with his girlfriend Lily, pretend to be Annie's long lost parents. However their plan is foiled and of course Annie ends up living happily ever after with Warbucks (having eventually found out that her real parents had died many years before).

Year 8 student Gabriella Gonzalez-Bello and Shona Buwu in year 7 share the role of Annie while millionaire Warbucks is played by year 11 student Ben Hoenes. Tickets for the show are available at £5 from the school office which can be contacted on 01843 864941.