This new tour of the musical will open at New Wimbledon Theatre on the 23rd May 2026.
It has been announced that star of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and this series of Strictly Come Dancing La Voix will star as the iconic Miss Hannigan in the upcoming UK tour of Annie. She is set to play the role in Wimbledon, Birmingham, Manchester, Plymouth and Canterbury, with casting for the role of Miss Hannigan from Cardiff onwards, and full company, to be announced soon.
She will be joined in the production by Alex Bourne, who returns to the musical to play Oliver Warbucks, having played the role in the West End, in Toronto and on a UK Tour. His other theatre credits include The Wizard in The Wizard of Oz at the Gillian Lynne Theatre and on a UK Tour, Edna Turnblad in the UK Tour of Hairspray and Sam Carmichael in the UK Tour of Mamma Mia!.
Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery and torment at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. Her luck soon changes when she’s chosen to spend a fairytale Christmas with famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. Meanwhile, spiteful Miss Hannigan has other ideas and hatches a plan to spoil Annie’s search for her true family…
The musical, written by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan, features the classic songs: “It’s the Hard Knock Life”, “Easy Street”, “I Don’t Need Anything But You” and “Tomorrow”.
This revival, as well as visiting the places mentioned above, will visit: Cardiff, Milton Keynes, Blackpool, Newcastle, Dublin, Bristol, Nottingham, Hull, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Truro, Cheltenham, Stoke-on-Trent, Crawley, Belfast, Aberdeen, Woking, Bradford, and a festive season in Oxford. Heading into 2027, the show will then perform at venues in Sunderland, Southampton, Norwich, Wolverhampton, Sheffield, Glasgow, and Leicester.
Directed by Nikolai Foster, the creative team behind the production also includes: set and costume design by Colin Richmond, choreography by Nick Winston, lighting by Ben Cracknell and sound design by Richard Brooker.
To find out more visit: https://www.anniethemusicaltour.uk/