Girl power and singalong classics as Annie escapes the Hard Knock Life
Annie director Nikolai Foster sacrifices subtlety for speed, and the production races along from the opening song, Maybe, to the festive conclusion, A New Deal for Christmas
Annie
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Rating:***
Until July 20
If you were a young girl growing up in the 1980s, the spunky heroine of John Huston’s 1982 film, Annie, based on the 1977 Broadway musical, was a model of aspiration. Annie was tiny, tough and totally able to get what she wanted from life; it was both a coming-of-age tale and a transformational story.
Her character was based on Harold Gray’s popular political ...
