{"id":10641,"date":"2016-01-15T15:52:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T14:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=10641"},"modified":"2016-01-15T15:52:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T14:52:30","slug":"lesley-joseph-to-star-as-%e2%80%98miss-hannigan%e2%80%99-in-annie-at-the-millennium-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/01\/lesley-joseph-to-star-as-%e2%80%98miss-hannigan%e2%80%99-in-annie-at-the-millennium-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"LESLEY JOSEPH TO STAR AS \u2018MISS HANNIGAN\u2019  IN  ANNIE  AT THE MILLENNIUM FORUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>ANNIE<\/strong>, the world\u2019s favourite family musical, comes to the Millennium Forum for one week only from Tuesday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> until Saturday 27<sup>th<\/sup> February.<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/press7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10642\" title=\"press\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/press7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a>Tickets are priced from \u00a319.50 and are now available from the Box Office.\u00a0 Telephone 71 264455 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.millenniumforum.co.uk\">www.millenniumforum.co.uk<\/a> for bookings.<\/p>\n<p>Starring\u00a0Birds of a Feather star <strong>Lesley Joseph<\/strong> as the tyrannical Miss Hannigan, this much loved show returns to the city to delight its legions of local fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesley Joseph<\/strong> is best known for playing \u2018Dorien Green\u2019 in the hugely successful sitcom \u201cBirds of a Feather\u201d alongside Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson. They recorded over 100 episodes over a period of nine years. Lesley and her co-stars returned to our screens in \u201cBirds of a Feather in 2013 with a second series airing earlier this year. Lesley\u2019s theatre credits include \u2018Miss Hannigan\u2019 in \u201cAnnie\u201d at the West End\u2019s Victoria Palace and also on national tour. Her other touring credits include \u201cCalendar Girls\u201d and \u201cHot Flush!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lesley is joined by Alex Bourne as \u2018Oliver Warbucks\u2019, Holly Dale Spencer as \u2018Grace Farrell\u2019, Jonny Fines as \u2018Rooster\u2019 and Djalenga Scott as \u2018Lily\u2019. The company also includes James Alan- Evans. Lewis Bradley, Nic Gibney, Sinead Kenny, Michael Lin, Alice Liveing,\u00a0 Megan Louch, Callum McArdle, Benjamin Mundy, Steven Oliver, Heather Scott-Martin, Anne Smith, Kate Somerset How.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s orphanage. Determined to find her real parents, her luck changes when she is chosen to spend Christmas at the residence of famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. Spiteful Miss Hannigan has other ideas and hatches a plan to spoil Annie\u2019s search\u2026<\/p>\n<p>With its award-winning book and score, this stunning new production includes the unforgettable songs <em>Hard Knock Life, Easy Street, I Don\u2019t Need Anything But You<\/em> and <em>Tomorrow<\/em>. Don\u2019t miss Annie \u2013 you can bet your bottom dollar that you\u2019ll love it!<\/p>\n<p>Annie The Musical returns to the Millennium Forum from Tuesday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> until Saturday 27<sup>th<\/sup> February.\u00a0 Tickets are now available from the Box Office and are priced from \u00a319.50.\u00a0\u00a0 Telephone 71 264455 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.millenniumforum.co.uk\">www.millenniumforum.co.uk<\/a> for bookings.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNIE, the world\u2019s favourite family musical, comes to the Millennium Forum for one week only from Tuesday 23rd until Saturday 27th February. Tickets are priced from \u00a319.50 and are now available from the Box Office.\u00a0 Telephone 71 264455 or visit www.millenniumforum.co.uk for bookings. Starring\u00a0Birds of a Feather star Lesley Joseph as the tyrannical Miss Hannigan, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/01\/lesley-joseph-to-star-as-%e2%80%98miss-hannigan%e2%80%99-in-annie-at-the-millennium-forum\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10643,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10641\/revisions\/10643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}