Annie - Guiseley Theatre 2019

GUISELEY AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY PRESENTS

14 - 19 OCTOBER 2019 GUISELEY THEATRE

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GUISELEY AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY PRESENTS

Book by Thomas Meehan

Music by Charles Strouse

Lyrics by Martin Charnin

Director - DAVID KIRK Musical Director - IAN SAPIRO Choreographer - TED OXLEY-KIRK Stage Manager - Andy Grace | Assistant Stage Manager - Tom Grace Technical Production Manager - Darren Smith Backstage Production Manager - Gary Wilson-Mort | Set Designer - Andy Grace Lighting and Sound - Sound and Lighting Concepts Ltd | Props Manager - Jacob Everall Props Team - Sharron Knott, Pam Barlow, Alex Gasson-Gray | Wardrobe - Margaret Barrett, Ann Lunn Costumes - Margaret Beck, Ilkley Playhouse & Cast | Make up - Amanda Boterill, Debi Jones & Team Front of House Manager - Anne Parker | Front of House Sales Manager - Sarah Gibson Stage Crew - James Gardiner, Alayna Grace, Liv Grafton & Dave Gilks Chaperones - Midge Booth, Marie Bellwood, Mandy Wilkinson, Louise Murphy, Rachel Marshall, Jemma Hampshaw Refreshments - Refreshments Team | Programme Photography - Kat Owens Box Office - Janet Magson | Programme Design - Marmadukedesigns.com

14 - 19 OCTOBER 2019 GUISELEY THEATRE IN THE INTEREST OF OTHER PATRONS AND THE PERFORMERS PLEASE ENSURE ALL WATCH ALARMS, MOBILE TELEPHONES AND PAGING DEVICES ARE SWITCHED OFF DURING THE PERFORMANCE. THE USE OF CAMERAS, TAPE RECORDERS, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR DEVICE IN THE AUDITORIUM IS STRICTLY PROHBITED. Based on "Little Orphan Annie" ®by permission of the Tribune Media Services Inc. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe)

ABOUT GAOS GAOS is one of the longest established amateur theatrical groups in West Yorkshire. We have always performed musicals and operetta with one main production each year, usually in February - March.

We adopt a professional approach to our productions, working with experienced and professional production teams and usually cast by open audition.

We design and build our own sets and this enables us to get the maximum working space from a restricted stage area. We hire costumes for most shows and usually work with a pit orchestra of 10 or 12 players.

We have a loyal and long serving core membership but new members, young or old, either playing or back stage, are always needed and made welcome.

GAOS has been a very keen supporter of The National Operatic and Dramatic Association, having hosted many NODA events at the Theatre as well sending large parties of members to the North-East Area's Annual Weekend.

Over the years the Society's programmes have often featured among the winners in both the North-East Area Competition and the National Competition.

GAOS Committee

Society Officials

President Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Treasurer

Honourary Auditor David O Baxter A.C.I.B

William M Hudson LL.B Kimberley Grillo Janet Magson Kat Owens Will Sadler

Webmaster Librarian

Matthew Gibson Katherine Littlewood

Executive Committee: Marie Bellwood, Midge Booth, Suphena Clarke Alex Schober, Darren Smith, Gary Wilson-Mort

A Chorus Line 2019

David Kirk - Director David began directing exactly thirty five years ago when he was a co-founder of the highly successful Barnstormers Theatre Company, based here at Guiseley Theatre from 1984 – 2004, where he directed 32 productions, including regional and national amateur premieres. He has now reached his centenary – yes - Annie is the hundredth production he has directed! Over the years, David feels privileged to have directed musicals and plays at theatres all over Yorkshire including Leeds City Varieties, Ilkley Playhouse, Wakefield Theatre Royal, Sheffield Lyceum and, for thirteen years, Bradford Alhambra. Three musicals transferred to Waterford Opera House, Buxton Opera House and the beautiful outdoor Minack Theatre in Cornwall. His next (summer 2020) productions are Singin’ in the Rain (Ilkley Playhouse) followed by Hello, Dolly! (Winter Gardens, Ilkley). Annie is David’s third production for GAOS following his highly successful The Full Monty and Sister Act in 2018. He is also an accomplished performer and has appeared in many musicals and plays – not quite a hundred although not far off! As this production opens, he goes straight into rehearsal for Alan Ayckbourn’s Absurd Person Singular at Bingley Little Theatre (December) before appearing as ‘Professor Higgins’ in My Fair Lady at Leeds Grand Theatre in March 2020. A very busy season!

Ian Sapiro - Musical Director Annie is Ian’s fifth show with Guiseley Amateur Operatic Society following Evita, Legally Blonde and Sister Act in the last few years, and The Likes of Us a decade ago. He is an Associate Professor of Music for Stage and Screen at the University of Leeds where he lectures on and researches in these two areas with a particular focus on the creative processes involved and adaptations between stage and screen. Indeed, the musical Annie marks an intersection of Ian’s academic and practical work, with his book chapter ‘“You Will Know That She is Our Annie”: Comparing Three Adaptations of a Broadway Classic’ in the new Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations, drawing on research started the previous time he did the show, and being published part-way through the rehearsal period for this Guiseley production.Favourite productions include West Side Story with Halifax Light Opera Society, Fiddler on the Roof with Buttershaw St Paul’s AODS at the Bradford Alhambra, and the same show with Bradford Youth Players, as well as Guiseley’s production of Sister Act last year. Annie is Ian’s fifty-first show as a musical director and he is particularly happy and proud to be sharing it with his daughter, Jennie, who is appearing in her first show.

Ted Oxley-Kirk – Choreographer Ted is an award winning choreographer whose credits as a choreographer include La Cage Aux Folles, Me and My Girl, Crazy For You, Footloose, High Society, Bugsy Malone, Betty Blue Eyes, Stepping Out, A Chorus Line, The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz, Kiss Me Kate, Sweet Charity, The Full Monty and many more.

His future projects include Singin in the Rain (Ilkley), A Christmas Carol (Bingley), Hello, Dolly! (Ilkley ).

Ted lectures at stage schools across Yorkshire in musical theatre.

YEADON CHARITIES ASSOCIATION presents

17 - 25 JANUARY 2020 www.yeadontownhall.co.uk | 0333 666 33 66 | Tickets £12 - £15

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DIRECTOR’S NOTES Annie shines like the top of the Chrysler Building!!

The nation’s favourite adorable red-headed orphan Annie is back in this exciting, revamped production that juxtaposes the opulent life of the rich who call the shots at the White House, against the grimy, miserable life of the poor on the streets of New York who have no voice at all. And that is precisely why the musical is still so relevant today - particularly in terms of government bankers and what it is to be in a society that treats the weak and the vulnerable with utter contempt - throughout years of austerity. Sound familiar? Annie challenges a cabinet of miserable Government ministers to think differently about the problems of America and leads them to declare a New Deal to bring them out of the Depression. Perhaps she should pay a visit to the House of Commons to sort out the Brexit mess!!

The tale of orphan Annie and her optimistic search to track down her parents has long been a staple for families across the globe. Set in 1930s New York during the era of the Great Depression, our eternally optimistic heroine, with her fiery red hair, kind nature and courage, is the star of the show who believes that her parents will one day return and save her from her life of misery in the orphanage under the torment of the shambolic, cruel Miss Hannigan. But Annie’s luck changes one day when she is chosen to spend Christmas in the luxurious residence of billionaire Oliver Warbucks and is given everything her heart could ever desire. However, she remains determined to find her real parents, and enlists Warbucks to use his power and status to help her on her quest.

There are, of course, many delightful moments along the way as Annie manages to charm everyone she meets, inspiring Mr Warbucks and even President Roosevelt to “stick out their chin and grin” in the face of adversity and remain positive. Her calling card is of course Tomorrow, and while often undeservedly written off as one of those throwaway musical standards, this is actually the song that inspires FDR to set up the new deal for everyone and at least try to improve life for the least well off.

Like all great musicals, Annie has a fantastic story that takes you on an emotional journey as relevant to the class system today as during the Great Depression. Then there are these incredibly well structured, old school Broadway show tunes that are just works of genius. It’s the combination of all these things that make Annie one of the best-loved shows of all time. This production should therefore not only appeal to the children but to the whole family – you can bet your bottom dollar that you will be thoroughly entertained!

David Kirk Director

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To Alice Good luck and have a fantastic show.

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Wishing Violet the very best of luck in your very first stage production, we are so proud of you.

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Eliza Wilson Annie

Jemima McDonald Annie

Team Rockefeller - Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Matinee Annie - Jemima McDonald, Kate - Alexa Drakes, Tessie - Isabella Duce, Pepper - Alice Forde, July - Niamh Murphy, Duffy - Phoebe Roe, Lizzie - Sophia Rose, Ella - Jennie, Sapiro, Molly - Billie Suggett, Florence - Jemima Wilcock

Team Chrysler - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Evening Annie - Eliza Wilson, Kate - Amber Midgley, Tessie - Grace Morgan, Pepper - Summer Hollick, July - Jasmine Kaur Lee, Duffy - Matilda Holt, Lizzie - Alice Megson, Ella - Violet Culley, Molly - Megan Griffiths, Florence - Imogen Gilks

Colin Waterman Oliver Warbucks

Nicky Burrows Grace

Jill Whitehouse Miss Hannigan

Darren Smith Rooster

Alison Smith Lily

Howard Clements Drake

Will Sadler

Rick Hyland

Katherine Littlewood Mrs Pugh

Bert Healy, Harold Ickes, Servant

Star to be, President F D Roosevelt

Libby Megson Cecile

Chloe Thompson Annette

Julie Kettlewell

Stephanie Bailey Boylan Sister, Servant

Mrs Greer, Boylan Sister, Francis Perkins

Luke Armitage Louis Howe, Justice Brandeis, Ensemble

Tim Ryan

Lt Ward, Henry Morgenthau, Servant

Kat Owens Boylan Sister, Servant

Joel George Bundles McCloskey, Cordell Hull, Servant

Janet Magson Apple Seller, Ensemble

Alice Manson Ensemble

Maria Nalty Ensemble

Pepper Sandy

CAST Louis Howe/Justice Brandeis/Ensemble Boylan Sister / Servant Grace Drake Bundles McCloskey/Cordell Hull/Servant Mrs Pugh Star to Be / President F D Roosevelt Mrs Greer/Boylan Sister/Francis Perkins Apple seller / Ensemble Ensemble Cecile Ensemble Boylan Sister / Servant Lt Ward/Henry Morgenthau/Servant Bert Healy / Harold Ickes / Servant Rooster Lily Annette Oliver Warbucks Miss Hannigan Annie Kate Tessie Pepper July Duffy Lizzie Ella Molly Florence

LUKE ARMITAGE STEPHANIE BAILEY NICKY BURROWS HOWARD CLEMENTS JOEL GEORGE KATHERINE LITTLEWOOD RICK HYLAND JULIE KETTLEWELL JANET MAGSON ALICE MANSON LIBBY MEGSON MARIA NALTY KAT OWENS TIM RYAN WILL SADLER DARREN SMITH ALISON SMITH CHLOE THOMPSON COLIN WATERMAN JILL WHITEHOUSE JEMIMA MCDONALD, ELIZA WILSON ALEXA DRAKES, AMBER MIDGLEY ISABELLA DUCE, GRACE MORGAN ALICE FORDE, SUMMER HOLLICK NIAMH MURPHY, JASMINE KAUR LEE PHOEBE ROE, MATILDA HOLT SOPHIA ROSE, ALICE MEGSON JENNIE SAPIRO, VIOLET CULLEY BILLIE SUGGETT, MEGAN GRIFFITHS JEMIMA WILCOCK, IMOGEN GILKS

BAND Reed 1 Reed 2 Reed 3 Reed 4 Trumpet 1 Trumpet 2 Trombone Drums Guitar Piano Violin Cello Bass

FREYA WHITE LOUISE BARTLE NICKI SAPIRO JO LEWIS ALEX BROWNE CHRIS PELLY LEE MUNCASTER JOHNNY BEEVERS SCOTT CALDWELL-NICHOLS DAVE IRELAND SOPHIE CHOPRA MIMI HARMER ALEX BOULTON / CALLUM QUINN

ACT ONE Overture – Orchestra Maybe – Annie and Orphans It's the Hard Knock Life – Annie and Orphans It's the Hard Knock Life (Reprise) – Orphans Tomorrow – Annie We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover – Ensemble Little Girls – Miss Hannigan Little Girls (Reprise) – Miss Hannigan I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here – Grace, Annie, Ensemble N.Y.C. – Warbucks, Grace, Annie, Star-to-Be, Ensemble N.Y.C. (Reprise) / Lullaby – Warbucks You Make Me Happy – Miss Hannigan, Grace Easy Street – Rooster, Miss Hannigan and Lily You Won't Be an Orphan for Long – Grace and Warbucks Why Should I Change a Thing? – Warbucks Maybe (Reprise) – Annie

ACT TWO Maybe (Reprise II) – Annie You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile – Bert Healy and the Boylan Sisters You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (Children Reprise) – Orphans Easy Street (Reprise) – Rooster, Miss Hannigan and Lily Tomorrow (Cabinet Reprise) – Annie, Roosevelt, Warbucks and Cabinet Tomorrow (Cabinet Reprise II) – Roosevelt and the Cabinet Something Was Missing – Warbucks Annie – Grace, Drake and Staff "I Don't Need Anything But You" – Warbucks and Annie Maybe (Reprise III) – Annie A New Deal for Christmas – Warbucks, Grace, Annie, Roosevelt and staff Tomorrow (Finale) – Company

BECOME A FRIEND Guiseley Amateur Operatic Society invites you to join our Friends scheme. We rely on your support to enable us to maintain the excellent musical traditions of the group and develop younger members. The annual subscription for next season will be ÂŁ15 to enjoy member benefits that include a pre-show drink and a complimentary programme at our February production, as well as receiving a copy of our quarterly society newsletter GAOSSIP. If you would like to become a Friend, visit the Friends page on our website www.gaos.co.uk or contact the Friends secretary, Midge Booth on 01943 876 817 for more information.

FRIENDS OF GAOS Mrs & Mrs J Currie Mr & Mrs J A Dyer Mr R Halliwell Mr A Hughes Mrs O Neale Mr P T Normandale Mr & Mrs G Parker Mrs B M Rhodes Mrs C Roberts

Mrs P Turner Mr & Mrs S Wesnedge Mr & Mrs S Armitage Mrs M Bielby Mrs M Booth Mrs M Dexter Mr & Mrs Fletcher Mrs J Halliwell Prof. JD Rhodes

Miss D Roberts & Mrs C Pratt Mr J M Rogers Mr & Mrs P Wigglesworth Mr & Mrs S M Wright Mrs J Armitage Mrs M Beck Mr T Morrison

LONG SERVICE 70 years - Margaret Barrett

30 years - Shirley Aldous, Anne Parker

60 years -Valerie Pennett, Margaret Dexter, Ken Roberts, Christine Roberts

25 years - Sarah Gibson, Patricia Poole, Lisa Pullan, Jim Cutbill

55 years - Alec Outing, Alan Hughes, Chris Ingram

20 years - Jill Brayshaw, Suphena Clarke

50 years - David Baxter, Mary Ingram 45 years- Ann Lunn, Paul Windsor 40 years -Brian Aldous, Midge Booth, Joan Cutbill, Gill Dale, John Dale, Ann Watson, Keith Webster 35 years - Sally Holmes

10 years - Katherine Littlewood, Kimberley Grillo, Marie Bellwood, Janet Magson Youth Award (3 years service) -Alex Wright, Chloe Thompson

LIFE MEMBERS Margaret Barrett David Baxter Midge Booth Joan Cutbill John Dale Margaret Dexter

Alan Hughes Chris Ingram Mary Ingram David Jealous Ann Lunn Alec Outing

Ken Roberts Christine Roberts Keith Webster Paul Windsor

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Musical Favourites Guys and Dolls South Pacific A Century Of Song Half A Sixpence Bugsy Malone The Likes Of Us Oklahoma A Viennese Evening The Boyfriend When The Lights Go On Again Calamity Jane Westside Story Showboat & Opera Favourites Carousel The Merry Widow Anything Goes Ovation Me & My Girl Honk!

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The Desert Song Fiddler On The Roof The New Moon The Gipsy Princess Merrie England The Merry Widow Orpheus In The Underworld The Bird Seller The Vagabond King Die Fledermaus Summer Song Waltzes From Vienna Chrysanthemum La Vie Parisienne Viva Mexico Me & My Girl Gipsy Baron Salad Days La Belle Helene Lisa Orpheus In The Underworld White Horse Inn Bless The Bride The Quaker Girl Annie Get Your Gun Rose Marie Oklahoma!

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Thank you to everyone involved, front of house, back of house and on stage for their hard work in making Annie a fantastic production. Thanks also go to the programme advertisers, Guiseley Theatre and all our members & volunteers. Putting a production on requires a huge team effort and we cannot thank everyone enough who has been involved in any way.

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The Bradford Catholic Players presents

Tuesday 29th October – Saturday 2nd November 2019 The Theatre at Beckfoot, Bingley BD16 1EE Tues-Fri at 7.15pm / Sat at 1.15 & 5.15 Tickets: Adults £17 - Child £14 - Family £50 (2 adults & 2 child) Available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/bradfordcatholicplayers Email: bcptickets@live.co.uk Text: 07505 948909 Book by Music by Lyrics by Mark O’Donnell Marc Shaiman Scott Whittman Thomas Meehan Marc Shaiman This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe www.mtishows.co.uk Based on the New Line Cinema film written and directed by JOHN WATERS

XT N E N TIO R C U O DU O PR

Director Giles Atkinson

Musical Director Catherine Sweet

24 - 29 FEBRUARY 2020

GUISELEY THEATRE