Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced that Claire Sweeney will star as Miss Hannigan in the UK and Ireland tour of the musical ANNIE.
Sweeney will begin performances on Tuesday 7 July 2026 at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, before the tour travels to Milton Keynes, Blackpool, Newcastle, Dublin, Bristol, Nottingham, Hull, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Truro, Cheltenham, Stoke, Crawley, Belfast, Aberdeen, Woking, Bradford, Oxford, Sunderland, Southampton, Norwich, Wolverhampton, Sheffield, Glasgow and Leicester.
She will star alongside the previously announced Alex Bourne as Oliver Warbucks, with newly revealed casting including Tanisha-Mae Brown as Grace Farrell, Christian Cooper as Rooster and Amber Kennedy as Lily St. Regis.
Also joining the company are Jack Buchanan, Harrison Burley, Zoë Canham, Sophie Elmes, Belle Kizzy Green, Issy Khogali, Yujin Park, Elliot David Parkes, Carl Sanderson, Michaela Stern, Matthew Sweet and Jessica Wright.
La Voix will play Miss Hannigan in Wimbledon, Birmingham, Manchester, Plymouth and Canterbury.
Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, ANNIE follows a brave young orphan whose life changes when she is invited to spend Christmas with billionaire Oliver Warbucks, while the spiteful Miss Hannigan plots to thwart her search for a true family.
The musical features a Tony Award-winning book and score, including the songs ‘It’s the Hard Knock Life’, ‘Easy Street’, ‘I Don’t Need Anything But You’ and ‘Tomorrow’.
ANNIE has music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin and a book by Thomas Meehan. The production is directed by Curve Artistic Director Nikolai Foster, with set and costume design by Colin Richmond, choreography by Nick Winston, lighting by Ben Cracknell and sound design by Richard Brooker.
The tour is produced by Michael Harrison and David Ian and is licensed by Music Theatre International.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
