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This week, Impact was lucky enough to be invited to see the opening night performance of Annie at the Nottingham Theatre Royal. Nearly everyone has seen the film or knows the story of the redheaded orphan’s search to find her true family. Quite simply, this production is the revision...
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How do you write a sequel to the highest grossing R-rated film of all time? This was the task given to director David Leitch. On Tuesday 15th the merc with the mouth, played by Ryan Reynolds returned to cinemas in Deadpool 2 to fight the time traveller Cable (Josh...
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With a set that resembled a gigantic jigsaw puzzle covered in a map of New York city, Lesley Joseph and boundless energy from every single cast member, what more could an audience member ask for in this wonderful revival of Annie? The musical, set in 1930’s New York tells...
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Do you want to know the best bit of Annie? It’s when entrepreneur Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) takes the titular orphan (Quvenzhane Wallis) to the cinema. What follows is a glimpse of MoonQuake Lake, a fake film starring cameo performances from Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher which parodies the...
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Annie is essentially Oliver! with more girls and a happier tone. The play embodies a much lighter feel, and is filled with music which is pleasing to the ears, and more likeable characters to warm our hearts. In this production, Nottingham Operatic Society invariably ticked all those criteria, however...
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Annie. It’s a musical nearly everyone has seen or knows something about. It’s the one with the chirpy red headed orphan. Well, think again… There have already been two Annie films. One in 1982 and another in 1999. As the musical is forever being revived on Broadway or the...