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A new UK & Ireland tour of hit Broadway and West End musical Annie has been announced.
The tour is a revival of Leicester Curve’s successful production, directed by Curve artistic director Nikolai Foster.
Annie starts its tour at London’s New Wimbledon Theatre from 23 to 30 May 2026, and then visits Birmingham, Manchester, Plymouth, Canterbury, Cardiff, Milton Keynes, Blackpool, Newcastle, Dublin, Bristol, Nottingham, Hull, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Truro, Cheltenham, Stoke-on-Trent, Crawley, Belfast, Aberdeen, Woking, Bradford, Oxford, Sunderland, Norwich, Wolverhampton, Glasgow and Leicester, with further dates to be announced. See more about Annie tour dates.
This production enjoyed numerous sold-out UK and Ireland tours from 2015 to 2024, as well as extended seasons in both the West End and Toronto.
Casting is yet to be announced but expect to see some big stars attached to the show. Previous stars have included Craig Revel Horwood, Paul O’Grady, Elaine C Smith and Jodie Prenger.
Annie is a multi-award-winning Broadway classic about young girl Annie, who is forced to live a life of misery and torment at Miss Hannigan’s 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’s search.
The musical features much-loved songs including 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.
Produced by Michael Harrison and David Ian, joining Nikolai Foster in the creative team for the show are set and costume design by Colin Richmond, choreography by Nick Winston, lighting by Ben Cracknell and sound design by Richard Brooker.
Now on sale: London Wimbledon, Birmingham, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Bristol, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Stoke-on-Trent, Woking, Oxford, Sunderland, and Glasgow
More about ANNIE tickets – UK & Ireland Tour
Annie – UK & Ireland tour dates 2026 / 2027
Saturday 23 – Saturday 30 May 2026
New Wimbledon Theatre
Tuesday 2 – Saturday 6 June 2026
The Alexandra, Birmingham
Tuesday 9 – Saturday 20 June 2026
Palace Theatre Manchester
Monday 22 – Saturday 27 June 2026
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Tuesday 30 June – Saturday 4 July 2026
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
Tuesday 7 – Saturday 18 July 2026
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Tuesday 21 – Sunday 26 July 2026
Milton Keynes Theatre
Tuesday 28 July – Saturday 1 August 2026
Blackpool Opera House
Tuesday 4 – Saturday 8 August 2026
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Tuesday 11 – Sunday 16 August 2026
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin
Tuesday 18 – Sunday 23 August 2026
Bristol Hippodrome
Tuesday 1 – Sunday 6 September 2026
Concert Hall, Nottingham
Tuesday 8 – Sunday 13 September 2026
Hull New Theatre
Tuesday 15 – Sunday 20 September 2026
Edinburgh Playhouse
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 September 2026
Liverpool Empire
Tuesday 29 September – Sunday 4 October 2026
Hall For Cornwall, Truro
Tuesday 6 – Sunday 11 October 2026
The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Tuesday 13 – Sunday 18 October 2026
Regent Theatre, Stoke-On-Trent
Tuesday 20 – Saturday 24 October 2026
The Hawth Theatre, Crawley
Tuesday 27 – Saturday 31 October 2026
Grand Opera House, Belfast
Tuesday 3 – Sunday 8 November 2026
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
Monday 16 – Saturday 21 November 2026
New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Monday 23 – Saturday 28 November 2026
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Tuesday 15 December 2026 – Sunday 3 January 2027
New Theatre Oxford
Monday 18 – Saturday 23 January 2027
The Sunderland Empire
Tuesday 2 – Sunday 7 February 2027
Norwich Theatre Royal
Tuesday 16 – Sunday 21 February 2027
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
Tuesday 2 – Sunday 7 March 2027
King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Tuesday 9 – Sunday 14 March 2027
Curve Theatre, Leicester
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