ONE OF the world’s best loved musicals comes to Keighley next month.

Keighley Amateurs will present family musical Annie at Victoria Hall from October 21 to 25 including a Saturday matinee.

The show portrays the trials and tribulations of a little orphan girl who has pluck and positivity in equal measures.

Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City.

She is determined to find her parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan.

With the help of the other girls in the Orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of ‘NYC’.

Keighley Amateurs chairman Louise Hindle said: “In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations and her brother ‘Rooster’ and even befriends President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Annie features well-known songs like Tomorrow and It’s a Hard Knock Life, along with Little Girls, Easy Street, NYC, You’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile and Maybe.

Louise added: “The show is a heartwarming and comedy treat for all the family.

The title role is played by 11-year-old Keighley girl Saffron Ingham.

Louise said: “Despite her young age she has plenty of stage experience having been involved with Bingley Little Theatre’s Kaleidoscope Youth Group and The Sara Packham Theatre School.”

The main adult roles are played by experienced performers from the district’s stages.

Oliver Warbucks, the billionaire businessman who takes in Annie, is played by Julian Freeman.

Fiona Spencer, a familiar face with Keighley Amateurs, plays Warbucks’ secretary Chris Farrell.

Making their Keighley debuts are experienced Halifax performer Kathryn Sullivan as Miss Hannigan and Paula Randall as con-woman Lily St Regis.

Peter Whitley, another veteran Keighley performer, plays Miss Hannigan’s crooked brother Rooster.

Book tickets by visiting keighleyamateurs.com, calling 08456 252550, or visiting the Copy Shop in Chapel Lane, High Street, Keighley.