Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music written by Irving Berlin and a book by Herbert Fields and his sister Dorothy Fields.  The story is a fictionalized version of the life of Annie Oakley (1860-1926), who was a sharpshooter from Ohio, and her husband, Frank Butler.

When a traveling Wild West show visits her town, Annie Oakley enters a shooting contest, wins, and is asked to join the show.  She has fallen in love with the star of the show, Frank Butler, and agrees to join, although she has no idea what "show business" is - she is informed with the classic song, "There's No Business Like Show Business".  Over the course of the musical, Frank, although insisting that the girl he wants will "wear satin... and smell of cologne" ("The Girl That I Marry"), becomes enamoured of the tomboyish Annie.   Unfortunately, his ego is bruised and he becomes jealous when Annie becomes a star, and he walks out on her. 

After various complications, which keep Annie and Frank apart, they come together again, only to have one last shooting duel in the finale-"Anything You Can Do".  Annie deliberately loses to Frank to soothe his ego, and they go off together. 

Production:

Director & Musical Director	Brendon Dart
Choreographer	Mandy Winter
Sound & Lighting	Ian Hardstaff
Production Manager	Craig Hopkinson
Set Design & Promotions	Eddie Bruce
Costumes	Julie Pogue Judy Clarke
Sponsorship Coordinator	Cath Dart
Musicians	Chris Gilbert (Assistant Musical Director, Keyboards) Dan Clarke (Violin, Banjo, Guitar)

The Cast:

Annie Oakley	Keira Glasgow
Frank Butler	Andrew McLean
Charlie Davenport	Ben Wilson-Hill
Dolly Tate	Kim Forrester
Col. Buffalo Bill	Gary Hoggard
Chief Sitting Bull	Dom Floriano
Foster Wilson	Nicholas Gilbert
Tommy Keeler	Rob Easterbrook
Winnie Tate	Madeleine Dart
Pawnee Bill	Hector McLeod
Little Jake Oakley	Justin Rynne
Jessie Oakley	Annabelle Evans
Nellie Oakley	Daisy Tokatlian
Minnie Oakley	Audrey Tokatlian
Mac	James Graham
Running Deer	Tom Byrne
Eagle Feather	Stephen Young
Female Chorus	Sanmari Van Heerden Anni Tokatlian Lisa Balemans Cecilia Kiefel Sylvia Vanke Lara Glasgow Trama McGee Caitlin Raymen
Male Chorus	James Graham Stephen Young Tom Byrne Marvyn Lenders Andrew Vanke