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Little Annie's a big star
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| Annie Edwards plays a hip-hop fairy godmother |
Schoolgirl Annie Edwards may be only one metre tall but thanks to her dance moves she is a giant of the stage.
The 11-year-old from Peacehaven beat 150 other children to the
role of Fairy G in a modern parody of the Sondheim musical Into
The Woods in London's West End.
Her achievement is all the more amazing because she is about half the size of other children her age.
Annie, of Southdown Avenue, Peacehaven, is one of only seven
people in the country to be born with a rare growth disorder called
cartilage hair hypoplasia.
Her ten-year-old sister Brydi also has the disorder which means
the two girls grow at a slower rate than other children.
But Annie learned at an early age that size was not everything. She took up dancing at the age
of seven and has won many
competitions.
On Saturday she made her
West End début. Tracy
Edwards, her mother, said:
"I'm just so proud of her. Most
of the cast is adult and Annie is
one of only three children
involved in the show.
"On her first night when she
went on stage, she brought the
house down. The audience
went mad - she just stole the
show."
Annie landed the role after
taking part in an audition last
September arranged by her
dance school dance club Studio
54, in Peacehaven.
She thought nothing more of
it until she got a call from the
choreographer earlier this
year.
She has been rehearsing at
weekends and after school for
the show called Into The
Hoods, which began on Saturday.
It officially opened at The
Novello in London on March
25.
The show is loosely based on
the Sondheim musical Into The
Woods and is an urban fairy
tale featuring street dancing.
The main character,
Spinderella, is a young girl who
dreams of being a DJ and is
helped and hindered on her
path by a host of characters.
Annie, who does tap, ballet,
line dancing and street dancing,
plays her fairy godmother,
a hip-hop diva.
Annie said it was the biggest
role she had landed yet. She
said: "This is the biggest thing
I've ever done. I was amazed I
got through.
"Now I've been picked by a
top choreographer it's given
me lots more confidence.
"I hope this will be the start
of something very big."
12:32pm Friday 28th March 2008
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