A dog for Annie
Alfred Hickling sits in on some very unusual auditions at West Yorkshire PlayhouseIt's open audition day at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, for the Christmas production of Annie. As you'd expect, there is anxiety among the hopefuls; one participant ends up weeing in a corner. But this is not a routine cattle call; the 40 girls who play the orphans were cast weeks ago. Today, the search is on to fi…