Limerick’s Nastasia is Ireland’s “Annie”
A nationwide search for a young Irish girl to play the title role in the first Irish production of Annie is over, and Limerick’s Nastasia Vashko was selected.
Nastasia, (11) was named as the winning contestant when she was picked from three finalists on RTE Radio One’s Derek Money Show.
The finallists today were picked from over 1,000 applicants. The other two finallists today were Claire O’Leary (11) from Cork and Molly Hackett (10) from Kildare.
Annie will run at the Olympia Theatre from July and will then move to the Cork Opera House
Listen to the finalists on the Mooney show – (Realplayer required)
The Late Late Show, where Natasia performed, is now up on RTEs Player.
Shuttle forward to 1h 20m 30s