Aspiring actress Charlotte Holmes fulfilled a life-long dream when she played her alter ego Annie in Greenbank's Preparatory School's annual theatrical extravaganza.
The 10-year-old from Bramhall has naturally auburn hair, freckles and a theatrical singing voice and said: "From seeing my very first school play, I've always hoped our final Year Six production would be Annie and I couldn't believe it when Mrs Firth told me she had chosen the play."
Adele Firth, a former sap actress who now produces all Greenbank's drama, said: "It seemed the obvious choice. Charlotte is a dead ringer for Annie and looks uncannily like the Harold Gray's original Chicago Tribune cartoon, on which the musical is based."
Mrs Firth added with a smile: "It very much suits the rest of the cast too who are adept at either playing scallywags or big wigs."
Charlotte continued: "My mum has done my hair with chop stick curlers, so I really do feel the part. I so much want to be an actress just like my favourites Emma Watson and Julie Walters and I hope this is just the start."
The main hall of the preparatory school on Heathbank Road in Cheadle Hulme was filled to the rafters for two nights last week with Annie and the cast stealing everyone's hearts.