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"A show whose feel-good factor is sky high"
The Guardian
Tim Firth’s stage adaptation of the hit film Calendar Girls comes to the Noël Coward theatre after completing its current regional tour. Lynda Bellingham, Patricia Hodge, Sian Phillips, Gaynor Faye, Brigit Forsyth, Julia Hills and Elaine C Smith star in the Yorkshire set drama.
At First Glance it should look like your classic WI Calendar. Jams, cakes, sewing and all that. Except for one tiny thing…the ladies aren’t naked, they’re nude.
A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI, persuade one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference! Overcoming their initial reserve, the friends drop their dressing gowns, modesty spared only by artfully placed cakes, knitting and flower arrangements.
Puzzling their husbands, mortifying their children, and riding the wrath of the outraged WI, they spark a global phenomenon. As interest snowballs, the CALENDAR GIRLS find themselves revealing more than they’d ever planned.
A very British story with a very British heart, CALENDAR GIRLS is quirky, poignant and hilarious. Adapted by Tim Firth from his smash hit Miramax film of the same name, it is based on an uplifting and very inspiring true story.
Dates:
Previews : 4th April 2009
Creative:
author: Tim Firth
director: Hamish McColl
music by: Steve Parry
set designer: Robert Jones
lighting designer: Malcolm Rippeth
costume: Emma Williams
producer: David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers
Cast: (until July 27th)
Lynda Bellingham as Chris Harper
Patricia Hodge as Annie Clarke
Sian Phillips as Jessie
Gaynor Faye as Celia
Brigit Forsyth as Marie
Julia Hills as Ruth
Elaine C Smith as Cora
Joan Blackham as Brenda Hulse / Lady Cravenshire
Abby Francis as Elaine
Gary Lilburn as John
Gerald McDermot as Rod
Carl Prekopp as Lawrence / Liam
Cast (28 July to 17 October)
Jill Halfpenny
Anita Dobson
Jack Ryder
June Brown
Jerry Hall
Gemma Atkinson
Jill Baker
Richenda Carey
Sara Crowe
Audience: Calendar Girls is suitable for audiences aged 14 and above
Run time: two hours and 30 minutes with one 15 minute interval
Show Times
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2:30 |
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2:30 |
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7:30 |
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The original Calendar Girls calendar was made in support of Leukaemia Research and in memory of Angela Baker's husband John who died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma ten years ago. Angela and her friends continue to support Leukaemia Research and to this day have raised over £1.5million. For more information visit their website
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(5.0 Stars)
