Calendar Girls

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI, persuade one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference - no more photos of Wharfedale Bridges or Norman churches for them. 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. But as media interest snowballs, the Calendar Girls find themselves exposed in ways they'd never expected, revealing more about themselves than they'd ever planned. A very English story with a very English heart, Calendar Girls is quirky, poignant and hilarious. Adapted by Tim Firth from the Miramax film of the same name, it is based on uplifting, inspiring true events.

Cast/Performers

Debbie Arnold (Cora), Basienka Blake (Celia), Oscar Cleaver (Lawrence / Liam), Elizabeth Elvin (Marie), Rachel Fielding (Chris), Kitty Harris (Elaine), Ciara Janson (Ruth), Natalie Ogie (Annie), Dawn Perliman (Brenda Hulse / Lady Cravenshire), Steven Pinder (Rod), Andrew Ryan (John), Sarah Whitlock (Jessie)

Creatives/Company

Author: Tim Firth
Director(s): Sally Hughes, Kate Plantin (CDG - casting)
Design: Terry Parsons
Costume: Natalie Titchener
Lighting: Matthew Biss
Sound: Technical Team at The Mill at Sonnin)

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