Details

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 Calendar Girls website.

Cast/Performers

Gemma Atkinson (Celia), Judith Barker (Jessie), Lynda Bellingham (Chris), Tracey Briggs (Brenda Hulse), Richenda Carey (arie), Letita Dean (Cora), Su Douglas (Lady Cravenshire), Jan Harvey (Annie), John Labanowski (Rod), Michael Peluso (Lawrence/Liam), Colin Tarrant (John), Kathryn Rooney (Elaine), Hannah Waterman (Ruth), Mikyla Dodd (Understudy)

Creatives/Company

Author: Tim Firth
Producer(s): David Pugh, Dafydd Rogers, Chichester Festival Theatre
Director: Hamish McColl
Design: Robert Jones
Lighting: Malcolm Rippeth
Costume: Emma Williams
Music: Steve Parry