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Calendar Girls

Calendar Girls

Prices:
Previews & Press Night £11 £19 £25 £30
Open University Previews £24 £18 Children Under 18 half price
Evenings & Matinees £12 £20 £29 £33

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Festival Theatre 5–27 September

Running time: 2hrs 5mins

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By Tim Firth
 
Based on the Miramax motion picture Calendar Girls written by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi
 
‘At first glance it should look like your classic WI
calendar. Jams, cakes, sewing and all that. Except
for one tiny thing…’
 
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.
 
Events:
  • Friday 12 September 5.45pm- Live Nights-Get into Performance (ages 14-22). Tickets £13 01243 781312
  • Tuesday 23 September- After words - Post Show Discussion.

 

LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH

The official sponsored charity for Calendar Girls is Leukaemia Research. Please take a look at their page about the Calendar Girls  here.

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.

Registered charity 216032 (England & Wales) SC037529 (Scotland)







Performances

September:
  • 57:30pm
  • 67:30pm
  • 87:30pm
  • 97:30pm
  • 107:30pm
  • 117:30pm
  • 127:30pm
  • 132:00pm 7:30pm
  • 157:30pm
  • 167:00pm
  • 177:30pm
  • 182:00pm 7:30pm
  • 197:30pm
  • 202:00pm 7:30pm
  • 227:30pm
  • 237:30pm
  • 247:30pm
  • 252:00pm 7:30pm
  • 267:30pm
  • 272:00pm 7:30pm