ADC Theatre

Calendar Girls

16 July

– 20 July 2013

By Tim Firth

Based on the true story of eleven WI members who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukaemia Research Fund.

When Annie's husband John dies of leukaemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow WI members to pose nude with them for an "alternative" calendar, with a little help from hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence. The news of the women's charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and hordes of press soon descend on the small village of Knapeley in the Yorkshire Dales. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie's friendship is put to the test under the strain of their new-found fame.

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Venue
ADC Theatre

Reviews

This particular production succeeds in conveying the celebration of kinship and camaraderie, of the underdog triumphing over the establishment, of a challenge embraced, and of the fact that ordinary people working together can achieve extraordinary things.
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