Calendar Girls.
Calendar Girls (original Girls) is a stage musical based upon the film of the same name.
Cast[]
- Joanna Riding - Anna
- Claire Moore - Chris
- Vivien Parry/Sophie-Louise Dann - Celia
- Sara Kestelman/Michele Dotrice - Jessie
- Debbie Chazen - Ruth
- Harriet Thorpe/Marian McLoughlin - Marie
- James Gaddas - John
- Joe Caffrey - Rod
- Jeremy Clyde - Dennis
- Steve Giles - Lawrence
- Stephen Boswell/Maxwell Hutcheon - Colin
- Ben Hunter - Danny
- Chloe May Jackson - Jenny
Plot[]
Annie's husband John dies from leukaemia at an early age. Her close friend Chris, wants to purchase a comfortable sofa for the visitors' lounge in the hospital where John was treated. She hits upon the idea of printing a calendar featuring some of the members of the Knapely branch of the Women's Institute, discreetly posing nude while engaged in traditional WI activities, such as baking and knitting, in order to raise funds. Her proposal is initially met with great scepticism, but she eventually convinces ten women to participate in the project with her. They enlist one of the hospital workers, an amateur photographer named Lawrence, to help them with the calendar.
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "Yorkshire" - Company
- "Girls" - The Girls
- "Scarborough" - Annie and John
- "Who Wants a Silent Night?" - Company
- "Very, Slightly, Almost" - Chris, Anna, John and Lawrence
- "Spring Fete" - Company
- "Time Passing" - The Girls
- "Sunflower" - Chris
- Act II
- "Dare" - The Girls
- "Protect Me Less" - Marie, Chris, Danny and Jenny
- "Girls" (Reprise) - Rod, Dennis and Colin
- "So I've had a Little Work Done" - Celia
- "What Age Expects" - Jessie
- "Killimanjaro" - Annie
- "Crazy Paving" - Rod
- "Dare" (Reprise) - The Girls
- "My Russian Friend and I" - Ruth
- "For One Night Only" - The Girls
- "Sunflower of Yorkshire" - The Girls