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Network Theatre Company presents

Calendar Girls: 11 to 15 June 2013

by Tim Firth / Directed by Rebecca Mason

Reading: 25 February 2013 at 7pm - Free
Audition: 4 March 2013 at 7pm - Free
Audition: 6 March 2013 at 7pm - Free
Performances: 11 to 15 June 2013 at 7.30pm (Doors 7pm) - Ticketed

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.

Based on the true story of eleven WI members who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukaemia Research Fund, Calendar Girls opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre and has since become the fastest selling play in British theatre history.

"It's marvellous theatre, guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and come out singing Jerusalem." Mail on Sunday.

"Dazzlingly funny, shamelessly sentimental and utterly captivating ... the mingling of pathos and comedy here is simply unbeatable." Lloyd Evans, Spectator.

Cast: 10 females, 4 males: Chris, 50s. Annie, 50s. Cora, around 40. Jessie, late 60s/70s. Celia, age anything 35-50. Ruth, 40s. Marie, 50s. John, Annie's husband. Rod, Chris's husband. Brenda Hulse. Lady Cravenshire. Lawrence. Elaine. Liam.

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