Calendar Girls
By Tim Firth
Directed by Michael Sally
February 7 - March 2, 2025
When Annie’s husband John dies of leukemia, 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 Women’s Institute 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 newfound fame.
Based on the true story of eleven older women 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.
From left to right - Michael Haven, Virgie Poole, Isa s. Chu, Jen Halsing, Alicia von Kugelgen, Emme Clark
CAST
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Miranda Bumstead - Elaine
Manuel M. Camacho - Liam
Isa S. Chu - Ruth
Emme Clark - Cora
James Paul Gregory - Lawrence
Jen Halsing - Chris
Michael Haven - Jesse
Sally Hogarty - Marie
Jo Lusk - Lady Cravenshire
Evan Mooney - John
Simon Patton - Rod
Virgie Poole - Celia
Alicia von Kugelgen - Annie
Laila Weir - Brenda
Calendar Girls is presented by arrangement with Samuel French—London