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Friday, November 21, 2008, 16:12
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 achieve their goal of raising money for charity but inadvertently 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.
Adapted by Tim Firth from his smash hit film and directed by Olivier Award winner Hamish McColl, Calendar Girls is quirky, poignant and hilarious, based on uplifting and inspiring true events.
The global phenomenon comes to Plymouth with a spectacular cast including Lynda Bellingham, Patricia Hodge, Sian Philips, Gaynor Faye, Brigit Forsyth, Julia Hills and Elaine C Smith.
What: Calendar Girls
Where: Theatre Royal Plymouth
When: Monday, December 8-Saturday, December 13. Performances: Monday-Saturday 7.30pm, Thursday and Saturday 2.30pm
Tickets: £10 - £25
Box office: 01752 267222 or online at www.theatreroyal.com
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