New Dates And Cast Announced For CALENDAR GIRLS UK National Tour

By: Jan. 06, 2010
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From Monday 3 May, the touring production of "CALENDAR GIRLS" will star Elizabeth Bennett (‘Joyce Jowett' in "Heartbeat" and was in the film of "Calendar Girls") as ‘Marie', Anne Charleston (‘Madge' from "Neighbours") as ‘Jessie - Miss January', Gemma Craven (‘Cinderella' in the film "The Slipper and the Rose" and "They're Playing Our Song" opposite Tom Conti in the West End) as ‘Chris - Miss October', Letitia Dean (star of "EastEnders" and "Strictly Come Dancing") as ‘Ruth - Miss November', Charlie Dimmock (BBC 1's "Ground Force") as ‘Celia - Miss September', Mikyla Dodd (‘Chloe' in "Hollyoaks") as ‘Elaine', Sue Holderness (‘Marlene' in "Only Fools and Horses" and its spin-off "The Green Green Grass") as ‘Annie - Miss February', Hannah Waterman (star of "EastEnders" and winner, with Marti Pellow, of BBC's "Just the Two of Us") as ‘Cora - Miss July', and Dean Gaffney (‘Robbie' in "EastEnders") as the photographer ‘Lawrence'.

"CALENDAR GIRLS", the new stage play by Tim Firth, adapted from his own screenplay for the 2003 film, begins its second national tour on 25 January, starring Lynda Bellingham, Jan Harvey, Letitia Dean, Gemma Atkinson, Hannah Waterman, Judith Barker, Kathryn Rooney and Michael Peluso.
The original production of "CALENDAR GIRLS", which has been a huge hit at the Noël Coward Theatre in London's West End, where it finishes on 9 January, was directed by Hamish McColl, who won an Olivier Award for writing and performing "The Play What I Wrote" in the West End.

"CALENDAR GIRLS" has a set by Robert Jones, with lighting by Malcolm Rippeth, costumes by Emma Williams and music by Steve Parry.

"CALENDAR GIRLS" is produced by David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers.

"CALENDAR GIRLS", with this cast, will visit the New Theatre Hull (3 - 8 May), Truro Hall (10 - 15 May), Bristol Hippodrome (17 - 22 May), Grand Opera House Belfast (24 - 29 May), Theatre Royal Nottingham (31 May - 5 June), Cheltenham Everyman (7 - 19 June), Churchill Bromley (21 - 26 June), Birmingham Hippodrome (28 June - 3 July), Princess Theatre Torquay (5 - 10 July), Theatre Royal Brighton (12 - 17 July) and Theatre Royal Norwich (19 - 24 July). Tickets can be booked at www.seecalendargirls.com.



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