NEW CAST FOR
THE AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL CALENDAR GIRLS
BY GARY BARLOW AND TIM FIRTH
SARAH JANE BUCKLEY, SUE DEVANEY, JULIA HILLS, JUDY HOLT
& LISA MAXWELL
TO JOIN RUTH MADOC AND REBECCA STORM
David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers are delighted to announce the new cast for the UK & Ireland Tour of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s musical comedy, CALENDAR GIRLS The Musical, based on the true story, the film and the award-winning play by Tim Firth.
Starring Sarah Jane Buckley (Blood Brothers and Kathy Barnes in Hollyoaks) as Annie, Sue Devaney (the soon to be seen new Russell T. Davies series Years and Years, Jane in Dinnerladies, Liz Harker in Casualty, Debbie Webster in Coronation Street and Rosie in the musical Mamma Mia!) as Cora, Julia Hills (Doctor Kemp in Broadchurch, Annabelle Shrivener in The Archers) as Ruth, Judy Holt (Cold Feet, Scott & Bailey) as Marie and Lisa Maxwell (panellist on Loose Women, Tracey Donovan in Hollyoaks, Samantha Nixon in The Bill and various roles in The Les Dennis Laughter Show and The Russ Abbot Show) as Celia, the new cast will make their debut at Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, on 23 April 2019.
Ruth Madoc and Rebecca Storm will continue to play Jessie and Chris respectively.
Karen Dunbar will return to play Cora when the production visits Glasgow’s King’s Theatre from 11-22 June.
Also in the cast are Derek Elroy as Lawrence, Phil Corbitt as John, Ian Mercer as Rod, Sebastian Aberneri as Colin, Alan Stocks as Denis, Pauline Daniels as Lady Cravenshire, Ellie Leah as Miss Wilson, Danny Howker as Danny, Isabel Caswell as Jenny and Tyler Dobbs as Tommo.
The critically acclaimed and award-winning production played a six-month London season at the Phoenix Theatre in 2017, and, before that, this musical comedy played sold-out seasons in Leeds and Manchester.
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth grew up in the same village in the North of England and have been friends for 25 years. With Take That, Gary has written and co-written 14 number one singles, has sold over 50 million records worldwide and is a six times Ivor Novello Award winner. Tim has won the Olivier Award and UK Theatre Award for Best New Musical, and the British Comedy Awards Best Comedy Film for Calendar Girls.
CALENDAR GIRLS THE MUSICAL is inspired by the true story of a group of ladies, who decide to appear nude for a Women’s Institute calendar in order to raise funds to buy a settee for their local hospital, in memory of one of their husbands, and have to date raised almost £5million for Bloodwise. This musical comedy shows life in their Yorkshire village, how it happened, the effect on husbands, sons and daughters, and how a group of ordinary ladies achieved something extraordinary.
Bloodwise, the UK’s specialist blood cancer charity, will continue to receive monies from this production.
CALENDAR GIRLS The Musical is directed by Matt Ryan and designed by Robert Jones, with comedy staging by Jos Houben, movement by Lucy Hind and casting by Sarah Bird.
Website: www.calendargirlsthemusical.com
Facebook: @thegirlsmusical
Twitter: @thegirlsmusical
2019 TOUR SCHEDULE
23 – 27 April Cliffs Pavilion, Southend 01702 351135
30 April – 11 May Wales Millennium Centre 02920 636464
14 – 25 May Grand Opera House, Belfast 02890 241919
28 May – 8 June Birmingham Hippodrome 0844 338 5000
11 – 22 June Glasgow King’s Theatre 0844 871 7648
www.atgtickets.com/kings-theatre
25 June – 6 July Theatre Royal, Nottingham 0115 989 5555
9 July – 20 July Bristol Hippodrome 0844 871 3012
23 July – 3 August Theatre Royal Plymouth 01752 267222
6 – 10 August Congress Theatre, Eastbourne 01323 412000
17 – 21 September Bournemouth Pavilion 0844 576 3000
24 – 28 September Wolverhampton Grand 01902 42 92 12
8 – 12 October Royal & Derngate Northampton 01604 624811
15 – 19 October Blackpool Opera House 0844 856 1111
www.wintergardensblackpool.co.uk
22 – 26 October Ipswich Regent Theatre 01473 433100
29 October – 2 November Chester Storyhouse 01244 409113