Our Current Production

July 2013



  Cast  
Annie   Sally Marsh
Chris   Mandi Cattell
Cora   Lindsey McAuley
Jessie   Brenda Cottis
Celia   Cathy McCluskey
Ruth   Caroline Harbord
Marie   Rosie Wilson
John   Michael Husband
Rod   Paul Lockwood
Lawrence   Sean Baker
Liama   Isabel Rees
Elaine   Sarah Middle
Lady Cravenshire   Rosemary Eason
Brenda Hulse   Chris Avery
     
 
Production Team
     
Director & Designer   Ron Meadows
Stage Manager   Rachel Chapman
Production Manager Judy Hanson
Lighting Design   Martin Avery
Set Construction   Tony Broscomb & The Penguin Club
Sound Design   Chris Hay
ASM Flying   Emma Coonan
ASM Script   Joyce Fenton
Wardrobe   Sheila Pierre
Make Up   Hannah Curtis
ASM Properties   Kate Crofts
Publicity & Programme   Sean Baker
Photographs   Sophie Wilson
Finance   Clare Houghton
Front-of-House Arrangements   Rosemary Eason
Producer   Colin Lawrence

Do you really know the story of Calendar Girls? Why does a group of ordinary women undertake such an extraordinary venture?
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 persuade fellow WI members to join them in posing nude for an 'alternative' WI calendar.
The play explores the effects of the calendar's success on the women’s relationships with each other, their husbands,
those in authority and others trying to take advantage of what becomes an international phenomenon.
The humour and sadness demonstrates the support that these women show to their friend in time of need.
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
has become the fastest selling play in British theatre history.

Further information: ronmeadows@bawds.org

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