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Writer: Tim Firth Director: Jack Ryder Reviewer: Jacqui Onions The Public Reviews Rating: The play, Calendar Girls, is based on the now well known true story of the ladies of the Women’s Institute who produced a nude calendar in order to raise money in memory of the husband of one of their own after his tragic death from [...]

Writer: Tim Firth Director: Roger Haines Reviewer: Rachael Martin The Public Reviews Rating: Upon hearing the words ‘Calendar Girls’, most people will think about the 2003 film release starring Julie Walters and the now Dame Helen Mirren. However a current theatrical production of the Calendar Girls story, directed by Roger Haines, has taken London’s West End by storm, [...]

Writer: Tim Firth Director: Roger Haines Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: When the WI ladies of Cracoe, North Yorkshire, tastefully bore all for an alternative calendar they couldn’t have imagined what an international phenomenon their story would become. They had no idea they’d raise £3m, firstly for their local hospital and then for Leukaemia and Lymphoma [...]

Writer Tim Firth Director Roger Haines Reviewer: Lexie Morris The Public Reviews Rating: Calendar Girls is an inspiring, heart-warming story that has made the surprising leap from the Yorkshire Dales to the West End and back again. The tale of Chris, Annie and the ladies of the WI is by now a well-known one, but this does not degenerate [...]

Writer: Tim Firth Director: Roger Haines Reviewer:Val Baskott The Public Reviews Rating: Looking back from 2010 it is hard to believe that in 1998 the fund-raising actions of a group of friends in a Yorkshire village Women’s Institute could make so many far-reaching waves. After Annie’s husband John died from Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma the Girls’ seed of an idea [...]

Writer: Tim Firth Director: Psyche Stott Reviewer: Maggie Constable The Public Reviews Rating: Milton Keynes Theatre has established a solid reputation for quality shows, many on pre or post London tour, and Calendar Girls is no exception. The film of the same name was highly successful and the London show has had a great run with some triumphant [...]

Writer: Tim Firth Director: Psyche Scott Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: Occasionally a production will come along and will capture the hearts of a nation, and it seems that Calendar Girls is one such play. Based on the touching true story of Angela Baker and her fellow members of their local Woman’s Institute,  these ladies captured [...]

Writer: Tim Firth Director: Psyche Stott Reviewer: Howard Holdsworth The Public Reviews Rating: The story of Calendar Girls is familiar to most of the nation over the age of 21, but this production managed to bring vitality and freshness to all aspects of the play, whilst pulling the emotions of the audience across the wide open spaces of [...]