WWOS – Musical Productions will return to Bromley this Autumn with their non-professional production of Calendar Girls. Based on a true story that launched a global phenomenon, including the 2003 film starring Dame Helen Mirren and Dame Julie Walters and the 2008 stage play that ran in London’s West End, Calendar Girls will star Tracy Prizeman and Jacqui Morris in the lead roles of Annie and Chris.
The death of a much loved husband prompts a group of ordinary women in a small Yorkshire Women’s Institute to do an extraordinary thing. Blasting away all preconceptions of what it is to be in a women’s institute, they decide to do an artistic nude calendar to raise money for charity. Upturning preconceptions is a dangerous business and none of them expect the emotional and personal ramifications, but gradually the making of the fabulous and funny calendar brings each woman unexpectedly into flower.
With songs by Take That’s Gary Barlow and a script by long-time collaborator Tim Firth, Calendar Girls also stars Jane Werry, Josie Simpson, Pat Adams and Amanda Farrant in the roles of the WI ‘Calendar Girls’.
“It’s such a responsibility playing real people in Calendar Girls, the emotion of a true story that touched the hearts of so many. It’s important to strike the right balance between the lighter moments and the tragedy of a disease that effects all of us.”
Their latest production in a long history of top-quality shows, WWOS Musical Productions have been performing at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre since its opening in 1977. 45 years later and WWOS are still going strong presenting West End musicals with great effect and flare.
Each night the company will be holding a collection for local charity Bromley Cancer Research, adding to the millions raised for similar charities by not only the original WI Calendar itself but also the film, the play and the musical.
Tickets for Calendar Girls are on sale now. To find out more about the show or to purchase tickets, visit churchilltheatre.co.uk, call the theatre’s ticketing line on 0343 310 0020 (Mon – Sat, 11am – 5pm) or visit the theatre’s Box Office in person (Mon- Sat 11.30am – 6pm).
Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley, BR1 1HA from Tue 15 – Sat 19 November 2022.
Box Office: Visit the theatre’s Box Office in person (Mon- Sat 11.30am – 6pm) – 0343 310 0020 – www.churchilltheatre.co.uk
