Calendar Girls

Synopsis

A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI, persuade one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference - no more photos of Wharfedale Bridges or Norman churches for them. Overcoming their initial reserve, the friends drop their dressing gowns, modesty spared only by artfully placed cakes, knitting and flower arrangements. Puzzling their husbands, mortifying their children, and riding the wrath of the outraged WI, they spark a global phenomenon. But as media interest snowballs, the Calendar Girls find themselves exposed in ways they’d never expected, revealing more about themselves than they’d ever planned. A very English story with a very English heart, Calendar Girls is quirky, poignant and hilarious. Adapted by Tim Firth from the Miramax film of the same name, it is based on uplifting, inspiring true events.

Our Review:

Glenn Meads - 10 February 2010

Calendar Girls has been the runaway success of the last couple of years, attracting the same demographic who are currently laughing and crying at Meryl Streep in the hit romantic comedy for older folk, It's Complicated. The reason for this is obvious, as Tim Firth's script is very much in the mould of Victoria Wood. Add an inspirational true story and you have all the ingredients for a hit play.

It's a shame then that of late, the casting news overshadows the true point of the piece. The real life Calendar Girls hit the headlines because their bodies were not like the women of Wisteria Lane. These are not spoilt Desperate Housewives; they are a group of friends from the Womens' Institute. But recently, we have seen Kelly Brook, Jerry Hall and Gemma Atkinson (returning here for the tour) dropping their cardigans in the name of art in the West End...

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