Calendar Girls was reviewed at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick where it continues until 5 September 2026. The tour continues until 31 October 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Empowering, uplifting with tears and belly laughs abounding.
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Casting update – West End, regional and touring theatre, plus London concerts too
Sometimes there are so many exciting press releases arriving in the Musical Theatre Review email inbox, that it’s hard to keep up, so we asked our news editor Angela Thomas if she could round up all the very latest casting news related to West End, regional and touring productions (and even a few London concerts […]
Voting open for The Curtain Up Show’s Album of the Year
Some of the biggest shows to play the West End and Broadway will battle it out for The Curtain Up Show Album of the Year 2018. Presented in association with TodayTix, the awards linked to popular theatre chat show The Curtain Up Show will once again feature three categories, each with six nominees. They are open to […]
West End The Girls to close in July before beginning national tour in 2018
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s musical comedy The Girls, based on the true story, the film and the award-winning play by Tim Firth, Calendar Girls, will return home to Yorkshire and the Leeds Grand Theatre on 15 August 2018, before touring to 42 theatres across the United Kingdom. The critically acclaimed and award-winning production will […]
The Girls – Phoenix Theatre
The Girls continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Musical adaptations of films are nothing new. Nor are adaptations of plays. Adaptations of plays that were themselves based on plays are rarer – but having the film, play and now musical written by the same person is unique. […]
The Girls and Gary Barlow – see behind the scenes
Here’s a first look at rehearsal photos of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s new British musical, The Girls. Based on the true story, the film and the award-winning play by Tim Firth, Calendar Girls, The Girls will open in London’s West End at the Phoenix Theatre, with performances from 28 January 2017. The West End premiere […]
Gary Barlow’s Calendar Girls musical The Girls premieres in Leeds in November
Writer Tim Firth and Take That star and composer Gary Barlow are collaborating on The Girls, a musical version of the film and stage play Calendar Girls, which will have its world premiere at the Leeds Grand on 14 November 2015 (for a six-week run) before transferring to the Lowry Centre in Salford from 13 […]
