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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Calendar Girls the Musical – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Calendar Girls the Musical continues at Milton Keynes Theatre until 21 October 2023 before continuing on tour until 2 December 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Gary Barlow – A Different Stage – Duke of York’s Theatre and Touring
Gary Barlow – A Different Stage continues at the Duke of York’s Theatre until 25 September 2022 and tours until 15 November 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The clue is in this show’s title: Gary Barlow – A Different Stage. And, this very different stage, an interesting and intriguing platform for his […]
Extra London performances for Gary Barlow’s A Different Stage
The West End run of Gary Barlow’s theatrical one-man stage show A Different Stage has been extended in response to unprecedented public demand. The singer, songwriter, composer and producer will now take centre stage at the Duke of York’s Theatre from 30 August until 25 September 2022 with the emotional show the Take That star […]
West End run for Gary Barlow’s heartfelt A Different Stage
Gary Barlow’s critically acclaimed theatrical one-man stage show A Different Stage is heading for London’s West End this summer. The singer, songwriter, composer and producer will take centre stage at the Duke of York’s Theatre from 30 August until 25 September 2022 with the emotional show created with Barlow’s long-time friend and collaborator Tim Firth. […]
Calendar Girls The Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Calendar Girls The Musical continues at New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 5 October 2019 and then tours until 23 November. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Ee bah gum, as Yorkshire folk actually don’t say, this musical version of the true story about the good ladies of the WI making a calendar […]
The touring Calendar Girls meet the original Girls
Footage has been released of the new cast of The Calendar Girls on a trip to the Yorkshire Dales to meet the women who inspired the hit show as part of their preparations for the upcoming UK and Ireland tour. Already breaking box office records, the new production of the award-winning musical is due to […]
Take That joins The Band cast to launch London season
Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen joined the cast of the Take That-inspired The Band on the roof of the Theatre Royal Haymarket to officially announce the musical’s Christmas season at the West End venue. Due to arrive at the Leeds Grand Theatre today (20 March), the record-breaking musical which features the music of Britain’s […]
Take That-inspired The Band to play London season at Christmas
The hit Take That-inspired musical The Band will take a break from its record-breaking two-year tour to play a Christmas season at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket. The fastest-selling UK tour of all time with ticket sales of £20 million, the tour which launched last year at the Manchester Opera House, the venue where Take That […]
Calendar Girls The Musical tour – cast includes Fern Britton, Anna-Jane Casey and Denise Welch
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s musical comedy, Calendar Girls The Musical, is returning home to Yorkshire this year opening at the Leeds Grand Theatre on 16 August ahead of a new UK and Ireland tour. The new touring production of the award winning musical version of the story of the ladies who disrobed in the […]
Take That musical The Band – extra tour dates announced
Tim Firth’s new musical, The Band, with the music of Take That, will now play extra dates on the UK and Ireland tour. The newly announced 2018/19 dates are Cliffs Pavilion, Southend (19-29 September 2018), His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen (3-13 October 2018), Sheffield Lyceum Theatre (16-20 October 2018), New Wimbledon Theatre (23-27 October), New Theatre, […]
The Band – Opera House, Manchester and Touring
The Band continues at the Opera House, Manchester until 30 September, then tours until 14 July 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There were raised eyebrows and mutterings of mild outrage back in March when it emerged that the winners of Let It Shine, BBC1’s shiny-floored search for new stars to […]
Take That inspired musical The Band – record-breaking ticket sales as full cast revealed
Advanced sales for the UK tour of the Take That-inspired musical The Band have now hit a record breaking £10 million. Due to launch on 8 September at the Manchester Opera House, the venue where Take That first performed in 1992, the show will play its national press night on 26 September. Revealing details of the […]
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 […]
Olivier Awards – all the essential details for tuning in on Sunday
A glittering line-up of famous faces will take to the stage to present this year’s Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday (tomorrow). The presenters will include David Baddiel, Alfie Boe, John Boyega, Michaela Coel, Leanne Cope, Julian Clary, Robert Fairchild, Ben Forster, Phoebe Fox, Andrew Garfield, Denise Gough, Matt Henry, Ruthie Henshall, […]
Take That inspired musical The Band becomes ‘fastest selling theatre tour ever’
The UK tour of new musical The Band, featuring the music of Take That, went on sale at 12 noon today (Monday 3 April) and within the first two hours the box office took £2 million, reportedly making it the fastest-selling theatre tour ever. Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen took to the stage of the Manchester Apollo on Sunday […]
Take That musical The Band – Gary Barlow reveals first details and dates
With Gary Barlow’s Let It Shine TV talent search now over, work has already begun on preparing the star’s latest foray into musical theatre which is expected to make its debut at the end of August. The fast turnaround means rehearsals have already begun for the stage show The Band, which will feature the winners of […]
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 – 67-year-old understudy makes West End debut in leading role
In spite of intensive medical treatment, Michele Dotrice, who has never missed a performance in her entire career, has been diagnosed with acute bronchitis and is therefore unable to perform for the time being. The part of Jessie in Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s new British musical The Girls will now be played by Judith […]
The Girls dress rehearsal – nurses offered free seats
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth are offering nurses free seats to see the dress rehearsal of their new musical comedy The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre in London on Saturday 28 January at 2.30pm. Tickets will be available in person from the theatre box office at 10am on Saturday 28 January on a first-come-first-served basis, […]
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 […]
The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre – Sophie-Louise Dann and Joanna Riding among cast
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, will open in London’s West End at the Phoenix Theatre, with performances from 28 January 2017. The West End premiere follows sold-out runs at the Grand Theatre, Leeds and the […]
Take That musical – Gary Barlow seeks talent via BBC TV show
Gary Barlow is to combine his blossoming musical theatre career with his pop pedigree to launch a television talent search for the stars of a new stage show featuring the songs of Take That. After months of rumours surrounding the BBC’s hunt for a new talent show to fill the void left by the departure […]
Barlow and Firth’s The Girls opens in the West End January 2017
The Girls, Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s musical version of The Calendar Girls story, is heading for the West End in January next year. Barlow’s take on the inspirational story of the Rylstone Women’s Institute members’ headline-grabbing fundraiser, has been co-written with his childhood friend, Firth, the writer of the original award-winning film and stage versions of The Calendar […]
The Girls – cast details revealed for Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s musical
Full details of the cast of The Girls, Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s much anticipated musical version of The Calendar Girls’ story have been announced. Debbie Chazen as Ruth, Sara Kestelman as Jessie, Claire Machin as Cora, Claire Moore as Chris, Vivien Parry as Celia, Joanna Riding as Annie and Harriet Thorpe as Marie (together with Shirley Jameson […]
Finding Neverland – Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York
Finding Neverland continues at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★★ ★ “Second star to the right and straight on ’til morning” is Peter Pan‘s direction for getting to Neverland. But Finding Neverland, the musical telling how playwright JM Barrie came to create Peter Pan, aims straight for the tear ducts. […]
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 […]
Broadway stream of openings kick off with Honeymoon in Vegas
Looking to the first half of 2015 on Broadway, let’s hope that musical first-nighters have a good supply of umbrellas on hand. As Al Jolson liked to tells us, April is celebrated for its showers, and in the last-minute crunch for Tony Award eligibility for the 2014-15 season (23 April is the cut-off date), an […]
