Now Is Good continues at the Storyhouse Theatre, Chester until 28 May 2022 with a live-stream also available on the closing night. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Now Is Good, Tim Firth’s first new musical since The Band in 2017 was first conceived in 2019, and has had a delayed journey to the stage. Inspired partly by […]
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Cast for Tim Firth’s Now Is Good
Full casting has been confirmed for the world premiere of award-winning stage and screen writer Tim Firth’s new musical Now Is Good at Storyhouse in Chester. As previously announced, television and theatre favourite Michele Dotrice (Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em, The Girls, Phoenix Theatre) will feature in the cast. She will be joined by stage […]
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 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 […]
