New cast for tour of Calendar Girls The Musical

The cast will feature stars from Hollyoaks, Coronation Street and Mamma Mia!, among others, and will see the return of previous stars of the show.

Casting information

Starring Sarah Jane Buckley (Blood Brothers, Hollyoaks) as Annie, Sue Devaney (Casualty, Coronation Street and Mamma Mia!) as Cora and Julia Hills (Broadchurch and The Archers) as Ruth.

Other cast members will include Judy Holt (Cold Feet, Scott & Bailey) as Marie and Lisa Maxwell (Hollyoaks, The Bill) as Celia.

The new cast will make their debut at Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, on the 23^rd April 2019.

Ruth Madoc and Rebecca Storm will continue to play Jessie and Christ respectively, with Karen Dunbar set to return to play Cora when the production visits Glasgow’s King’s Theatre from 11^th to 22^nd June.

Also, in the cast are Phil Corbitt as John, Ian Mercer as Rod, Sebastian Abermeri as Colin, Alan Stocks as Denis, Pauline Daniels as Lady Cravenshire, Ellie Leah as Miss Wilson, Danny Howker as Danny, Isabel Caswell as Jenny and Tyler Dobbs as Tommo.

About Calendar Girls The Musical

Calendar Girls The Musical is inspired by the true story of a group of ladies who decide to appear nude for a Woman’s Institute calendar in order to raise funds to buy a settee for their local hospital, in memory of one of their husbands, and have to date raised almost £5 million for Bloodwise.

The musical comedy shows life in their Yorkshire village, how it happened, the effect on husbands, sons and daughters, and how a group of ordinary ladies achieved something extraordinary.

Directed by Matt Ryan and designed by Robert Jones, with comedy staging by Jos Houben, movement by Lucy Hind and casting by Sarah Bird.

2019 tour schedule

Cliffs Pavilion, Southend: 23^rd – 27^th April
Wales Millennium Centre: 30^th April – 11^th May
Grand Opera House, Belfast: 14^th – 25^th May
Birmingham Hippodrome: 28^th May – 8^th June
Glasgow King’s Theatre: 11^th – 22^nd June
Theatre Royal, Nottingham: 25^th June – 6^th July
Bristol Hippodrome: 9^th July – 20^th July
Theatre Royal Plymouth: 23^rd July – 3^rd August
Congress Theatre, Eastbourne: 6^th – 10^th August
Bournemouth Pavilion: 17^th – 21^st September
Wolverhampton Grand: 24^th – 28^th September
Royal & Derngate Northampton: 8^th – 12^th October
Blackpool Opera House: 15^th – 19^th October
Ipswich Regent Theatre: 22^nd – 26^th October
Chester Storyhouse: 29^th October – 2^nd November

GTOs wishing to book tickets to see the musical should contact their chosen venue for information on group rates.

For more information, visit www.calendargirlsthemusical.com.