Make a date with the Calendar Girls at the Belgrade

Make a date with the Calendar Girls at the Belgrade

Postby dutchman » Wed Mar 07, 2012 2:18 pm

Birds Of A Feather comedy star Lesley Joseph is aiming to follow the example of Lady Godiva and strip off in Coventry.

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Lesley, who shot to fame as Dorien Green in the BBC comedy, is bringing West End hit Calendar Girls to the Belgrade Theatre later this year.

She heads an all-star cast which includes Only Fools And Horses actress Sue Holderness, Kacey Ainsworth, who played Little Mo in EastEnders, Emmerdale’s Viv Hope, Strictly Come Dancing’s Camilla Dallerup and Hollyoaks actor Kevin Sacre. Helen Fraser, Kathryn Rooney and Little Britain and Hi-De-Hi’s star Ruth Madoc complete the cast. Lesley Joseph is no stranger to the Coventry stage and appeared at the Belgrade Theatre in Piaf early in her career.

Calendar Girls is based on the true story of a group of ordinary women who sparked a global phenomenon by persuading one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference.

Absolutely Fabulous actress June Whitfield is a fan: “This show should be on everyone’s calendar.”

Helen Mirren and Julie Walters starred in the film version and the stage show has notched up more than 100 sell-out weeks across the country to become the most successful play to ever tour the UK.

It has grossed more at the box office than the hit film, with ticket sales in excess of £25 million.

Tickets for Calendar Girls go on sale today and the show opens at the Belgrade Theatre on October 15 for a week. Box office 024 7655 3055.

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