Calendar Girls the Musical – Frinton Summer Theatre
I never expected to cry at ‘Calendar Girls the Musical’, but 20 minutes in and I had tears rolling down my cheeks. Such was the emotional poignancy of the story that prompts the Women’s Institute (WI) to make a nude calendar to raise funds.
You may have seen the 2003 hit film, but this stage show by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, and directed by Emily Raymond, is a complete step above when it comes to pulling on the heart strings.
The story is: Annie’s husband John gets sick and dies of cancer. Her fellow members of the North Yorkshire WI try best to support her, but her grief is raw. In a bid to do something positive in John’s memory, Annie comes up with the idea of raising funds for a settee for relatives at the hospital: a nude WI calendar in typically WI poses (think plum jam and bun...
