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The Girls - Phoenix Theatre

Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle

THE GIRLS, Gary Barlow’s musical based on the 2003 Calendar Girls film, will receive its West End premiere at London’s Phoenix Theatre in February 2017.

The Girls features original music by composer and musician Gary Barlow and lyrics and a book by the film’s original screenwriter Tim Firth.

The Girls is the real life story of a Women’s Institute group who decide to fundraise for a local hospital by posing for a raunchy-but-tasteful nude calendar. Inadvertently, the group become media sensations, and are soon hounded for their story.

A heart-warming story, The Girls follows the close friendships in the group, as well as the strained personal lives.

Based on the 2003 film which featured renowned actresses Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie and Geraldine James, The Girls originally premiered as a play in 2015 at the Leeds Grand Theatre, and later at The Lowry in Salford in 2016.

Tickets are scheduled to go on sale in September 2016.

For more information, visit www.phoenixtheatrelondon.co.uk/the-girls/.

The Last Tango, Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace’s final ever theatre show, runs at the Phoenix Theatre from September 22 to December 3, 2016.