Calendar Girls the musical (was: The Girls)

[drowseychap]

Discount tickets on travelzoo for Birmingham so not selling too well

[amp09]

Saw this tonight in Bristol. Absolutely gutted to have missed this in the West End. A funny, heartwarming and truly British piece of theatre.

Stand out performances from Rebecca Storm and Sarah Jane Buckley, and special mentions for Julia Hills and Sue Devaney - who all shone brightly on that stage tonight. Lisa Maxwell was mediocre and was the weak link in the cast, but still did a decent job.

The set is incredibly basic, but our expectations were low anyway.

Looking forward to seeing it again when it arrives in Bath in November. Booked as soon as we got home. 😆

[Dr Tom]

I saw this last night in Wimbledon, the first time seeing the show. It was also Press Night and seemed full on all three levels, despite a load of travel disruption. I also didn't see any of the heavily discounted ticket offers you sometimes get for Wimbledon.

This is a good heart-warming show. I wasn't blown away by the music, but the book is good. It's gentle humour and all the nudity is in good taste. The audience was mostly female and all behaved well, nothing like the hen party audiences you get for some shows.

The set is relatively simple but the Yorkshire backdrop to everything works well. It doesn't look cheap. As far as I can tell, all the current leads were on (some have changed since previous reviews and the cast list on the website is outdated - Lesley Joseph is no longer in the show and Ruth Madoc is back).

In the oddities. The first two rows were completely empty. I was sat two rows further back with an excellent view. But people moved forward into the empty rows during the interval (I can't imagine the view was great as the stage was raised, but you'd have a close view for the finale). One older chap was on his own in the centre of the front row after this which looked a bit odd, but also the first person to his feet clapping wildly at the end, so he may be a groupie.

As I say, enjoyable. I wouldn't rush back immediately like some shows, but I'd definitely see this again.

[FrontroverPaul]

Oct 2, 2019 7:30:27 GMT Dr Tom said:

I saw this last night in Wimbledon, the first time seeing the show. It was also Press Night and seemed full on all three levels, despite a load of travel disruption. I also didn't see any of the heavily discounted ticket offers you sometimes get for Wimbledon.

This is a good heart-warming show. I wasn't blown away by the music, but the book is good. It's gentle humour and all the nudity is in good taste. The audience was mostly female and all behaved well, nothing like the hen party audiences you get for some shows.

The set is relatively simple but the Yorkshire backdrop to everything works well. It doesn't look cheap. As far as I can tell, all the current leads were on (some have changed since previous reviews and the cast list on the website is outdated - Lesley Joseph is no longer in the show and Ruth Madoc is back).

In the oddities. The first two rows were completely empty. I was sat two rows further back with an excellent view. But people moved forward into the empty rows during the interval (I can't imagine the view was great as the stage was raised, but you'd have a close view for the finale). One older chap was on his own in the centre of the front row after this which looked a bit odd, but also the first person to his feet clapping wildly at the end, so he may be a groupie.

As I say, enjoyable. I wouldn't rush back immediately like some shows, but I'd definitely see this again.

I've booked what was purported to be the front row at Wimbledon only to find on the night two rows in front of me with empty seats, but have also encountered the reverse and was moved back from the front row for Ghost (free programme) and Hair (free cocktail). I wasn't the old chap at Wimbledon yesterday but have been alone in the front row at various theatres more than once. I hope people thought I was the director or a critic rather than a DOM !

Similar situation at Woking where front couple of rows not always put on sale until close to performance dates.