Karen Dunbar Will Star in CALENDAR GIRLS at The King's

David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers, the producers of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth's musical comedy, CALENDAR GIRLS The Musical, will bring the award-winning production to Glasgow for a two-week run next year.

Starring Scottish comedy queen Karen Dunbar, CALENDAR GIRLS THE MUSICAL, which is based on the true story and Tim Firth play of the same name, will run at the King's Theatre from Tuesday 11 - Saturday 22 June 2019.

Karen Dunbar is best known for BBC1 Scotland's sketch shows, The Karen Dunbar Show and Chewin' the Fat. She has also worked extensively in theatre including with the National Theatre of Scotland and last year devised her own play, #71, for A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Oran Mor last year. Karen has also starred in the King's Theatre pantomime.

Further casting is to be announced.

CALENDAR GIRLS THE MUSICAL played a six-month London season at The Phoenix Theatre last year, and, before that, this musical comedy played sold-out seasons in Leeds and Manchester.

Tim Firth said: "To be given a chance to revisit CALENDAR GIRLS The Musical is a unique opportunity. Gary [Barlow] and I have been working away and, as the great Stephen Sondheim said, 'MUSICAL COMEDIES AREN'T WRITTEN, THEY ARE REWRITTEN'."

Gary Barlow and Tim Firth grew up in the same village in the North of England and have been friends for 25 years. With Take That, Gary has written and co-written 14 number one singles, has sold over 50 million records worldwide and is a six times Ivor Novello Award winner. Tim has won the Olivier Award and UK Theatre Award for Best New Musical, and the British Comedy Awards Best Comedy Film for Calendar Girls.

CALENDAR GIRLS THE MUSICAL is inspired by the true story of a group of ladies, who decide to appear nude for a Women'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 £5million for Bloodwise. This 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.

Bloodwise, the UK's specialist blood cancer charity, will continue to receive monies from this production.

CALENDAR GIRLS THE MUSICAL is directed by Matt Ryan and designed by Robert Jones, with comedy staging by Jos Houben, movement by Lucy Hind and casting by Sarah Bird.

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