CALENDAR GIRLS Add July To West End Diaries

Due to overwhelming demand, the West End season of CALENDAR GIRLS has been extended by four weeks and the production will now run at the Noël Coward Theatre until July 25. Thursday matinees will begin on May 28.

The new stage play by Tim Firth is adapted from his own screenplay for the 2003 film, and stars Lynda Bellingham, Patricia Hodge, Sian Phillips, Gaynor Faye, Brigit Forsyth, Julia Hills and Elaine C Smith. Also in the cast are Joan Blackham, Abby Francis, Gary Lilburn, Gerard McDermot and Carl Prekopp.

CALENDAR GIRLS is directed by Hamish McColl, who won an Olivier Award for writing and performing The Play What I Wrote in the West End. CALENDAR GIRLS has a set by Robert Jones, with lighting by Malcolm Rippeth, costumes by Emma Williams and music by Steve Parry.

CALENDAR GIRLS is produced by David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers.

Performance times at the Noël Coward Theatre are currently Monday - Saturday at 7.30pm with Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pm. From 24 May, there will be no Monday performances, but added Thursday matinees at 2.30pm, with the first on 28 May. Tickets, priced from £12.50 - £45.00 are available from the box office on 0844 482 5140 or at www.seecalendargirls.com. The normal £1.50 booking fee will be going to Leukaemia Research.