Gary Barlow & Tim Firth's New Musical THE GIRLS to Bow Next Year in the West End

Gary Barlow and Tim Firth's new musical THE GIRLS is officially headed to the West End.

The Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye reports that the piece will open in February 2017 at the Phoenix Theatre, with tickets on sale beginning 16 September. Based on the film THE CALENDAR GIRLS, the musical first premiered in 2015 at Grand Theatre Leeds.

THE GIRLS 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. 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.

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.