Open Audition: CALENDAR GIRLS by Tim Firth
CALENDAR GIRLS by Tim Firth Directed by Helen Sels.
Auditions Dates
-Monday 10th February 2025 7:30pm
-Wednesday 12th February 2025 7:30pm
at The Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame
Performance Dates
-Tuesday 8th July to Saturday 12th, July 2025
For my first directorship, I have chosen Calendar Girls (nothing like going in at the deep end). Calendar Girls by Tim Firth is based on the heartwarming true story of eleven WI members who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukaemia Research Fund.
After the death of her best friend's husband from cancer, spirited Yorkshire housewife, Chris Harper hatches a scheme to raise money for a memorial to him.
Utilising a tradition from the hidebound Woman's Institute association, Chris encourages Annie and their friends to create a calendar - with the novel detail of using the middle-aged women of their village as nude models. The idea stuns the husbands and a wary young photographer.
Whilst we're talking about nudity I will quote the author's note. "As in the best traditions of vaudevillian fan dances, the art of the play's nudity lies in what is withheld. The choreography of this sequence is best described as ‘fabulous concealment’. Should we see anything we oughtn't, the whole scene will deflate like a souffle on which the oven door has been opened too quickly".
If you can't make the audition dates and would like to audition please let me know and we will make a plan. I will write another reminder in January’s BACKDROP with a brief breakdown of characters.
Below is a link for those interested in lighting/tech crewing. You will be working with me as Director, Catherine Britt as Producer, and Gemma Swaisland as Stage Manager.
Fill out the short form to let us know what crew roles you may be interested in.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/ 141lK-5WmPTFV0Zg6QNgnjuSTjugjgQQ5Xat MAksRkIw/edit? usp=sharing_eil_se_dm&ts=672118df
See you at the Christmas Social if you have any questions. (other than the quiz ones) Helen Sels