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Dec 2022
Harrogate district women undress for Calendar Girls revival
A group of brave Harrogate district women took to the stage in a state of undress last night for the opening night of Calendar Girls.
The sell-out show, which ends on Saturday, sees members of Kirkby Overblow Dramatic Society perform an adapted version of the original Calendar Girls film.
The 1999 film is based on the true story of how a group of middle-aged women from Rylstone and District Women's Institute, near Skipton, posed nude for a risqué calendar to raise money for leukaemia cancer. They have since raised over £5m for the charity Blood Cancer UK.
Three of the original Calendar Girls — Angela Baker, Chris Clancy and Linda Logan — will be in Kirkby Overblow for Saturday night's finale at All Saints Church.
The cast also agreed to pose for a 2023 calendar shot creatively at local landmarks in Kirkby Overblow.
The December image from the calendar, showing all the cast. Photo: Annette Fishburn Photography
The heart-warming play, written by Tim Firth, is directed by Claire McKenzie from Harrogate. Auditions were held in August.
All profits from the production and calendar will be split between the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre at Harrogate District Hospital, cancer support charity Maggie’s Yorkshire and Blood Cancer UK.
Dr John Fairfield, chairman of Kirkby Overblow Dramatic Society, said:
Angela Baker said:
Copies of the calendar can be bought for £15 from the Shoulder of Mutton pub in Kirkby Overblow.
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