THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON CALENDAR GIRLSSwansea Grand Theatre Mon 1st - Sat 6th October 7.30pm (Thurs & Sat Mats 2.00pm) Since opening at the Chichester Festival Theatre in September 2008, Calendar Girls has been an unprecedented success playing over 100 sell out weeks at theatres across the country as well as a triumphant run in London's West End. Calendar Girls has become the most successful play to ever tour the UK and has grossed more at the box office than the smash hit film with ticket sales in excess of £25 million and the global phenomenon is at Swansea Grand Theatre for one week only, from Monday 1st to Saturday 6th October at 7.30pm, with matinees on Thursday and Saturday at 2.00pm. A group of ordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI, spark a global phenomenon by persuading one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference! As interest snowballs, the calendar girls find themselves revealing more than they'd ever planned... Swansea Grand Theatre's Calendar Girls stars Lesley Joseph, Kacey Ainsworth, Camilla Dallerup, Helen Fraser, Sue Holderness, Deena Payne, Kathryn Rooney and Ruth Madoc, with Kevin Sacre as Lawrence the photographer. Lesley Joseph shot to fame as Dorien Green, the neighbour from hell, in the BBC's comedy Birds of Feather. She appeared in over 100 episodes filmed over a period of nine years. The show, and her character, become a national institution, watched at its height by over 20 million people. Kacey Ainsworth played Little Mo in Eastenders for over six years before leaving the soap in 2006 after the birth of her first child. Su Holderness is best known as Marlene Boyce in the BBC's hugely popular Only Fools and Horses as well as the spin off series The Green Green Grass. Deena Payne is probably best known as Viv Hope in Emmerdale, a role she's played for eighteen years making her the longest serving female cast member on the programme. Camilla Dallerup, one of the Strictly Come Dancing professionals, makes her acting debut as the beautician Elaine. Kathryn Rooney returns to Calendar Girls having starred in the West End production. Her other credits include Rebecca with Nigel Havers, Buddy and Beauty and the Beast. During a long and distinguished career, Helen Fraser has appeared in theatres up and down the country and made countless television appearances. Most recently, she played the formidable prison officer Sylvia 'Bodybag' Holamby in Bad Girls. Ruth Madoc, best known as Gladys Pugh in Hi-De-Hi has more recently been seen on our screens as Dafydd's mother in Little Britain. Kevin Sacre, who plays Lawrence the photography, joins Calendar Girls from Hollyoaks in which he plays the slightly disturbed Jake Dean. Kevin says he thrilled to be joining Calendar Girls and touring with his wife, Camillla Dallerup! Susan Bovell, Robert Gill and Bruce Mcgregor complete the cast. Tickets for the sensational Calendar Girls can be purchased from Swansea Grand Theatre's Box Office on 01792 475715 or online at www.swanseagrand.co.uk <http://www.swanseagrand.co.uk/> and are £11.50 - £29.50. ........................................................ Wednesday 10th - Saturday 13th October 7.00pm Performances of Welsh National Opera's critically acclaimed new production of La Bohème continue in the autumn season, together with the return of Ben Davis' seaside set Cosi Fan Tutte and Katie Mitchell's fully staged version of Handel's oratorio Jephtha and are all at Swansea Grand Theatre from Wednesday 10th - Saturday 13th October at 7.00pm. Jephtha: Wednesday 10th October 7.00pm (Pre-performance talk at 6.00pm) British tenor Robert Murray makes his WNO debut in the title role of this revival of Katie Mitchell's Jephtha. Set in a war ravaged 1940s Europe, Jephtha sees Fflur Wyn returning to the role of Iphis which she last performed for WNO in this production in 2006. The cast also includes Alan Ewing as Zebul, Diana Montague as Storge, Robin Blaze as Hamor and Paul Goodwin as Angel. Conducted by Paul Goodwin La Bohème: Thursday 11th & Saturday 13th October 7.00pm Alex Vicens returns as Rodolfo and is joined by Giselle Allen as Mimi in Annabel Arden's 1913 inspired pre-war production. Highly praised by critics and audiences alike when it opened in Cardiff this summer, these further performances will see La Bohème tour extensively in Wales and England. This production also features David Kempster as Marcello, Piotr Lempa as Colline, Daniel Grice as Shaunard and Kate Valentine as Musetta. Conducted by Simon Phillippo. Cosi Fan Tutte: Friday 12th October 7.00pm (Pre-performance talk at 6.00pm) Conduced by Simon Phillippo, a young cast features in Ben Davis's 1960s British seaside version of Cosi Fan Tutte with Elizabeth Watts as Fiordiligi, Cora Burggraaf as Dorabella, Joanne Boag as Despina and Andrew Tortise as Ferrando. In a change to previously advertised casting, Gary Griffiths returns as Guglielmo. Gary, who recently won the chance to represent Wales in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 2012, received critical praise for his interpretation of the role when this production was first performed in 2011. Tickets for this exceptional week of opera are available from Swansea Grand Theatre's Box Office on 01792 475715 or online at www.swanseagrand.co.uk <http://www.swanseagrand.co.uk/> and are £5.00 - £37.50 with selected concessions available. |
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