Calender Girls, Sunflowers and Pianos

The question I wanted to ask when I went to a Calendar Girls rehearsal was 'what is it with the sunflowers?' The poster features a sunflower and I'd heard that the rehearsals had started in June with a party where sunflowers seeds were planted outside the theatre.
Chris Moran, who is one of the calendar girls in the play, took me to see the sunflowers they planted and explained the significance of them. The plot of Calendar Girls centres around a WI member raising money for Leukaemia research by creating a nude calendar following the death of her husband. The husband's favourite flowers were sunflowers and he writes a talk for the WI about sunflowers where he compares them to Yorkshire women.

 The first read through of Calendar Girls doubled as a WI style tea party (yes there was cake!) and the cast and crew all planted a sunflower at the back of the carpark.

As you can see from the photo the sunflowers have come on a long way since June and fingers crossed they will be in full bloom in time for opening night. Look out for them when you come to see the show.

Tickets are selling fast, more than half are sold already so if you want to come and see this popular play then book your seats soon - there are unlikely to be any for sale on the door.

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Coming up -

Calendar Girls by Tim Firth, 13th - 22nd September 2012, Progress Theatre

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead by Tom Stoppard 15th - 20th October 2012, Progress Theatre

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