Calendar Girls The Musical - Expression of Interest

🌻 Join Our Cast for Calendar Girls the Musical! 🌻

We’re looking for talented, passionate performers to join SMTC for our upcoming production of Calendar Girls the Musical.

Based on the true story made famous by the hit film, this heartwarming and uplifting show celebrates friendship, courage, and the power of being unapologetically yourself. Packed with humor, heartfelt moments, and unforgettable songs, it’s a fantastic opportunity for performers of all backgrounds to shine.

📅 Audition Details: October 2025 (Details to follow)

📅 Rehearsals: Weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays immediately following auditions.

💃 We’re looking for:

• Strong singers and actors
• Great team players
• Enthusiastic storytellers ready to bring these unforgettable characters to life

If you’ve ever dreamed of performing in a show full of heart, humour, and humanity, this is your moment.

📧 How to get involved: Complete this expression of interest form and we will be in touch when we have more info for you!

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Let’s make something truly special together. 🌻

ROLES

FEMALES

CHRIS – (40 - 50s) You want Chris at your party. She will talk to people she doesn’t know, find things to say to fill silences and generate laughter. Part of this is because Chris is at home in crowds, holding court, being the centre of attention. Without Chris in her life, Annie would be better behaved, her life less fun. The two of them are like naughty schoolgirls. Songs: Sunflower.

ANNIE – (40 - 50s)  Annie will join in mischief but is at heart more conformist and less confrontational than Chris. The mischievousness Chris elicits saves Annie from being a saint. She has enough edge to be interesting, and enough salt not to be too sweet. Together these two are greater than the sum of their parts. They would be lesser humans had they not met each other. Annie and John’s relationship is built in deep love and teamwork - he is the love of her life. Songs: Scarborough, Very Slightly Almost, Kilimanjaro.

CORA – (late 30s, early 40s) Cora went to college and soon came back pregnant and tail-between-legs. She has too much native resilience to be downtrodden. The joker in the pack, her wit is deadpan. It raises laughter in others, but rarely in herself… Her relationship with her son is more akin to that between Chris and Annie. The pianist of the WI and the daughter of a vicar but with little reverence. Songs: Who Wants a Silent Night.

JESSIE – (70s - 80s) Get on the right side of Jessie as a teacher and she’ll be the teacher you remember for life. Get on the wrong side and you will regret every waking hour. Retired after a long career she has lost her vocation but still has a lot of spark. Her husband has been with her a long time and is rarely surprised by her actions. Jessie bothers about grammar and will correct stallholders regarding their abuse of the apostrophe ‘s’. She is a knitter (would be great if actor can do this but not essential). Songs: What Age Expects.

CELIA – (50s) The fact that Celia is in the WI is the greatest justification of its existence. She always feels like she’s drifted in from another world. Which she has. Ex air hostess and life-liver, there is a rebelliousness in Celia which sets her apart from the vapid materialism of her husband’s golfing peer group. She tries hard to keep her figure and looks – more for herself than her husband to be fair – and is unapologetic about this. Songs: So I’ve Had a Little Work Done.

RUTH – (40s - 50s) Ruth’s journey is from the false self-confidence of the emotionally abused to the genuine self-confidence of the woman happy in her own skin. Ruth is eager to please but not a rag doll, and despite being Marie’s right-hand woman she is desperate to be the cartilage in the spine of the WI and keep everyone happy. She has spine herself - if she was too wet, no-one would want her around. But they do, and they feel protective of her because they sense there is something better in Ruth than her life is letting out. They are proved right. Songs: My Russian Friend and I.

MARIE – (late 40s, early 50s) Marie has gradually built the current ‘Marie’ around herself over the years as a defence mechanism. She went to her Oz – Cheshire – and found Oz didn’t want her. She came back scorched. The WI is a trophy to her, which justifies her entire existence. There is a lingering part of Marie that would love to be on that calendar. 

MALES

JOHN – (40 - 50s)  Annie’s husband. John is a human sunflower. Not a saint. Not a hero. Just the kind of man you’d want in your car when crossing America. When he dies it feels like someone somewhere turned a light off.  Songs: Yorkshire, Lighting the Sunflowers.

ROD – (40 - 50s) Chris’s husband.  You have to be a certain kind of guy to stick with Chris and Rod loves it. He can give back what he gets and has a deadpan humour which has always made Chris laugh. He drinks a lot but never so much as to have a problem. He would work every hour to make his shop a success. And John was his mate, even though the relationship was originally channelled through their wives.  Songs: Girls, Don’t Go Out With Christine Butler (Crazy Paving).

LAWRENCE – (late 20s, early 30s) Hesitant without being nerdy, Laurence is a shy young man with enough wit to make a joke and enough spirit to turn up at the WI hall in the first place. When he arranges the shots he is close to nudity but sees only the photo. 

COLIN – (70s - 80s) Jessie’s husband, and as rebellious and compliant as that would suggest. Songs: Girls.

DENIS – 50s Celia’s husband, working class lad done well, and now captain of golf club. Met her on a flight. Songs: Girls.

SMALLER ROLES

MISS WILSON (TEA) 

MISS WILSON (COFFEE) - Two sisters who are part of the fabric of the village and the manual labour backbone of the WI but say nothing except their drinks offering. Until the end.

BRENDA HULSE – (60s) Speaker at WI.

LADY CRAVENSHIRE – (60s) The local dignitary who gives the award at the Spring Fête. 

TEENAGERS

DANNY – (16) Chris and Rod’s son, the conscientious head boy who is struggling a little with growing up in his mother’s shadow.  Songs: Hello Yorkshire I’m a Virgin, Protect Me Less.

JENNY – (16) Who we find out is Marie’s daughter and who has rebelled against her mother for years. Songs: Protect Me Less

TOMMO – (16) Cora’s son, Danny’s best mate. Songs: Hello Yorkshire I’m a Virgin.

* The teenagers roles are for ages 16 and up (school leavers only)

ENSEMBLE

There is space for a very small and limited ensemble in this production (villagers/WI members)