CALENDAR GIRLS

Everyone knows of the phenomenon that is "Calendar Girls" An idea for a calendar born out of desperation to raise money to replace a rundown, worn out settee in a hospital waiting room. Women living ordinary lives, members of the Women's Institute, suddenly confronted by the battle that happens when cancer strikes.
The action takes place at the W.I. meetings in a run down village hall. Ordinary women meeting regularly, bitching about each other at times, supporting each other for many reasons but finding, when the chips are down that they can be persuaded to do anything, even posing nude for a calendar!
Some of the women were dragged screaming to take their clothes off and some were enthusiastic. All shapes and sizes and ages, there were no demarkation lines at Walsall and every pose for the photographer was beautifully done.
The ladies of Fellowship Players were all stars. No weak links in this production and a full house audience cheered, laughed, shed a tear and thoroughly enjoyed the evening.
The Players had produced their own calendar and the monies raised from sales will be donated to Leukemia Research and Walsall Macmillan Nurses.
As well as the ladies' posing for their particular month there were months devoted to the men in the cast, the backstage crew and and the producer and director.
There was no shortage of buyers for the calendar.
Well done to everyone connected with the production. There will surely be requests to repeat the play again and again in the future.

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