Gary Barlow's back in Yorkshire to re-launch Calendar Girls musical

Show debuted in Leeds in 2015 and re-working will begin UK tour in Leeds this summer

Gary Barlow
Author: Richard MuriePublished 1st May 2018

Gary Barlow's been back in Yorkshire to talk about re-working his musical about the Calendar Girls.

The show debuted in Leeds in 2015 but is now set for a national tour with a few tweaks and yet again the re-working will be on stage here in Leeds first of all.

The show comes to the Leeds Grand Theatre in August, with a cast including TV host Fern Britten returning to the stage for the first time in 30 years, former Corrie, EastEnders and Waterloo Road actress Denise Welch and Hi-De-Hi star Ruth Madoc.

Gary and co-creator Tim Firth were joined by the actress who have to bare all in the performance to launch the new version at Burnsall in the North Yorkshire Dales where the real life story happened.

Calendar Girls has been a hit film and stage drama, before being turned into a musical by the Take That star and Firth three years ago.