Calendar Girls

This stage version of the hugely popular film, is in turn based on the true story of a group of Yorkshire friends and members of the local Women’s Institute who, following the death of one of their husbands from cancer, hit on a novel idea for raising funds for leukemia research.

To the horror of their partners and the bemusement of the local community, they propose to create a calendar where they tastefully pose nude while engaged in traditional Women’s Institute activities like sewing, knitting and cupcake making.

The plan sparks a media frenzy and brings both joy and tension to the women’s lives. Ultimately though, it becomes a celebration of resilience, friendship and the power of ordinary women achieving something extraordinary.

The 2003 film, with Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Geraldine James and Ciaran Hinds, was an enormous success and was followed by the stage version which enjoyed a nine-month, West End run in 2009.

In this eagerly anticipated production by Ballyshannon Drama Society, honouring the memory of award-winning actor and director Rachel O’Connor who sadly passed away in 2024, the cast includes Christine Irvine, Tricia Keane, Laura McNulty, Deirdre Ferguson, Margaret Timoney, Moya Ferguson, Ailis McIntyre, Richard Hurst, Mark Kirby, Killian McManus, Terence McEneaney, Sinéad Luke, Kay O’Dea €20 Regina Fahy.