Play Reading - Calendar Girls & Season's Greetings
Thu 10 Jul
|WI Hut
A chance to read classic and new plays together with one eye to potential productions of the future
Time & Location
10 Jul 2025, 19:00 – 21:00
WI Hut, Station St, Bingham, Nottingham NG13, UK
Guests
About the event
Our first play reading this year is at the WI hut, Bingham and will focus on 2 scripts.
"Calendar Girls" by Tim Firth, a play based on the true story of a group of extraordinary women who bare all in the name of friendship and charity and also was the basis for the 2003 film with Helen Mirren and Julie Walters. This will be a relaxed and entertaining reading of this much-loved play, where you’ll meet the spirited ladies of the Knapeley Women’s Institute as they band together to do something a little unconventional—and a lot inspiring.
After Annie’s husband dies of leukemia, her close-knit circle of WI friends decides to raise money for the local hospital. Their idea? A nude calendar featuring the women themselves, tastefully posed and full of personality. What starts as a quirky plan quickly becomes a national sensation, bringing challenges, media attention, and moments…