Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:38am ET by Newsdesk
Gary Barlow to create Calendar Girls musicalGary Barlow will write a musical based on The Calendar Girls. Welcome to Yorkshire have confirmed that the musician will pen a production based on the nude charity calendar women. Eleven members of the Women's Institute in Rylstone, North Yorkshire created a naked calendar in 1999 and their story spawned a hit movie. Chief of Welcome to Yorkshire Gary Verity commented: "To have someone of Gary Barlow's calibre working on a Yorkshire musical is amazing and I am sure, like the Calendar Girls film and the stage play, this musical will be a huge success." The news was announced as part of a series of promotional events lined up for Yorkshire. The Calendar Girls film meanwhile was released in 2003 and it starred the likes of Helen Mirren and Julie Walters. Follow us: @Pressparty on Twitter / Pressparty on Facebook. Watch Gary Barlow in action below:
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