Calendar Girls

Next month will see a performance of the play  Calendar Girls at the Gaiety Theatre in Douglas -  a building with its own fascinating history having been built in 1899 by the famous Victorian theatre architect Frank Matcham and still retaining much of its original glory, inside and out.

Gaiety Theatre facade, situated roughly in the centre on the promenade as it sweeps around the bay of Douglas town

The performing rights for this play are currently withdrawn across the UK and Europe. However, seeing an opportunity to raise funds for charities at a time when most theatres in the UK are closed, they requested, and were fortunate to be granted, a licence - a special exemption for the Isle of Man. All profits from this production, hosted by a team of volunteers, will be shared between various charities: Hospice IoM; Breast Cancer Now; Breast Cancer Care; Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation; and, the Royal British Legion.

Tickets are selling fast.




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13 comments:

  1. northsider 30 July 2020 at 14:49

    A little bit of Yorkshire in the Isle of Man JayCee. You will have to get Peregrine to put up the camping bed in the boxroom for Mr Pudding. 😊

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    1. JayCee30 July 2020 at 14:55

      Oh no. YP can have the shed. Much better view of the garden from there and he can chat to the sheep over the fence if he fancies company.

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    2. northsider 30 July 2020 at 15:03

      😊

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    3. Yorkshire Pudding30 July 2020 at 17:01

      "Calendar Girls"? Isn't that the one where women strip off for a nude calendar? This could be your big break JayCee. What a way to make your stage debut! If I do swim over, there's no way I'll be sleeping in the shed! After all, I'm not an animal.

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    4. JayCee30 July 2020 at 17:48

      Oh alright then. You can sleep in the greenhouse instead.

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    5. Yorkshire Pudding30 July 2020 at 18:46

      I'm not a friggin' tomato either!

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    6. JayCee30 July 2020 at 18:51

      There's just no pleasing some people!

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  2. Tasker Dunham30 July 2020 at 17:04

    Yes, will you be performing in the production and if so what will you be hiding behind?

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    1. JayCee30 July 2020 at 17:48

      Alas I have no thespian talents whatsoever so the audience will be spared my presence on stage. If I were to perform, I would probably hide behind a bottle of fizz, or two maybe.

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    2. Yorkshire Pudding30 July 2020 at 18:48

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    3. Yorkshire Pudding30 July 2020 at 18:49

      Nobody is accusing you of being a thespian JayCee - even though the show will happen at The Gaiety Theatre!

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  3. The Weaver of Grass30 July 2020 at 18:34

    Enjoy it. The original girls of course came from quite near to where I live.

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    1. JayCee30 July 2020 at 18:51

      I don't suppose you knew any of them did you Weaver?

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