Patience is Gilbert and Sullivan’s extremely witty, infrequently performed little masterpiece about the Aesthetic Movement of the 1880s. Complete with willowy poets, sighing maidens, hearty milkmaids and burly officers, every tune is whistleable, every word worth hearing, and the humour is as fresh as it was at the first performance.

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Patience

Calne Music and Arts Festival

St. Mary’s Church, Slindon

Calendar Girls is based on the film and true story of eleven WI members who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukemia Research Fund. When Annie’s husband John dies of leukemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow Women’s Institute members to pose nude with them for an “alternative” calendar, with a little help from hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence. The news of the women’s charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and hordes of press soon descend on the small village of Knapeley in the Yorkshire Dales. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie’s friendship is put to the test under the strain of their newfound fame.

Gary Barlow

Events

Past events

11 - 12 Oct, 2024

Patience · Opera Anywhere

Nov 17 - Dec 3, 2023

Calendar Girls · Frauenthal Center

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