Jerry Hall to Bare All in London’s Calendar Girls; New Stars Announced

Famous former model and Mick Jagger ex Jerry Hall—who bared all on the West End in 2000 when she took over for Kathleen Turner in The Graduate—will once again shed her clothes on stage. Hall and a starry new cast will join Tim Firth’s Calendar Girls, the stage adaptation of his 2003 hit indie film, at the Noel Coward Theatre, beginning July 28.

Hall will be joined by Gemma Atkinson Hollyoaks, Jill Baker Goose-pimples, Richenda Carey Nuts in May, Sara Crowe who co-starred with Joan Collins in Private Lives and a host of EastEnders vets—Anita Dobson an Olivier Award nominee for Frozen, Jill Halfpenny, Jack Ryder and octogenarian June Brown. A 24-year resident of EastEnders, Brown will assume the role of Miss January, currently played by Sîan Phillips. The new Girls are booked through October 17.

Directed by Hamish McColl The Play What I Wrote, Calendar Girls centers on an enterprising group of women who eschew traditional fundraising ideas like bake sales and decide to raise money for charity their own R-rated way. The current cast, who’ll play through July 25, includes Lynda Bellingham, Patricia Hodge, Phillips, Gaynor Faye, Brigit Forsyth, Julia Hills and Elaine C. Smith.