Sunderland’s Very Own Calendar Girls And
Boys Meet Original Calendar Girl, Tricia Stewart!
Calendar Girls
Sunderland Empire
Tuesday 19th –
Saturday 23rd March 2019
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Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s Calendar
Girls The Musical has opened to rave reviews at the Sunderland Empire this
week and in attendance at the opening night was original and Sunderland born
Calendar Girl, Tricia Stewart.
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| Shop Sunderland Calendar Girls and Boys meet Tricia Stewart Representatives from The Looking Glass, Serendipity Tea and Trinkets, Collinson’s, Tricia Stewart, The Bridges shopping centre, Elopa and Frances Marshall |
Businesses who took part in the Shop Sunderland calendar
campaign were in attendance and had the chance to share their experiences with
the iconic calendar girl.
Earlier this year, Sunderland
Empire got behind Sunderland Business Improvement District’s Shop Sunderland initiative
for 2019 and inspired by the up and coming production local businesses and
services dared to bare to showcase the excellent range of facilities available
in Sunderland.
Businesses taking centre stage for the calendar campaign included
hairdressing salon Frances Marshall, Estate Agent’s Elopa, Serendipity Tea and
Trinkets, Station Taxis and the Bridges shopping centres security team. Alongside,
established family run business, Collinson’s, Hays Travel, Keel Square, the
Customer Experience team at Sunderland Empire, The Looking Glass and a spoof
take on the iconic Titanic scene from the Empire Cinema.
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| Tricia Stewart at the opening of Calendar Girls the Musical at Sunderland Empire |
The images were used to produce 1000 table talker
calendars which have been distributed across Sunderland as a reminder of the
great facilities available on the doorstep.
The Shop Sunderland campaign aims to recognise the
many local and independent businesses available to support in Sunderland city
centre. The campaign was initially launched last December by the Sunderland BID
with a series of video interviews on the lead up to and after the UK’s Small
Business Saturday celebration.
On hearing about the Sunderland
inspired calendar Gary Barlow said: "It's
brilliant that the people of Sunderland have been inspired to create their own
calendar, just like the ladies of the Rylstone and District WI did 20 years
ago. The calendar girls effect shows no sign of slowing down anytime
soon!"
Calendar Girls The Musical continues
to play the Sunderland Empire until Saturday 23 March, and is inspired by the
true story of a group of ladies, who decide to appear nude for a Women’s
Institute calendar in order to raise funds to buy a settee for their local
hospital, in memory of one of their husbands, and have to date raised almost
£5million for Bloodwise. This musical comedy shows life in their Yorkshire
village, how it happened, the effect on husbands, sons and daughters, and how a
group of ordinary ladies achieved something extraordinary.
Website: www.calendargirlsthemusical.com
Facebook: @thegirlsmusical
Twitter: @thegirlsmusical
Tickets for The Calendar Girls in Sunderland
are available online from our affiliates ATG Tickets: http://bit.ly/CalndrGirlsSund #Ad
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