Charlie Dimmock and Dean Gaffney join Calendar Girls tour
Celebrity gardener Charlie Dimmock and former EastEnders’ actor Dean Gaffney are among the new faces who will star in the nationwide tour of Calendar Girls from May 3.
Dean Gaffney, pictured here performing in Timing at the King's Head last October, will join the cast of Calendar Girls Photo: Tristram Kenton
Neighbours actress Anne Charleston and Sue Holderness, who played Marlene in Only Fools and Horses, will also perform in the tour. The cast will play 11 venues across the country, finishing on July 24 at Theatre Royal Norwich.
Calendar Girls finishes its run at the West End’s Noel Coward Theatre on January 9. It begins its second national tour on January 25, with a cast including Lynda Bellingham.
The tour is produced by David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers.
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