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Kelly Brook to bare all on stage | Kelly Brook to bare all on stage |
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Kelly Brook and Julie Goodyear, who played Bet Lynch in Coronation Street, are to bare all in the West End play Calendar Girls. | Kelly Brook and Julie Goodyear, who played Bet Lynch in Coronation Street, are to bare all in the West End play Calendar Girls. |
Former newsreader Jan Leeming and Rob James Collier, who played Liam on Coronation Street, will also join the cast change. | Former newsreader Jan Leeming and Rob James Collier, who played Liam on Coronation Street, will also join the cast change. |
The show is inspired by Women's Institute members who took their clothes off for a charity calendar. | |
EastEnders' June Brown and Jerry Hall are currently starring in the hit show. | EastEnders' June Brown and Jerry Hall are currently starring in the hit show. |
Helen Lederer and Arabella Weir will also join the new line-up which take over on 3 November. They will be on stage at London's Noel Coward Theatre for 10 weeks. | Helen Lederer and Arabella Weir will also join the new line-up which take over on 3 November. They will be on stage at London's Noel Coward Theatre for 10 weeks. |
West End debut | West End debut |
Goodyear left Coronation Street in 1995 before returning for guest appearances. She will be making her West End debut playing Cora. | Goodyear left Coronation Street in 1995 before returning for guest appearances. She will be making her West End debut playing Cora. |
Julie Goodyear will take the role of Cora - Miss July | Julie Goodyear will take the role of Cora - Miss July |
Brook will take the role of Celia. It will not be the first time she has undressed on stage, she played a lap dancer in a play called Eye Contact. | Brook will take the role of Celia. It will not be the first time she has undressed on stage, she played a lap dancer in a play called Eye Contact. |
Last year she stripped down to a bikini when she made her West End debut in hit play Fat Pig. | Last year she stripped down to a bikini when she made her West End debut in hit play Fat Pig. |
The idea for the calendar came about when the husband of Angela Baker from the Rylstone Women's Institute in North Yorkshire was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. | The idea for the calendar came about when the husband of Angela Baker from the Rylstone Women's Institute in North Yorkshire was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. |
The original calendar sold 800,000 copies worldwide. The story inspired the 2003 film on which Tim Firth's stage play is based. | The original calendar sold 800,000 copies worldwide. The story inspired the 2003 film on which Tim Firth's stage play is based. |
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