EXTRA SHOWS ADDED!

After postponing one weekend of shows due to illness, Portal Players has added an extra three performances of “Calendar Girls” on March 28th, 29th and 30th.

Buy your tickets online by clicking on the links below – thank you for your support!

“Calendar Girls” opens March 7 – Purchase Tickets below the poster . . .

Portal Players Dramatic Society is proud to produce the comedy play “Calendar Girls” by Tim Firth, opening March 7 at The Capitol Theatre in Port Alberni. Tickets are available for purchase online, shown below the poster.

When Annie’s husband John dies of leukaemia, 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 their small village. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie’s friendship is put to the test under the strain of their newfound fame.

Based on the true story of eleven WI members who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukaemia Research Fund, Calendar Girls opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre and has since become the fastest-selling play in British theatre history.