It was announced today (22nd April 2009) that brand new show Grumpy Old Women Live 2: Chin Up Britain will tour major UK theatre venues this autumn. The new show will see SUSIE BLAKE (Coronation Street, The Victoria Wood Show) and WENDI PETERS (Coronation Street, Bad Girls) star alongside original Grump JENNY ECLAIR, who is also co-writing with JUDITH HOLDER. Seven warm-up dates were recently announced for June this year, and a further 47 dates have now been added in a full UK tour starting 27th September and ending 10th December 2009.
Grumpy Old Women Live 2: Chin up Britain is a brand new show by Perrier Award-winning comedian JENNY ECLAIR and JUDITH HOLDER (best-selling author of the first Grumpy Old Women book and producer of the hit TV series), who also co-wrote the original stage hit. Grumpy Old Women Live completed four sell-out UK tours, a hugely successful month-long West End residency, and a hit run in Australia - which, combined, sold 180,000 tickets.
What the press said about Grumpy Old Women Live:
“The writing is stiletto sharp. Great gales of laughter greet every admission and shared middle-aged secret.”
Robert Gore Langton, Daily Mail
“Warmhearted, witty, empathetic and, dare I say it, rather empowering.”
Kathryn Flett, The Observer
“If you are planning to celebrate your divorce, mourn your lost youth, or simply want a feel-good night out with the girls, this is the perfect ticket … Fluffier than The Vagina Monologues, sillier than Shirley Valentine, more uplifting than a reinforced Wonderbra.”
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard
“The audience, largely made up of robust middle-aged women, roared. I’ve sat with this crowd before. The same ageing girls’ night-outers attended The Vagina Monologues at the Bristol Hippodrome three years ago. But Eve Ensler’s play, for all its flashes of humour, remains so achingly, lower-sixthishly intense. With its lighter touch, Grumpy Old Women Live is a wiser and more knowing expression of female solidarity.”
Amanda Mitchison, Sunday Telegraph
“There’s nothing quite like the sound of laughter sweeping across an audience, and the stage version of Grumpy Old Women produces two hours of continuous humour, lapped up by a mainly female audience.”
Mark Shenton, Sunday Express
TOUR DATES
June
Wednesday 10th: PETERBOROUGH The Cresset - 01733 842 500
Thursday 11th: WIMBORNE The Tivoli Theatre - 01202 885 566
Friday 12th: WARWICK Arts Centre - 02476 524 524
Saturday 13th: WARWICK Arts Centre - 02476 524 524
Sunday 14th: CRAWLEY Hawth Theatre - 01293 553 636
Monday 15th: WINCHESTER Theatre Royal - 01962 840 440
Tuesday 16th: WINCHESTER Theatre Royal - 01962 840 440
September
Monday 28th: CHELTENHAM Everyman - 01242 572 573
Tuesday 29th: CHELTENHAM Everyman - 01242 572 573
Wednesday 30th: CHELTENHAM Everyman - 01242 572 573
October
Thursday 1st: BUXTON Opera House - 0845 127 2190
Friday 2nd: SALFORD Lowry Centre - 0870 787 5780
Saturday 3rd: CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange - 01223 357 851
Sunday 4th: NEWCASTLE Theatre Royal - 08448 112 121
Wednesday 7th: DARTFORD Orchard Theatre - 01322 220 000
Thursday 8th: KINGS LYNN Theatre - 01553 764 864
Friday 9th: LEAMINGTON SPA Royal Spa Centre - 01926 334 418
Saturday 10th: NOTTINGHAM Playhouse - 0115 941 9419
Monday 12th: PRESTON Charter Theatre - 0845 344 2012
Wednesday 14th: READING Hexagon - 0118 960 6060
Friday 16th: JERSEY Opera House - 01534 511 115
Monday 19th: BRIGHTON Dome - 01273 709 709
Tuesday 20th: SOUTHEND Cliffs Pavilion - 01702 351 135
Wednesday 21st: ST. ALBAN’S Alban Arena - 01727 844 488
Thursday 22nd: DORKING Halls - 01306 881 717
Friday 23rd: NEWBURY Corn Exchange - 01635 522 733
Saturday 24th: BRADFORD St. George’s Theatre - 01274 432 000
Tuesday 27th: HARROGATE Theatre - 01423 502 116
Wednesday 28th: DERBY Assembly Rooms - 01332 255 800
Thursday 29th: BRIDLINGTON Spa Theatre - 01262 678 258
Friday 30th: BIRMINGHAM Alexandra - 0870 607 7533
November
Sunday 1st: STOKE Victoria Hall - 01782 213808
Tuesday 3rd: ALDERSHOT Princes Hall - 01252 329 155
Wednesday 4th: SALISBURY City Hall - 01722 434 434
Thursday 5th: CARDIFF Millenium Centre - 08700 402 000
Saturday 7th: BLACKBURN King George’s Hall - 0844 847 1664
Monday 9th: ABERDEEN Music Hall - 01224 641 122
Wednesday 11th: SUNDERLAND Empire - 0844 847 2499
Thursday 12th: LEEDS Grand Opera House - 0844 848 2706
Tuesday 17th: MANCHESTER Opera House - 0844 847 2277
Thursday 19th: BASINGSTOKE Anvil Arts - 01256 844 244
Friday 20th: CHATHAM Central Theatre - 01634 338 338
Saturday 21st: TUNBRIDGE Assembly Theatre - 01892 530 613
Tuesday 24th: TORQUAY Princess Theatre - 0844 847 2315
Wednesday 25th: BARNSTAPLE Queen’s Theatre - 01271 324 242
Friday 27th: SOUTHAMPTON Guildhall - 02380 632 601
Saturday 28th: LLANDUDNO North Wales Theatre - 01492 872 000
Sunday 29th: YORK Grand Opera House - 0844 847 2322
Monday 30th: EDINBURGH Festival Theatre - 0131 529 6000
December
Wednesday 2nd: BEDFORD Corn Exchange - 01234 269 519
Thursday 3rd: IPSWICH Corn Exchange - 01473 433 100
Sunday 6th: PLYMOUTH Pavilions - 0845 146 1460
Wednesday 9th: LEICESTER De Montfort Hall - 0116 233 3111
Thursday 10th: EASTBOURNE Theatres - 01323 412 000
For more information please contact Ben Nolan or Dan Lloyd at Avalon Public Relations on: 020 7598 7222 / benn@avalonuk.com or danl@avalonuk.com
