Calendar Girls *** TNT

Friday 01 May 2009 17:46

Another stage version of a hit film reaches the West End as a branch of the Women’s Institute swaps jam-making for fund-raising when member Annie’s husband dies of cancer.

The story of their carefully posed nude calendar is so familiar, box office success is guaranteed. There’s a handful of likeable performances, but nothing quite matches the fun of the first act finale when the assorted-sized ladies finally get their kit off.

Noel Coward Theatre, St Martin’s Ln, WC2N 4AU Tube: Leicester Square (0844 482 5140). Until Sep 19. £12-£44