Calendar Girls the musical (was: The Girls)

That would make more sense, from a marketing point of view though. The crowds going to a Take That concert are more likely to be inclined to see a musical written around Take That songs.

I knew I'd read something about the cupboards in The Stage (https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/2017/charting-girls-journey-yorkshire-west-end/).

This is a quote from Robert Jones: “I remembered my first visit to Burnstall village hall years ago, when we were researching the play. I saw a whole row of green cupboards – that was what kicked off the idea of recreating the Yorkshire Dales landscape out of these cupboards. I didn’t want a naturalistic look, I wanted to keep it abstract. I’d already tried to put a mountain on stage at the London Palladium, when I did The Sound of Music, and it was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.

Sorry completely off topic (The Girls) but will anyone remember the lads who won this competition to be in The Band? I always think that they wait too long between the TV and stage show to maximise sales. By the time the theatre show comes along there is the latest X Factor or BGT winner taking all the media coverage.

Claire Machin seems surprised that they're not, on Twitter, as well.

Another great performance last night and a sham again that the upper circle is closed as has been of every visit of mine. That said I was a little concerned as to what the audience would be like, not bad behaviour but rather engagement, the audience seemed a bit timitd to begin with. That said, by the end of act 1 it seemed like everyone had been won over.
To start with I was slightly concerned about Claire Moore and Sophie Louise Dann as, for both, their voices seemed a bit flaky. Saying that, you'd have never known during their big numbers and didn't hold back. Frazer Hadfield was on again for Tommo and really impressed me, in the space of month he has really grown into the character with so few performances. Josh Benson (normal Tommo) was in the audience a few seats from me and that just demonstrated how much of a loving cast this is, especially with respect to his onstage mother Claire Machin and fellow young counterparts Ben Hunter, Chloe May Jackson and Frazer Hadfield. Unsurprisingly, there was a full standing ovation.

Just over 500 seats out of 1000 sold for tonight's performance and still no announcement about extending the show in a mere seven weeks. Heard a rumour about a touring show being interested in an Autumn slot at the Phoenix.

Closing in London 15 July. 42 venue UK tour opens Leeds Grand 15 August 2018.

I'm seeing tweets partytentdown - not official, but from people likely to be in the know.

Oh dear. I do want to see it - hopefully I will manage before it closes. Maybe Claire Machin will do the Titanic tour now, or have they already cast that?

just officially announced closing on 15th July on The Girls twitter

Closing in July. I must have words with my source - I was assured that it was 100% extending! My apologies folks.