If you liked Calendar Girls, you’ll love Ladies’ Day

There’s something rather special about a great British comedy. The best ones make you laugh, give you characters you recognise instantly, and then, somewhere between the jokes, manage to sneak up on you with something unexpectedly touching. That’s exactly what attracted us to Amanda Whittington’s Ladies’ Day.

After the wonderful response to our production of Calendar Girls, we knew we wanted to find another play with that same irresistible combination of friendship, warmth, laughter and women grabbing life with both hands. We think we’ve found it.

Four women. One day at the races. What could possibly go wrong?

Ladies’ Day follows four women who work together in a fish-packing factory. When Royal Ascot temporarily relocates to York, they decide it’s far too good an opportunity to miss.

Out come the dresses. On go the hats. There’s champagne to be drunk, bets to be placed and, for one glorious day, the ordinary routine of work can be left behind.

Except, of course, things don’t quite go according to plan.

As the day unfolds, we discover there’s much more going on in the lives of Jan, Pearl, Shelley and Linda than first appears. Beneath the comedy are hopes, disappointments, secrets and dreams — and the sort of friendships that can survive all of them.

Why we chose Ladies’ Day

We loved Calendar Girls because it was genuinely funny without ever making its characters ridiculous. Its women were complicated, recognisable and gloriously human. Ladies’ Day has that same quality.

Amanda Whittington writes women brilliantly. Jan, Pearl, Shelley and Linda are very different characters, and that’s where much of the fun comes from. But there’s real affection underneath the banter. It’s also a play about taking a chance.

For one day, four ordinary women step outside their everyday lives and allow themselves to wonder whether things might be different. Some are looking for love. Some are looking for excitement. Some may be looking for something they haven’t quite admitted even to themselves.

And all of this happens against the wonderfully ridiculous backdrop of Ladies’ Day at the races.

Big hats are involved. Naturally, Spotlight Theatre Company couldn’t resist.

If you enjoyed Calendar Girls…

…this is very much a show for you.

You can expect plenty of laughs, larger-than-life moments and four women you’ll quickly feel you know. But, just like Calendar Girls, there’s heart behind the humour.

Ladies’ Day by Amanda Whittington

Saturday 31 October 2026 - 19:30
Sunday 1 November 2026 - 15:00

Salle Polyvalente, Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan 17500

Tickets: €15 - ON SALE NOW

€2 from every ticket goes directly to Cancer Support France Ouest Aquitaine.

Book your tickets now: www.spotlighttheatre.fr

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.