TUE 29 APR - SAT 3 MAY 2025
Tue - Sat at 19:30 | Wed, Thu, and Sat at 14:30

THE WHIP CRACKIN’ MUSICAL CLASSIC

Gosh almighty! Grab a posse because the whip crackin' musical comedy classic Calamity Jane is a rollin' on over the plains to a theatre near you. Based on the much-loved Doris Day movie, this plumb fancy new production stars the multi-award-winning West End actor and singer Carrie Hope Fletcher (Les Misérables, Heathers) and comes to York in 2025.

Joining Carrie Hope Fletcher as Calamity Jane will be Vinny Coyle (Johann Baptist zu Sonnenburg in Mozart: Her Story (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Hugo in Aspects of Love (Lyric Theatre) as Wild Bill Hickock, Luke Wilson (Much Ado About Nothing (Royal Shakespeare Company); Rockets & Blue Lights (National Theatre) as Danny, and Seren Sandham-Davies (Grandma Josephine /Cherry Sundae in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Aberystwyth Arts Centre).

Meet the fearless, gun slingin' Calamity Jane – biggest mouth in Dakota territory and always up for a fight. She'll charm you hog-eyed though, especially when trying to win the heart of the dashing Lieutenant Gilmartin, or shooting insults at the notorious Wild Bill Hickok. But when the men of Deadwood fall hard for Chicago stage star Adelaid Adams, Calamity struggles to keep her jealousy holstered. Her heart's a thumpin'... but who for?

With the sure-fire classic songs The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away), The Black Hills of Dakota, Just Blew in from the Windy City, and the Oscar-winning Secret Love, The Watermill Theatre’s Production of Calamity Jane, is directed by Nikolai Foster, co directed and choreographed by Nick Winston and features musical supervision by Olivier, Grammy and Tony Award winner Catherine Jayes.

What are you waiting for, you wild coyotes? Whip-crack-away and book now!