PHOTOS: Gala Night For The Girls

Last night the great and the good gathered for the Bloodwise Gala Night of The Girls - a new musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth which opens in the West End tonight Tuesday 21 February 2017.

Celebrity guests, who were in the presence of HRH The Duke of Kent and HRH The Countess of Wessex, included Graham Norton, Mel Giedroyc, Mark Owen, Michael Ball, and Angus Deayton. At the curtain all, the cast were joined on stage by writers Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, producers David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Bob Wankel of The Shubert Organization, and the original Calendar Girls.

The 'Girls' are played by Debbie Chazen, Sophie-Louise Dann, Michele Dotrice, Claire Machin, Claire Moore and Joanna Riding. The Girls is directed by Tim Firth.

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Angela Baker meeting HRH Countess of Wessex.

Gary Barlow, the cast of The Girls and the original Calendar Girls.

HRH Countess Of Wessex

HRH Countess Of Wessex, Angela Baker, Ros Fawcett, Christine Clancy and Trish Stewart.

Michael Ball and Graham Norton

Michele Dotrice, Claire Machin, Calire Moore, Joanna Riding, Debbie Chazen, Sophie Louise Dann

Michele Dotrice, Claire Machin, Claire Moore, Joanna Riding, Tim Firth, Gary Barlow, Debbie Chazen, Sophie Louise Dann.

Sophie Louise Dann and Joanna Riding

Mark Owen

Mel Giedroyc and Graham Norton

Michael Ball

Sian Phillips

The cast of The Girls

The cast of The Girls

The cast of The Girls with the Original Girls

The cast of The Girls meeting HRH Countess of Wessex

Trevor Nunn