A group of Somerset women have posed nude for a charity calendar to raise funds for Blood Cancer UK.
The calendar features teachers, doctors, midwives and business owners from across the county and is part of a fundraiser linked to a production of Calendar Girls The Musical by the Glastonbury and Street Musical Comedy Society (GSMCS).
Performances will take place at Strode Theatre in Street from Wednesday, April 22, to Saturday, April 25.
Inspired by the real-life Women's Institute members who created a naked calendar 27 years ago, the cast posed in classic WI-themed shots using cakes, knitting, jam, and teapots to cover themselves.
Tickets for the musical are nearly sold out, with limited seats still available starting at £20.
Further details and ticket bookings can be found at gsmcs.co.uk.
Mary Parker, owner of the Abbey Tea Rooms in Glastonbury and producer of this year’s GSMCS musical, said: "The ladies have been such good sports to take part in this.
"To say it was nerve-racking is an understatement – it’s not every day you strip down to nothing to sit in the window of your own tea rooms in Glastonbury High Street drinking a cup of tea.
"We’ve got a long way to go to match the £6m raised by the original Calendar Girls, but all the profit we make on the calendars will be going to a good cause."
The original calendar raised £6m for Blood Cancer UK and became the inspiration for Calendar Girls The Musical.
Street and Glastonbury’s version features women aged 38 to 75, many of whom are well-known in the area for their appearances in local musicals.
The calendar is priced at £8.50, with £5 from each sale going directly to Blood Cancer UK, and can be purchased at gsmcs.co.uk/shop.
Sarah Scammell, a 45-year-old midwife from West Huntspill, said: "I wasn’t sure what to make of it at first, but once I’d stripped down to my birthday suit and climbed on top of that bar, I got right in the swing of it.
"And it’s all for charity, so that’s an added bonus.
"I now feel fully prepared to bare all on stage."
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