Trafalgar Entertainment’s new stage production of the beloved film, Steel Magnolias, is now up and running across the UK.

The hilarious and heart–warming play based on a true story, which enjoyed huge global success in the hit 1989 film adaptation starring Dolly Parton and Julia Roberts, opened its tour at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley last month.

The star–studded all–female ensemble cast comprises Laura Main (Shelagh Turner in BBC One’s Call the Midwife), Lucy Speed (known for her television roles on EastEnders and The Bill, and as a new cast member on BBC Radio 4’s The Archers), Harriet Thorpe (best known as Carole Parkinson in The Brittas Empire and Fleur in Absolutely Fabulous), Diana Vickers (The X Factor star who has gone on to lead roles in many theatre productions including Dial M For Murder and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice), Elizabeth Ayodele (Playboy of the West Indies) and Caroline Harker (A Touch of Frost), who bring this very funny and touching story of friendship and the strength that women derive from one another beautifully to life on stage.

‘Big hair and big heart’
Broadway World

‘As cosy as cocoa with a shot of bourbon’
The Times

Steel Magnolias, which was first performed off-Broadway in 1987, is the story of six women who come together in a small-town beauty salon in the American South and prove that female friendship conquers all. Faced with the highs and lows of love and life, and amongst the chaos of work, marriage and children, they unite to gossip, unwind and set the world to rights.

Watch the trailer for the show below!