Calamity Jane: ‘It’s a role that’s got everything’

Oh, the Deadwood Stage is a-rollin’ up Misery Hill. Yep, the much-loved musical Calamity Jane is heading to Dublin and John Byrne talks to the show’s star, West End legend Carrie Hope Fletcher.

Now you’re talkin’! There have been some amazing shows at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin over the years – but few can match the sheer exuberant joy that is Calamity Jane.

No childhood is complete without falling in love with Doris Day in the film about the Wild West’s ultimate tomboy. That 1953 musical has been a TV staple for decades, and inspired a stage musical that arrived in 1961 and has enjoyed many revivals ever since. Find out more here.

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