Hawera Repertory will mark a theatrical milestone in February, 2014 when they present the very last amateur production of the play Calendar Girls, the stage version of a successful 2003 film.
Publicity officer Ben Thomas (pictured) already featured on page six today as Supreme Winner of the Bizlink Hawera Awards, said they were amazed to discover that Hawera would see the final amateur performance of this popular British comedy.
The amateur rights were released by writers Tim Firth and Julie Towhidi from September 1, 2012 for 18 months only.
By August 2012, 520 applications throughout the world had been received and 322 licences were granted.
"And we were one of them ... well thank goodness we're staging it before the amateur rights were cut off. We've just scraped in."