That Day We Sang is a British musical written and composed by Victoria Wood.[1] It is based on a true story of the reunion of a famous recording of Nymphs and Shepherds in 1929 by The Manchester Children's Choir.
That Day We Sang | |
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Music | Victoria Wood |
Lyrics | Victoria Wood |
Book | Victoria Wood |
Basis | Reunion of the 1929 recording of Nymphs and Shepherds by The Manchester Children's Choir |
Premiere | 6 July 2011Manchester Opera House : |
Productions | 2011 Manchester International Festival 2013 Manchester Royal Exchange 2014 television film |
The play was commissioned for the Manchester International Festival, and was first performed at the Manchester Opera House in July 2011, under the direction of Victoria Wood,[1] for just ten performances. The cast was accompanied by a choir and the Hallé Youth Orchestra.[2]
A rewritten production opened at the Royal Exchange Theatre for Christmas 2013, directed by Sarah Frankcom.[citation needed]
That Day We Sang | |
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Created by | Victoria Wood |
Written by | Victoria Wood |
Directed by | Victoria Wood |
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Composer | Victoria Wood |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
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Producer | Paul Frift |
Running time | 90 minutes |
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Release | 26 December 2014 |
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That Day We Sang (2011), (2013) |
Provisionally entitled Tubby and Enid, filming of a television adaption began on 6 January 2014[3] using locations in Liverpool, Manchester and Huddersfield Town Hall.[4][5][6] It was produced by Paul Frift with executive producers Hilary Bevan Jones and Matthew Read[7] and eventually broadcast under the original name on 26 December 2014.[8] Seen by 2.57 million viewers, it was the 8th most watched programme on BBC2 that week.[9] It was Wood's last major work before her death in April 2016.
An hour-long documentary That Musical We Made, about the making of the telefilm, was broadcast the following day and featured archive clips from the original reunion documentary about the real-life choristers which Wood first viewed in her twenties.[10]
Michael Ball played Nymphs and Shepherds composer Henry Purcell in the 1995 film England, My England.[11]