That Day We Sang
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Genre Drama Initial release December 26, 2014 Country United Kingdom | 7.4/10 IMDb Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on That Day We Sang Program creator British Broadcasting Corporation Nominations British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Production Design Similar movies Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
That Day We Sang is a British musical written by Victoria Wood. 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.
Contents
- Jimmy baker s audition that day we sang preview bbc two
- 2011 Manchester International Festival
- 2013 Manchester Royal Exchange Cast
- 2014 television film
- References
Jimmy baker s audition that day we sang preview bbc two
2011 Manchester International Festival
The play was commissioned for the Manchester International Festival, and was first performed at the Manchester Opera House in July 2011 for just ten performances. The cast were accompanied by the Halle Youth Orchestra.
2013 Manchester Royal Exchange Cast
A rewritten production opened at the Royal Exchange Theatre for Christmas 2013, directed by Sarah Frankcom.
2014 television film
Provisionally entitled 'Tubby and Enid', filming of a television adaption began on 6 January 2014 using locations in Liverpool, Manchester and Huddersfield Town Hall. It was produced by Paul Frift with executive producers Hilary Bevan Jones and Matthew Read and eventually broadcast under the original name on 26 December 2014. Seen by 2.57 million viewers, it was the 8th most watched programme on BBC2 that week. 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 film, was broadcast the following day and featured archive clips from the original reunion documentary about the real-life choristers which Wood has first viewed in her twenties.
References
That Day We Sang WikipediaThat Day We Sang IMDb That Day We Sang themoviedb.org