That Day We Sang

That Day We Sang
DVD cover
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 2011 (2011-07-06): Manchester Opera House
Productions	2011 Manchester International Festival 2013 Manchester Royal Exchange 2014 television film

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.

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, under the direction of Victoria Wood,^[1] for just ten performances. The cast was accompanied by a choir and the Hallé Youth Orchestra.^[2]

• Vincent Franklin as Tubby
• Jenna Russell as Enid
• Lorraine Bruce as Dorothy/Pauline
• Raif Clarke as Young Jimmy
• Alison Pargeter as Gertrude Riall

2013 Manchester Royal Exchange Cast

A rewritten production opened at the Royal Exchange Theatre for Christmas 2013, directed by Sarah Frankcom.^{[citation needed]}

• Dean Andrews as Tubby
• Anna Francolini as Enid
• Kelly Price as Gertrude Riall

2014 television film

That Day We Sang
Genre	Drama Musical
Created by	Victoria Wood
Written by	Victoria Wood
Directed by	Victoria Wood
Starring	Imelda Staunton Michael Ball
Composer	Victoria Wood
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Hilary Bevan Jones Matthew Read
Producer	Paul Frift
Running time	90 minutes
Production companies	BBC Endor Productions
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	26 December 2014 (2014-12-26)
Related
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 eighth most watched programme on BBC Two that week.^[9] It was Wood's last major work before her death in April 2016.

• Imelda Staunton as Enid
• Michael Ball as Tubby (Jimmy)
• Sophie Thompson as Dorothy
• Conleth Hill as Frank
• Harvey Chaisty as Young Jimmy (Tubby)
• Dorothy Atkinson as Gertrude Riall
• Daniel Rigby as Mr. Kirkby
• Jessica Gunning as Pauline
• Lyndsey Marshal as Sal
• Charles De'Ath as Lionel
• Malcolm Sinclair as Sir Hamilton Harty
• Ian Lavender as Commissionaire/Older Mr. Kirkby
• Chris Jordan as The Director

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]

References

1. Hicking, Alfred (7 July 2011). "That Day We Sang – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
2. Ward, David (30 June 2011). "Victoria Wood recalls a historic day for Manchester music". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
3. Nissim, Mayer (5 December 2013). "Imelda Staunton, Michael Ball for Victoria Wood drama Tubby and Enid". Digital Spy. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
4. Wright, Jade (29 January 2014). "Michael Ball enjoys a laugh during Tubby & Enid filming". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
5. Jones, Catherine (17 January 2014). "Victoria Wood in city as stars film new show". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
6. Atkinson, Neil (11 January 2014). "Victoria Wood, Imelda Staunton and Michael Ball in Huddersfield for new BBC film". Examiner. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
7. "Tubby And Enid: BBC Two announces new drama by Victoria Wood". BBC. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
8. Paton, Maureen (26 December 2014). "That Day We Sang: 'Stories do also happen to people over 25'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
9. "Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018) | BARB".
10. "BBC Programme Index". 26 December 2014.
11. "England, My England (1995) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

External links

• That Day We Sang at IMDb