VICTORIA WOOD’S NOSTALGIC
LOVE STORY
COMES TO THE ROYAL EXCHANGE
THAT DAY WE SANG
By Victoria Wood
Directed by Sarah Frankcom
Designed by James Cotterill
The Royal Exchange Theatre
St Ann’s Square
Manchester
Thursday 5 December 2013 to Saturday
18 January 2014
Press Night: TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER at 7.30pm
THAT DAY WE SANG –
a play with music by Victoria Wood –
comes to the stage of Manchester’s Royal
Exchange Theatre from Thursday 5
December 2013 to Saturday 18
January 2014.
The show has been reinvented and re-orchestrated for the
Royal Exchange’s unique space by BAFTA award-winning writer Victoria Wood - one of Britain's best loved stand-up comedians,
and creator of VICTORIA WOOD AS SEEN ON TV, DINNERLADIES and ACORN ANTIQUES:
THE MUSICAL!
THAT DAY WE SANG
is a big-hearted and nostalgic Manchester love story for all the family. Set in
the summer of ‘69, insurance clerk Tubby and secretary Enid are back on stage
at the Free Trade Hall. Granada Television are recording a documentary
celebrating the forty years since they first stood there as children, singing
their hearts out with fellow school pupils and accompanied by the Halle
Orchestra.
This is the humorous, warm and uplifting story of two people
who are trying to reconnect with who they were then and who they could be now.
The show was commissioned for the Manchester International Festival 2011 and
was one of the must-see events that year.
The production will feature a 25-strong children’s choir, featuring
youngsters from schools across Greater Manchester.
Talking about the show, Victoria
Wood said: 'It is a play with songs, and dancing and insurance men. It’s a
love story – played against a background of The Wimpy, The Golden Egg,
Piccadilly Gardens … it’s a very Mancunian story.'
The cast includes Dean
Andrews, as Tubby, best known for
his role as DS Ray Carling in the BBC TV
drama LIFE ON MARS and the spin-off series ASHES TO ASHES; and Anna Francolini, as
Enid, who was last seen at the Royal Exchange in A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE. Her other
stage credits include INTO THE WOODS (Royal Opera House), THE PRIME OF MISS
JEAN BRODIE (Royal & Derngate, Northampton) and ONASSIS (Novello Theatre)
and her film and TV work includes
TOPSY-TURVY and ROME.
The cast also includes Sally
Banks, Andy Brady, Faye Brookes, Joel Danziger, Craige Els,
William Haresceugh, Darren Lawrence, Laura Medforth, Aki Omoshaybi, Kelly
Price, Alex Starke and James
Quinn.
The production is directed by Royal Exchange Artistic
Director Sarah Frankcom. Her recent RET successes
include PUNK ROCK, WINTERLONG, THE LADY FROM THE SEA, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE,
MISS JULIE, BLACK ROSES: THE KILLING OF SOPHIE LANCASTER and OPRHEUS DESCENDING
and THREE BIRDS. She also directed MASQUE OF ANARCHY, with Maxine Peake, for
this year’s Manchester International Festival.
The creative team is completed by James Cotterill (designer), Nigel
Lilley (musical supervisor), Ian
Townsend (musical director), Sammy
Murray Brown (choreographer), Jeff
Borradaile (choir master), Johanna
Town (lighting designer), Peter Rice
(sound designer), Sorcha Williams (associate
sound designer) and Liz Stevenson (assistant
director).
For further
information please contact JOHN GOODFELLOW (Press & Communications Manager,
Royal Exchange Theatre) on 0161 615 6783 / john.goodfellow@royalexchange.co.uk.
Production photos for THAT
DAY WE SANG will be available for download from the Royal Exchange Theatre Online Press Office from Monday 9 December
2013 at www.royalexchange.co.uk/press
Link to online
information http://tinyurl.com/pbu4ggu
THAT DAY WE SANG - Listings Information
The Royal Exchange Theatre presents
THAT DAY WE SANG
By Victoria Wood
Directed by Sarah Frankcom
Designed by James Cotterill
The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Thursday 5 December 2013 – Saturday 18 January 2014
Evening Performance Times: Monday – Saturday 7.30pm (no
performance Christmas Day)
Matinee Performance Times: Wednesdays and Saturdays at
2.30pm
Press Night: Tuesday 10 December, 7.30pm
Half Price Previews: Thursday 5 & Friday 6 December
Ticket Prices: From £10 (Concessions Available)
Cheap Seats: Tickets £6.00 for
Students and 25-year-olds and under, Fridays only
Audio-described Performance:
Saturday 4 January, 2.30pm
BSL Interpreted Performance:
Tuesday 14 January, 7.30pm
Captioned Performance: Friday 10
January, 7.30pm
Backstage tour: Wednesday 11
December, 11am
After-show Discussion with
Director Sarah Frankcom: Thursday 9 January after 7.30pm performance
Box Office: 0161 833 9833.
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