Greatest Days: The Movie Soundtrack

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Greatest Days is a jukebox musical with music and lyrics by Take That and a book by Tim Firth. It received its world premiere under its original title The Band at the Manchester Opera House, in September 2017, before embarking on a UK and Ireland tour and opened at the Theatre Royal Haymarket at London's West End in December 2018. The band was cast through the 2017 BBC reality television show Let It Shine. [2]

Could it be magic? Rachel and friends dance with The Boys. (Image credit: Elysian Film Group) What's the plot of Greatest Days? The boys in the band are being played by newcomers Aaron Bryan, Dalvin Cory, Joshua Jung, Mark Samaras and Mervin Noronha. Greatest Days is the jukebox musical movie that follows five young best friends who have the night of their lives seeing their favourite boyband in concert in the 1990s.Greatest Days follows 16-year old Rachel and her gang of four best friends from Clitheroe, Lancashire — Debbie, Claire, Zoe and Heather — who become firm friends through their shared love of a boyband they watch religiously on Top Of The Pops every week. Like the stage production, the movie follows four schoolgirls who had their lives changed at a concert by their favourite boyband, and then reunite 25 years later to reminisce on their memories.

In the present day, 25 years on, the friends reunite for one more epic show by their beloved band and discover their lives have all changed in many different ways. Can they relight their friendship after all these years?Greatest Days is a movie basically for anybody who loved their friends when they were growing up, and anybody who loved a band. So, we’ve all been there,” says Coky. After a life-changing event sees the young girls go their separate ways, they reunite 25 years later, when Rachel wins a local radio competition to see the boys on their reunion tour in Greece.

It was previously reported that Cush Jumbo, Ruth Wilson and Rosamund Pike were in talks to feature in the film. It puts a mirror on our audience – it’s a celebration of our music but it’s literally all about the fans and their friendships.The musical made its German premiere at the Theater des Westens in Berlin for a limited run from 11 April 2019 to September 2019, followed by a run in Munich from 11 October 2019 to 3 November 2019.

Robbie Williams and Mark Owen reunite as they sit in Robbie's kids' high chairs: 'Babies of the band!' It’s about friendship and the power of the songs they loved. The band and the bits are secondary; it’s about the fans who loved them." On Thursday the 8th of June 2023, Greatest Days premiered on Arvia’s sister ship Iona. The show has the same creative team as Arvia. People keep saying this is a Take That movie, but it’s not about Take That,” she adds. "To be absolutely clear: I, spoiler alert, do not play Gary Barlow in the origin story of Take That."

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Founding members Robbie Williams and Jason Orange, who quit Take That in 2014 and retired from touring and making music, isn't involved in the project. In August 2022 it was announced that a special adaptation of Greatest Days would be performed exclusively onboard new P&O Cruises Ship Arvia. The show had its premiere on Monday 9th of January 2023. It was directed by James Robert Moore, with choreography by Ian West, musical direction by Roxanna Shirley, arrangements by Steve Parry, set design by Steve Howell, costume by Carry On Costumes, sound design by Leigh Davies, video and lighting design by Ben Bull and associate direction by Grace Currie. The boys will always be Rachel’s support system," explains leading lady Aisling. "She may not have needed them as much lately as she did before, but when she does need them, they are always there for her. Even when sometimes she wishes they weren't!"