A brand new video has dropped from the rehearsal room of forthcoming The Old Vic show Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical.
The cast of the show are seen rehearsing, and singing ‘Drive’ by The Cars.
The huge new musical opens at The Old Vic in London later this month, on 26 January, and will play to 30 March 2024.
The cast of Just For One Day includes Craige Els (Matilda The Musical, Doctor Who, Antigone) as Bob Geldof, plus Naomi Katiyo (Treason The Musical, Ain’t Too Proud), Julie Atherton (Sister Act The Musical), Ashley Campbell (Tammy Faye), Jackie Clune (Billy Elliot The Musical), Olly Dobson (Back to the Future), Joel Montague (Hamilton), Danielle Steers (Six), James Hameed (Eugenius!), Hope Kenna (Wendy and Peter Pan), Freddie Love (But I’m a Cheerleader), Emily Ooi (To Wong Foo), and Rhys Wilkinson (& Juliet).
The cast also includes Jason Battersby, Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong, Joe Edgar, Kerry Enright, Jo Foster, Collette Guitart, Eddie Mann, AJ Lewis, Rachel Moran, Abiona Omonua, Jack Shalloo, Tamara Tare and Dyd Wynford.
The musical is about Live Aid, the global phenomenon that took place in 1985, organised by Rock stars Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the Ethiopian famine crisis.
The 70 artists who performed in Live Aid did so in front of an audience of 1.5 billion, and $127 million was raised for famine relief.
The Old Vic show is directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet, The Little Big Things, Starlight Express), and written by John O’Farrell (Mrs Doubtfire, Something Rotten), with Live Aid’s Bob Geldof collaborating on the project.
Joining Sheppard in the creative team are Matthew Brind (musical supervision, arrangements and orchestration), Ebony Molina (choreography), Soutra Gilmour (set design), Fay Fullerton (costumes), Howard Hudson (lighting design), Gareth Owen (sound design), Andrzej Goulding (video and animation), and Stuart Burt (casting).
The songs in Just For One Day are many of the hits performed at the Live Aid event, including songs from Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Who, U2, Queen, The Police, Elton John, Paul McCartney, The Pretenders, The Cars, Status Quo, Paul Weller, Sade, The Boomtown Rats, Bryan Adams, Diana Ross, Ultravox and more.
Just For One Day is playing at The Old Vic from 26 January to 30 March 2024.
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