It’s the encore you’ve been ready for! Following a critically acclaimed, sold-out run at The Old Vic, JUST FOR ONE DAY – The Live Aid Musical is again for an additional day! Playing on the Shaftesbury Theatre from Thursday 15 May 2025, earlier than a Special Gala Performance on Sunday 13 July, precisely 40 years after the long-lasting concert events had been staged in London and Philadelphia.
Who’s within the solid?
Craige Els returns within the position of Bob Geldof with additional casting to be introduced.
Creative workforce
Joining John O’Farrell and Luke Sheppard on the artistic workforce of JUST FOR ONE DAY – The Live Aid Musical are: Musical Supervision, Arrangements & Orchestration by Matthew Brind, Choreography by Ebony Molina, Set by Soutra Gilmour, Costume by Fay Fullerton, Lighting by Howard Hudson, Sound by Gareth Owen, Video & Animation by Andrzej Goulding and Casting by Stuart Burt CDG.
What’s the present about?
On 13 July 1985, music united the world.
40 years on, uncover the story of Live Aid in a complete new manner — in London’s West End at JUST FOR ONE DAY – The Live Aid Musical.
This exhilarating night time out “rocks in all the right ways” (WhatsOnStage), with hit songs by Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Who, U2, Queen, Madonna, The Police, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Diana Ross and extra of the long-lasting artists who made historical past at simultaneous charitable concert events in London and Philadelphia.
Live Aid was an unprecedented international music occasion that introduced 1.5 billion individuals collectively, they usually all have a narrative to inform about ‘the day rock ‘n’ roll modified the world’. Whether you noticed it stay, watched it from dwelling or weren’t even born but, you received’t wish to miss this “rip-roaring” (The Telegraph) and “remarkable” (Daily Mail) new musical written by John O’Farrell (Mrs. Doubtfire, Something Rotten!) and directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet, The Little Big Things).
10% from the sale of all tickets shall be donated on to The Band Aid Charitable Trust.
By permission of The Band Aid Charitable Trust.
Assisted performances
TBC