Just For One Day - Old Vic / Shaftesbury

From what I've heard of the project in its workshop stages it actually sounds great - Luke Sheppard certainly the hot director at the moment, so I think this will likely do really well.

Yeah, count me in for this!

Not crazy about this idea, especially when at least half of the artists who originally were part of Live Aid are still active. I'd rather hear the original artists in a one night only event than see * another * jukebox musical.

I hope they will change the title, because I assumed this was a single concert (just for one day) of a Live Aid Musical and not a full run.

Can't say I'm excited about another jukebox thing, but at least this time it's my era/style of music. None of the cast members mean anything to me so aren't an enticement to book.

I'll wait and see how this develops, which songs/artists are actually warmed up for this and what people are saying about the show.

It all sounds very self-aggrandizing and the idea of paying £90 for a musical about trying to end world hunger seems a bit ...weird. Maybe just send the money to an apprproiate charity instead?

I’m a bit confused about what form this will take. On the one hand, Bob Geldof says it isn’t going to be a tribute style show with impersonations of the performers, but praises Craig Els’ impression of himself presumably acting as compère.

An entire act revolving around why Adam and the Ants decided to play their new single, please.

Somebody told them that ridicule is nothing to be scared of.

None of the cast members mean anything to you? Isn’t it great that it’s not full of names that a shoe horned into a production to get bums on seats?
I wish that was my deal breaker on if I should go and see a show or not…. But my theatre trips are all the richer for not being hooked im by Kerry Ellis and Lee Mead.

That got me told!!! I respect your opinion.

Bob Geldof is an icon - love him or loathe him, he is truly a one-off. Who can forget his "F*** the address, get the numbers on screen" (translated into the urban myth "give us your f***ing money now"). I was fortunate to work at Planet 24 Television, which he co-owned, and his charisma literally lit up the room wherever he went. As well as being a champion fundraiser, Bob is also an astute businessman and one of the most media savvy people around. Simply pumping out an interview with him today will have reached many times the audience that would otherwise have heard about this show. For me, will David Bowie introducing "Drive" by The Cars become a new "Bui Doi" moment for musical theatre? You could do so much theatrically with that song on its own. My abiding memory after the heat of that day, watching as a young boy, was being so locked on to the whole marathon of music, that I went to bed and listened to the American part of the show on my radio. I remember Cherish being played by Kool and the Gang as the thunder barrelled over my parent's home, and just crying in my bed at the memory of starving children my own age. It really affected me and shaped my thinking about the kind of world I wanted to live in and contribute to. I think this show has the potential to be powerful, moving, and awaken a new audience.