Just For One Day
- 2hr 35min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Shaftesbury Theatre
- 4.7/5 based on 52 reviews
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- Booking details
- Booking from: Thursday, 15 May 2025 Booking until: Saturday, 10 January 2026
- Running time: 2hr 35min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Age restrictions
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Just For One Day description
In 1983 a deadly famine hit Ethiopia. In the wealthy Western world, politicians stood by and watched. Two pop stars decided enough was enough, and Live Aid was born. This epic show celebrates the events and the people they brought together.
70 chart legends and two internationally-screened concerts later, $127 million had been raised to help the victims of the famine. The charity, the Band Aid Trust, is still going strong and 10% of the ticket sales for this show will be donated to it.
This is your chance to experience what happened when Live Aid hit Wembley and Philadelphia, changing the face of fundraising forever thanks to Bob Geldof from the Boomtown rats and Midge Ure from Ultravox. The concerts attracted a huge TV audience of 1.5 billion people, and everyone who saw them, either live or on telly, never forgot the experience.
The stars from ’85 when Live Aid rocked the planet
With the director of & Juliet and the writer of Mrs Doubtfire, on board, you can expect a rip-roaring event. The music comes from Bowie, Queen, Elton John, The Who, U2, Diana Ross, The Police, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, The Pretenders, The Cars, Status Quo, Paul Weller, Sade, The Boomtown Rats, Bryan Adams, Ultravox and many more, and Craige Els (Doctor Who, Matilda The Musical) plays Bob Geldof.
The show is directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet, The Little Big Things), and the book is by John O’Farrell (Mrs Doubtfire), who has collaborated with Sir Bob Geldof himself. Matthew Brind responsible for the musical supervision, arrangements and orchestration and Ebony Molina for the choreography. Soutra Gilmour is the set designer and Fay Fullerton is the costume designer. Howard Hudson is the lighting designer, Gareth Owen the sound designer, Andrzej Goulding has created the video and animation and Stuart Burt is responsible for the casting.
This is an Old Vic Production, staged with the permission of The Band Aid Charitable Trust and supported by Jamie Wilson Productions, Kevin McCollum, Sonia Friedman Productions, Gavin Kalin Productions, Kenny Wax Ltd and the Ambassador Theatre Group.
