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The world premiere run of Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at the Lyric Theatre has been extended up to 18 September 2022.
Produced by Playful Productions, Stage Play and Cedella Marley, the production which stars Arinzé Kene (Misty, Bush Theatre/Trafalgar Studios, Girl from the North Country, The Old Vic) as Bob Marley and Gabrielle Brooks (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Sheffield Crucible, Our House, The Savoy) as Rita Marley, celebrated its opening night in the West End last week.
Developed with the backing of Marley’s family and with unlimited access to the musician’s platinum-selling catalogue of music, Billy Elliot The Musical writer Lee Hall’s latest musical is directed by Clint Dyer.
Kene and Brooks appear alongside Shanay Holmes (Thriller Live, The Lyric, High Fidelity, Turbine Theatre) as Cindy Breakspeare, Sophia Mackay (The Grinning Man, Trafalgar Theatre, Bubbly Black Girl Who Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Theatre Royal Stratford East) as Judy Mowatt, Melissa Brown-Taylor (The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales, This Is Elvis UK tour) as Marcia Griffiths, Jacade Simpson (The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales, Kiss Me Kate, Opera North) as Bunny Wailer and Natey Jones (Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, Aldwych Theatre, Small Island, National Theatre) as Peter Tosh.
The cast also includes Daniel Bailey, Craig Blake, Charles Blyth, Maxwell Cole, Athena Collins, Michael Duke, Kimmy Edwards, Raphael Estavia, Henry Faber, Cannon Hay, Savanna Jeffrey, Rohan Pinnock-Hamilton, Cleopatra Rey, Julene Robinson, Nate Simpson, Archie Smith, Declan Spaine, Jaime Tait and Teddy Wills.
Tracing Marley’s journey from his home in rural Jamaica to the international stage, the creative team for the production includes choreographer Shelley Maxwell, musical supervisor Phil Bateman, set designer Chloe Lamford, lighting designer Charles Balfour, sound designer Tony Gayle, costume designer Lisa Duncan, video designer Tal Yarden, casting director Pippa Ailion and musical director Sean Green with wigs, hair and make-up by Campbell Young.
Angela Thomas
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