Legacy reader reviews
(from the previous Old Vic Theatre run in 2024. Some actors have now left the cast).
I've seen this one twice, once in the last row in the stalls and once in front row (you could even see that Maggie Thatcher had a runner in her pantyhose :-) ).
The first time I was really impressed and that was the reason why I tried to get a TodayTix rush ticket and was successful. I knew that I didn't like the role of Jemma when I fist saw it but when seeing it for the second time it was even worse.
I know that it's only the frame story that somebody from Generation Z gets all the information
about "Live Aid". So far so good, but when this Generation-Z-character then tries to moralise that Live Aid was racist because there were not enough black musicians on stage, then I can only say that this is just arrogant. How can a person who raises millions of pounds be racist when he tries to save thousands of lives in Africa?
And the Gen-Z-actors and actresses didn't really hit the "Live Aid Mood" of the 1980s at all. It was some kind of "We are the modern generation" and you did everything wrong and are to blame for climate problems and for everything else. And I'm vegan and you aren't.
This would have been a brilliant musical without the frame story and the arrogance of that Gen-Z-kid. I was 16 by the time of Live Aid and it was the first concert that was being broadcast live on German TV. Gosh, I do remember the discussion with my parents why I want to watch it. I even invited half my class to sit on our sofa in the living room and then my dad finally allowed us to use the TV set for the whole concert. Without the frame story it would have been ***** but as this frame story really annoyed me it's only worth ***.
