Toyah plays Marsha Hunt in Joe Dunlop’s exciting play that tells the behind-the-scenes story of how Bob Geldof pulled off Live Aid in 1985. The play, Remember Live Aid is now available on BBC Sounds having never been repeated since 1995.
Based on interviews with those involved in the quest to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. It also tells the stories of several ordinary people with cause to remember the global benefit concert.
Directed by Andy Jordan, it was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 to mark Live Aid’s Tenth Anniversary in July 1995.
Bob Geldof …. Peter O’Meara
Marsha Hunt …. Toyah Willcox
Harvey Goldsmith …. Kenneth Cranham
Bernard Docherty …. Gary Olsen
Roger …. Stephen Critchlow
Simon Bates …. Himself
Samantha …. Jane Whittenshaw
Andy Zweck …. Jonathan Keeble
Pete Smith …. Roger May
Tony Powell …. Andrew Branch
Mike Appleton …. Geoffrey Whitehead
David Bowie / Mick Jagger …. Phil Cornwell
Midge Ure …. Tim Whitnall
Margaret Thatcher …. Steve Nallon
With:
Willie Jonah
Sandra James-Young
Sidney Cole
Rachel Atkins
Sean Raine
John Hartley
David Timson
John Guerassio
Natasha Pyne
Zulema Dene
Linda Regan
Featuring the voices of Paul McCartney and Phil Collins.