Anyone remember the biggest concert ever staged in the history of the world? The makers of Just For One Day are banking on it, in this competent but frustratingly shallow reconstruction of Live Aid, which races through its origin story, cranks out its big hits and tells us, among other insights, that we can change the world if we work together.
After a premiere at the Old Vic, the show has moved - tightened, tweaked - to the Shaftesbury Theatre where it ousts Mrs Doubtfire, by the same writer John O’Farrell. He set himself some rules when he was writing this one: it shouldn’t be a straightforward hagiography; it shouldn’t be full of people doing impressions of popstars; and it should be fun. He pushes all three rules to breaking point.
