bob marley has become a west end musical. emma north went to meet the people behind it. # get up, stand up. # stand up for your rights. this is the first time i ve ever felt the floor shaking when i m on stage. i ve never felt that before. because of. people get up on their feet and they dance and they move. and i was stood right here, about last week, and i thought that there was an earthquake! the earthquake was down to a world first. london s west end, and i ve come to see this show. very excited. about time, dammit, it s about time. i ve been waiting for this day i ve been waiting! cheering. the actor playing one of the most famous musicians in history knows the responsibility he carries. what s it like playing someone whose voice is recognised i m not up there doing a bob marley impression.
i ve been waiting for this day i ve been waiting! cheering. the actor playing one of the most famous musicians in history knows the responsibility he carries. what s it like playing someone whose voice is recognised all over the world? i m not up there doing a bob marley impression. there is a certain level of interpretation that has to kind of come into the fold you know, like, how do i interpret this man s love for his music and for his words and for his religion and for the women in his life? how does that physically affect my performance? # could you be loved and be loved? from the boy abandoned by his father, to the homeless teenager sleeping on a studio floor in kingston so he could wake up and make music, marley s life from cradle to grave is told. marley s music provides the context. it brims over with activism, politics and power. whilst it is political,
and they dance and they move. and i was stood right here, about, last week, and i thought that there was an earthquake! the earthquake was down to a world first. london s west end, and i ve come to see this show. very excited. about time, dammit, it s about time. waiting for this day i ve been waiting! cheering. the actor playing one of the most famous musicians in history knows the responsibility he carries. what s it like playing someone whose voice is recognised all over the world? i m not up there doing a bob marley impression. there is a certain level of interpretation that has to kind of come into the fold you know, like, how do i interpret this man s love for his music and for his words and for his religion and for the women in his life? how does that physically affect my performance? # could you be loved and be loved?
shaking when i m on stage. i ve never felt that before. because of. people get up on their feet and they dance and they move. and i was stood right here, about last week, and i thought that there was an earthquake! the earthquake was down to a world first. london s west end, and i ve come to see this show. very excited. about time, dammit, it s about time. i ve been waiting for this day i ve been waiting! cheering. the actor playing one of the most famous musicians in history knows the responsibility he carries. what s it like playing someone whose voice is recognised all over the world? i m not up there doing a bob marley impression. there is a certain level of interpretation that has to kind of come into the fold you know, like, how do i interpret this man s love for his music and for his words and for his religion and for the women in his life? how does that physically affect my performance? # could you be loved and be loved?