GET UP STAND UP! THE BOB MARLEY MUSICAL announces new casting

Photo credit: Craig Sugden

It has been announced that, for the final weeks of the West End season, David Albury will take over the role of Bob Marley from Michael Duke in Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at the Lyric Theatre.

Currently playing the role of Alternate Bob Marley, David Albury’s previous credits include Motown the Musical (West End), Committee… (Donmar Warehouse), The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Birmingham Rep) as well as understudying and playing Simba in Disney’s The Lion King (National Tour). 

Cleopatra Rey (Motown the Musical and Dirty Dancing, West End) will play Rita Marley, taking over the role from Gabrielle Brooks. Cleopatra Rey currently plays Mrs Grey/Aunty Viola and is an understudy for Rita Marley.

Joining the company will be Ivano Turco as the Alternate Bob Marley, Tom Bowen as Doctor, Newtion Matthews as Coxsone Dodd/Lee Perry/Bucky, Philip Kamau as Little Bob, Kristiano Ricardo as Little Bob, Zack Richards as Little Bob, Jack Matthew as Ensemble, Andrè Antonio (Swing), Cartell Green-Brown (Swing), Michael Jeremiah (Swing), Summer Priest (Swing) and Lauran Rae (Swing).

Continuing in the show in the same roles are Craig Blake as DJ Sway/Claudie Massop, Melissa Brown-Taylor as Marcia Griffiths, Shanay Holmes as Cindy Breakspeare, Sophia Mackay as Judy Mowatt, Julene Robinson as Mama, Jacade Simpson as Bunny Wailer, Nate Simpson as Intermediate Bob Marley, Callum Jaye as Cover Intermediate Bob Marley, Jaime Tait, Luke Buck, Viquichele Cross, Llewellyn Jamal, Kieran McGinn and Pharrell Marshall-Green. Continuing in the show but taking on different roles are Charles Blyth as Chris Blackwell, Rohan Pinnock-Hamilton as Peter Tosh, Amarra Smith as Mrs Grey/Aunty Viola, and Athena Collins.

Award-winner Clint Dyer directs this critically acclaimed production which features Marley’s magical, revolutionary songs and a book by award-winning Lee Hall. Nominated for four Olivier Awards, the explosive production celebrates the immense life and timely message of Jamaican soul rebel Bob Marley - from a life of poverty to visionary international superstar. Crucial fellow soul rebels in the cast include the sensational Rita Marley and the I Three and his inspiring brothers in arms, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Lee ‘Scratch Perry’.

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