Long Way From Home, A [Drama On 3]

, by Caryl Phillips

Caryl Phillips' original drama imagines the conflicting forces in the iconic singer Marvin Gaye's life, including family, stardom, love, sex and drugs. The story focuses on his final years, when he was offered a lifeline in the unlikely setting of Ostend in Belgium, where he composed the song Sexual Healing before he returned America and was murdered by his own father.

Marvin Gaye....O-T Fagbenle

Freddy Cousaert/Marvin Gaye Senior....Kerry Shale

Alberta Gay/Kimona....Alibe Parson

Beatrice/Karen....Rhea Bailey

Liliane....Rachel Atkins

Mitchell/Jimmy....Damian Lynch

Sam/Stu....Ben Onwukwe

P K....Major Wiley

Directed by Ned Chaillet.

A play about the singer Marvin Gaye's final years, spent in Begium.

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