Choir Boy is coming to Stratford East

The show will run from 26th March to 25th April

From Academy Award-winning writer Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight, The Brother/Sister Plays), comes this exhilarating and tender coming of age story. Nancy Medina’s celebrated production premiered at Bristol Old Vic in 2023 and won three Black British Theatre Awards including Best Production and Best Director. 

Pharus is a confident and gifted singer who has earned his position as soloist. But when his pride is sullied by one of his peers, he falters... what does it mean to be a young, Black, queer man – and to be one at the Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys?

We’re sent on an electrifying journey through the growing pains of humanity as, together, the boys navigate spirituality, sexuality, race, identity, and brotherhood in their journey to becoming men. Threaded throughout with soul-stirring a cappella gospel hymns and spirituals, this beautiful, joyous play rejoices in all that it means to march to your own drum.

 

Cast members are Michael Ahomka-Lindsay as David, Daon Broni as Headmaster Marrow, Khalid Daley as JR, Terique Jarrett as Pharus, Rabi Kondé as Bobby, Martin Turner as Mr Pendleton and Freddie MacBruce as AJ.

 

Choir Boy is written by Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by Nancy Medina, co-director Tatenda Shamiso, set and costume design by  Max Johns, musical director and arranger Femi Temowo, lighting designer Nao Nagai, composer and sound designer Donato Wharton, associate sound designer Steven Atkinson, associate musical director Michael Henry, movement director and intimacy coordinator Ingrid Mackinnon, associate movement director Ewa Emini, casting director Julia Horan CDG, fight director Sam Lyon-Behan, costume and WHAM supervisor Sophia Khan
voice and dialect coach Aundrea Fudge, production manager Gemma Brooks, company stage manager Vanessa Sutherland, deputy stage manager Theodore Hung
assistant stage manager Emily Mei-Ling Pearce, audio describers William Elliott and Ruth James, BSL interpreters Jacqui Beckford, and captioner Suzanne Biesty.

 Presented by Stratford East. Originally produced by Bristol Old Vic.