Casting announced for Nancy Medina’s acclaimed production of Choir Boy by Academy Award-winner Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight, The Brother/ Sister Plays), running from 26 March – 25 April at Stratford East. Choir Boy was the keystone production in Nancy Medina’s first season as Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic in 2023, winning three Black British Theatre Awards, including Best Production and Best Director.
Terique Jarrett (Juniper Blood, Donmar Warehouse; Fangirls, Lyric Hammersmith; “Daddy”: A Melodrama, Almeida Theatre; The Mirror and the Light, RSC) will reprise his role as Pharus having won the Black British Theatre Award for Best Male Lead Actor in a Play for his performance at Bristol Old Vic.
Michael Ahomka-Lindsay (Reverberation, Bristol Old Vic; Cabaret, Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre; Disney’s Newsies, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre) also returns as David alongside Daon Broni (Girl on An Altar, Abbey & Kiln Theatre; The New Real, RSC; Women Beware Women, Shakespeare’s Globe) as Headmaster Marrow, Khalid Daley (The Big Life, Stratford East;
Hamilton, Victoria Palace; War Horse, UK & International Tour) as JR and Martin Turner (Silence, Donmar Warehouse/Tara Arts; Witness for the Prosecution, County Hall; The Son, Duke of York’s Theatre/Kiln Theatre) as Mr Pendleton. Rabi Kondé (Clueless, West End) joins the cast as Bobby with Freddie MacBruce (The Little Foxes, Young Vic Theatre) as AJ.
About Choir Boy
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.
