The award-winning musical Five Guys Named Moe will extend for a week due to phenomenal demand at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Five Guys Named Moe is directed by Paulette Randall and stars The Wire's Clarke Peters as Nomax. With choreography by original cast member and Olivier nominee Paul J Medford.
Clarke Peters, who wrote the book of Five Guys Named Moe, plays the pivotal role of Nomax in this revival of a show that originated at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1990.
Clarke Peters has become internationally famous through his role as Lester Freamon in the enormously successful TV series, The Wire. He will also soon be seen in the HBO TV series Treme, set in New Orleans, and written by the creator of The Wire, David Simon. Peters is also recognised as a hugely accomplished stage actor and was recently seen in the title role of Porgy in Porgy and Bess at the Savoy Theatre directed by
Trevor Nunn.
Casting includes
Ashley Campbell as Little Moe,
Christopher Colquhoun as Big Moe, Carlton Connell as Four Eyed Moe,
Paul Hazel as Eat Moe and Horace Oliver as Know Moe.
Paulette Randall is a former artistic director of the Talawa Theatre Company in the UK. She is one of Britain's best established and most respected black theatre directors. Paulette is Chair of the Board of the Clean Break Theatre Company. Directing credits include King Hedley II, Two Trains Running, Gem of the Ocean (all at
Tricycle Theatre), Blest be the Tie (Royal Court) and Urban Afro Saxons (Theatre Royal Stratford East). Randall co-produced, directed and wrote TV sitcoms The Real McCoy and Porkpie.
Choreographer Paul J Medford is currently appearing in the
Menier Chocolate Factory production of Sweet Charity at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Paul was in the original company of Five Guys Named Moe playing Little Moe a role for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award. He has also appeared as the origin
Al West End Banzai in Disney's ‘The Lion King'. He has appeared in numerous television shows including a regular role as Kelvin in Eastenders.
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