A major new production of the hit West End and Broadway musical comes to Edinburgh this Christmas. Read more …
Five Guys Named Moe features the toe-tapping and irresistible hits of jazz legend Louis Jordan, including; Early In The Morning, Choo Choo Ch’Boogie and Saturday Night Fish Fry, plus many more performed on stage by a live band.
First seen at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1990, from where it subsequently transferred to the West End winning the Olivier award for Best Entertainment, this musical tells the story of Nomax. Newly single and broke, he finds solace in the Five Guys Named Moe (Big Moe, Four Eyed Moe, Eat Moe, Know Moe and Little Moe), who emerge to rouse him from his misfortunes with a whole lot of soul, music and infectious energy!
Packed with an uplifting live soundtrack of soul, blues, gospel and early r'n'b, and led by our all-singing, all dancing Five Guys, this high-octane production of Five Guys Named Moe is the ultimate celebration to lift your soul. See this completely new production in the breathtaking Festival Square Theatre in the heart of Edinburgh's West End. Come and join the party!
Five Guys Named Moe is a production that is saved by the excellent music and talented cast rather than being the promised musical triumph it could be.
Sired in part on the back of the 1980s vogue for retro-cool jazz dance, Peters' life-affirming concoction resembles A Christmas Carol in zoot suits, and even after a quarter of a century is still singing, swinging and making merry like Christmas for all it's worth.
Despite its festive billing there isn't a single reference to Christmas in Five Guys Named Moe, but the high-energy romp with a message of 'Let The Good Times Roll' is well suited to the season.
Boisterous enjoyment and foot-tapping music compensate for outdated attitudes.
Bandleader Louis Jordan’s songwriting skill shines through in this breezy jukebox show, which makes up for sparse plotting with abundant feelgood spirit.
This is a tremendous show – wild, colourful and fearsomely feelgood and best enjoyed after a couple of cocktails.
The singing and dancing is terrific, the lighting spectacular, the six-piece swing-band superb; and the generous male energy of the whole show an absolute joy, for anyone in search of an evening of pure festive fun.
Don't miss Five Guys Named Moe!
The Wire's Clarke Peters on the return of Five Guys Named Moe to Edinburgh's Festival Square Theatre
Festival Square Theatre, Edinburgh from Friday November 18, 2016, until Saturday January 7, 2017.
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