The forthcoming new touring production of hit musical Kinky Boots has announced full casting for the show.
Already announced are Strictly Come Dancing’s Johannes Radebe as Lola, West End leading man Dan Partridge (Grease The Musical) as Charlie Price, and award-winner Courtney Bowman (Legally Blonde, SIX) as Lauren.
They will be joined by Kara Lily Hayworth (Cilla The Musical) as Nicola, Joe Caffrey (Billy Elliot) as Don, Kathryn Barnes (Guys & Dolls) as Pat, Lucy Williamson (Fame!) as Trish, Jonathan Dryden Taylor (Fiddler On The Roof) as Mr Price, Scott Paige (I Should Be So Lucky) as George and Liam Doyle (Heathers) as Harry.
Also Newtion Matthews (Once On This Island) will play Lola at certain performances, and Simon Snr at other performances, when Johannes Radebe isn’t performing.
The cast is completed by Kofi Dennis (Hamlet), Ru Fisher (Something Rotten! Live In Concert), Ben Middleton (Grease), Ashley-Jordon Packer (A Chorus Line), Cerys Burton (The Odyssey), Cole Dunn (The Wizard Of Oz), Kaya Farrugia (There’s No Place Like Home), Jordan Isaac (Evita), Deena Kapadia (Grease), Tori Mcdougall (Billy Elliot) and Liam Mcevoy (Legally Blonde).
The tour kicks off at the Leicester Curve Theatre on 17 January 2025 and plays venues including Woking, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Truro, Norwich, Milton Keynes, Cardiff, Brighton, Birmingham, Plymouth, Stockton, Newcastle, Bristol, Leeds, Southampton, Southend, Canterbury, Belfast, Sheffield, Nottingham, Liverpool, and Dublin. See all tour dates here.
Based on the hit movie, Kinky Boots is an Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical with a score by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein.
The production is directed by the Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster (The Wizard of Oz, A Chorus Line).
In the story, after inheriting his family’s failing shoe factory and with a relationship on the rocks, life is proving to be very challenging for Charlie Price. That is until he meets Lola, a drag queen whose sparkle and unsteady heels might just hold the answer to saving the struggling business.
Joining Nikolai Foster in the Kinky Boots creative team is choreography by Leah Hill, set and costume design by Robert Jones, musical supervision by George Dyer, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Adam Fisher, casting by Harry Blumenau CDG CDA, wigs, hair and make up design by Campbell Young Associates with associate direction by Michaela Powell, associate choreography by Johnny Bishop, associate sound design by Harry Barker and production management by Setting Line.
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UPDATES: First published 11 September 2024 with news of Courtney Bowman joining the cast; Updated 10 October 2024 with full casting
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