The musical will begin performances at the London Coliseum from the 17th March.
Complete casting has now been announced for the upcoming return of Kinky Boots the musical, which will play at the London Coliseum until the 11th July.
Joining the previously announced , Johannes Radebe reprising the role of Lola, Matt Cardle who will play Charlie Price and Tosh Wanogho-Maud as Alternate Lola will be: Courtney Bowman (Pretty Woman, West End; Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) as Lauren, Billie-Kay (Burlesque, West End; Anything Goes, Barbican/UK Tour) as Nicola, Billy Roberts (Military Wives the Musical, York Theatre Royal; Mrs Doubtfire, West End) as Don, Rachel Izen (Funny Girl, UK Tour; Mary Poppins, Broadway) as Pat, Jessica Daley (Military Wives, York Theatre Royal; I Should Be So Lucky, UK Tour) as Trish, Jonathan Dryden Taylor (The Wizard of Oz, Curve/West End; Billy Elliot the Musical, Curve) as Mr Price, Scott Paige (I Should Be So Lucky, UK Tour; The Great British Bake Off The Musical, West End) as George and Liam Doyle (Heathers, The Other Palace; Legally Blonde, UK Tour)as Harry.
The cast will be completed by Andy Barke (My Fair Lady, Curve; Jersey Boys, West End), Kathryn Barnes (Guys & Dolls, Bridge Theatre; Curtains – A Musical Comedy, West End), Cerys Burton (The Odyssey, Unicorn Theatre), Kaya Farrugia (There’s No Place Like Home, West End; Hair, Playground Theatre), Nay-Nay (MJ The Musical, West End; Disney’s Aladdin, UK Tour), Keith Alexander (The Herds, Sadler’s Wells; The Colour Purple; Warner Bros), Nathan Daly (Starlight Express, Bochum), Kofi Dennis (The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre; Scenes from Rent, Curve), Ru Fisher (Something Rotten in Concert, West End; Ayla the Musical, Sadler’s Wells), Darnell Matthew-James (MJ The Musical, West End; Wicked, West End), Liam McEvoy (Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre; Oliver! UK & Ireland Tour), Ashley-Jordon Packer (Crazy For You, West End; A Chorus Line, Curve/UK Tour), Cole Dunn (50 First Dates, The Other Palace; The Wizard of Oz, West End/UK & Ireland Tour), Annell Odartey (TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, West End; Pretty Woman, UK Tour), Jordan Isaac (Evita, Curve; Grease, West End) and Tori McDougall (Billy Elliot The Musical, Curve).
Meanwhile, the young company of performers will include: Sean Garcia Madiba, Noah Ronkainen Phillips and Rio-Blake Power as Young Lola and Archie John Allen, Joshua Beswick, Louis Cohen and Callum George as Young Charlie.
When Charlie Price inherits his family’s failing shoe factory, saving the company – and his love life – feels like an impossibly tall order. Until, that is, he meets Lola, the sparkling, larger-than-life drag queen with the unlikeliest of answers. Can they work together to reboot the business and save the day? Perhaps they just need to help each other – and everyone around them – to stand a little taller…
The musical features a book by by Harvey Fierstein and a score by Cyndi Lauper, with this production being directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster (My Fair Lady, A Chorus Line, Billy Elliot).
This new production features choreography by Leah Hill, set design by Robert Jones, costume design by Robert Jones & Tom Rogers, 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, associate direction by Michaela Powell with production management by Setting Line.
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