The big summer musical at the London Coliseum is a revival of Kinky Boots, Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper’s musical adaptation of the 2005 Britcom about an ailing Northampton ashoe factory that finds a new lease of life when a series of convoluted shenanigans lead to owner Charlie designing a range of high heels designed to take the weight of drag queens.
The West End transfer of the original Broadway production only closed in 2019, so this is quite soon for a major revival. Equally, this is a musical about a Northampton shoe factory – although you can see why queer theatre legend Fierstein was drawn to it, it does seem reasonable that the Brits might want to make our own production.
This one comes from the well-regarded musicals powerhouse the Curve Leicester and is directed by its artistic director Nikolai Foster, with Matt Cardle starring as factory owner Charlie, and Johannes Radebe as Lola, the drag queen who changes Charlie’s life.
