Full cast revealed for 'Kinky Boots' at the London Coliseum

The musical features a book by Harvey Fierstein and a score by Cyndi Lauper, and will be directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster.

Summary

• Kinky Boots opens at the London Coliseum this March
• Johannes Radebe leads the cast as Lola
• The musical has a score by Cyndi Lauper

The full cast has been revealed for Kinky Boots at the London Coliseum, which begins performances on 17 March running through 11 July.

Joining the previously announced Johannes Radebe as Lola, Matt Cardle as Charlie Price and Tosh Wanogho-Maud as Alternate Lola are Courtney Bowman (Pretty Woman, Legally Blonde), Billie-Kay (Burlesque, Anything Goes) as Nicola, Billy Roberts (Military Wives the Musical, Mrs Doubtfire) as Don, Rachel Izen (Funny Girl, Mary Poppins) as Pat, Jessica Daley (Military Wives, I Should Be So Lucky) as Trish, Jonathan Dryden Taylor (The Wizard of Oz, Billy Elliot the Musical) as Mr Price, Scott Paige (I Should Be So Lucky, The Great British Bake Off The Musical) as George and Liam Doyle (Heathers, Legally Blonde) as Harry.

The cast is completed by Andy Barke, Kathryn Barnes, Cerys Burton, Kaya Farrugia, Nay-Nay, Keith Alexander, Nathan Daly, Kofi Dennis, Ru Fisher, Darnell Matthew-James, Liam McEvoy, Ashley-Jordon Packer, Cole Dunn, Annell Odartey, Jordan Isaac, and Tori McDougall.

The young company includes 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.

The musical features a book by Harvey Fierstein and a score by Cyndi Lauper, and will be directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster (My Fair Lady, A Chorus Line, Billy Elliot).

Based on a true story and a 2005 film of the same name, Kinky Boots follows Charlie Price as he teams up with larger-than-life drag queen Lola to save his family’s failing shoe factory.

The rest of the creative team includes choreography by Leah Hill, set design by Robert Jones, costume design by Robert Jones and Tom Rogers, musical supervision by George Dyer, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Adam Fisher, wigs, hair and make-up design by Campbell Young Associates, and musical direction by Grant Walsh.

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Photo credit: The cast of Kinky Boots. (Photo by Matt Crockett)