This brand new production of hit Broadway and West End musical Kinky Boots opened at the Curve Theatre in Leicester in January. The show originally opened on Broadway in 2013, before playing London’s Adelphi Theatre from 2015 to 2019.
In the show, 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 are 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.
Currently playing at the London Coliseum is new musical The Great Gatsby, until 7 September 2025. The Great Gatsby is followed by English National Opera’s new season. This Christmas at the London Coliseum English National Ballet return with their annual production of Nutcracker, and also Akram Khan’s Giselle.