David Hunter is taking on the role of Charlie Price in the London cast of Kinky Boots
Matt Henry, who received the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Kinky Boots, is extending his acclaimed performance as Lola into 2017. He will be joined by David Hunter (Once, One Man, Two Guvnors) who will take on the role of Charlie Price.
Also joining Kinky Boots from Monday 15 August 2016 will be Elena Skye, who will be making her professional West End debut as Lauren, Alan Mehdizadeh (Billy Elliot the Musical, Swap!, Watership Down) as Don and Cordelia Farnworth (Sunset Boulevard, Rock of Ages, Mamma Mia!) as Nicola.
New cast members also include, James Ballanger, Jemal Felix, George Grayson, Melissa Jacques, Charlotte Jeffery, Suzie McAdam, Jane Milligan, Robin Mills, Jon Reynolds, Simon-Anthony Rhoden, Ben Sell, Craig Thomas and Jason Winter.
Continuing with the show are current cast members Michael Hobbs (George), Paul Ayres, Emma Crossley, Robert Grose, Chlöe Hart, Robert Jones, Adam Lake, Catherine Millsom, Sean Needham, Dominic Tribuzio, Alan Vicary and Michael Vinsen.
Killian Donnelly (Charlie Price), Amy Lennox (Lauren), Jamie Baughan (Don) and Amy Ross (Nicola) will all play their final performances on Saturday 13 August.
Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre won three Olivier Awards for Best New Musical, Best Costume Design and Best Actor in a Musical for Matt Henry who plays Lola.
With a book by Harvey Fierstein (La Cage Aux Folles), and songs by Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots has direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell (Legally Blonde, Hairspray).
Matt Henry (Lola) recorded an album in 2014 after appearing as a finalist on series 2 of The Voice. Theatre credits include Avenue Q (National tour), The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (Northampton), The Harder They Come (Theatre Royal Stratford East, Nottingham Playhouse and national tour), The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas, The Frontline (Shakespeare’s Globe), Hair (English Theatre Frankfurt), Saturday Night Fever (National Tour) and Miss Saigon (Cameron Mackintosh).
David Hunter (Charlie Price) has numerous theatre credits including Guy in Once (Phoenix Theatre), One Man, Two Guvnors (National Theatre, Adelphi and UK tour), Tommy (Prince Edward), Seussical (Arts), The Hired Man (Leicester Curve and Colchester Mercury), Pub (The Royal Exchange), Spinach (The Royal Exchange) and The Mayor of Zalamea (Liverpool Everyman). In 2012 David reached the semi-finals of ITV’s Superstar. As the front man of pop/rock band Reemer, he has earned huge support slots playing alongside The Feeling, Scouting for Girls and McFly on their UK arena tour.
Elena Syke (Lauren) will be making her professional West End debut in Kinky Boots after graduating from the Royal Academy of Music.
Alan Mehdizadeh (Don) has appeared on stage in Billy Elliot the Musical (Victoria Palace), Swap! (UK tour), The Incredible Book Eating Boy (The MAC Belfast and Cahoots NI), Robin Hood (Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury), Jack & the Beanstalk (Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds), Watership Down (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing (UK tour) and Reg in Table Manners (What Was That Productions).
Cordelia Farnworth (Nicola) has extensive theatre credits including Sunset Boulevard (London Coliseum), Ultimate Broadway Shanghai (GWB Entertainment), Rock of Ages (UK tour, Shaftesbury Theatre and Garrick Theatre), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Cliffs Pavillion), The Wizard of Oz (Larnaka Patticion Ampitheatre) and Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales and international tour).
Michael Hobbs (George) has appeared on stage in Darling of the Day (Union Theatre), Radio Times (Watermill Theatre), Aladdin (Salisbury Playhouse), Who Ate All The Pies (Ladida Productions) and Johnny Johnson (Lost Musicals).
Tickets for Kinky Boots are available HERE.
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