Kinky Boots continues at the London Coliseum until 11 July 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Johannes Radebe feels like he inhabits the character of Lola throughout. Partly that’s made easier by Fierstein’s book making Lola a character who is being an overt performer, but it’s also down to Radebe’s innate charisma and a genuinely great performance.
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Matt Cardle and Tosh Wanogho-Maud star in Kinky Boots at the London Coliseum
X Factor champion turned musical theatre star Matt Cardle will step into the role of Charlie Price when a new production of Kinky Boots marches into the London Coliseum.
Royal Variety Performance 2025 date and line-up confirmed
West End shows Kinky Boots, Les Misérables, Just One Day and Paddington The Musical will feature in this year’s Royal Variety Performance.
Strictly’s Johannes Radebe to make West End debut in Kinky Boots
Strictly Come Dancing favourite Johannes Radebe will make his West End debut in a new production of the Olivier, Grammy and Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots.
First Theatre Café Diner opens in London
The UK’s first Theatre Café Diner has opened in the heart of London’s theatreland. Covering two floors at 154 Shaftesbury Avenue, The Theatre Café Diner aims to offer a full theatrical dining experience mixing classic high quality diner food with a waiting team singing musical theatre classics and walls covered in theatrical memorabilia.
Kinky Boots – Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch
Kinky Boots continues at the Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch until 22 October 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ When I learned that Kinky Boots would be playing at the Queen’s Theatre, I was ecstatic. I had only seen this musical a few times, so I knew it would be intriguing to watch […]
Kinky Boots The Musical In Concert – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Kinky Boots The Musical In Concert continues at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London until 9 August 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The London Musical Theatre Orchestra is back at Drury Lane this week for a two-nights-only bash at Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein’s Kinky Boots. And with the ceiling-lifting […]
Full cast and creative team for first UK revival of Kinky Boots
Ipswich’s New Wolsey Theatre and the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch have announced the full cast and creative team for the first UK revival and regional premiere of the Olivier and Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots this autumn. Directed by Tim Jackson, the major new co-production is due to debut at the New Wolsey from 1-24 September […]
TV knight Trevor McDonald joins Chess concert plus additions and changes to Kinky Boots and Treason concerts
Broadcasting legend Trevor McDonald will feature as the pre-recorded Newscaster when Chess the Musical in Concert plays its eagerly anticipated performances at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London on 1 and 2 August 2022. The addition of McDonald to the previously announced cast was accompanied by the news that one of the stars of […]
Cast and extra date for Kinky Boots Drury Lane concert
The organisers of the upcoming concert version of feel-good musical Kinky Boots at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane have added an extra date, with the production now due to play two performances on 8 and 9 August 2022. As previously announced the first production of the multi-award-winning show in the West End in three years […]
LMTO to present summer concert versions of Chess, Kinky Boots and Treason
The London Musical Theatre Orchestra will present star-studded concert versions of Chess, Kinky Boots and new British musical Treason at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London this summer. Currently starring in Frozen at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Samantha Barks will take to the same stage on 1 August 2022 in another guise, as […]
New Wolsey Ipswich and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch announce first UK revival of Kinky Boots
Ipswich’s New Wolsey Theatre and the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch have announced the first UK revival and regional premiere of the Olivier and Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots this autumn. Directed by Tim Jackson, the major new co-production will debut at the New Wolsey from 1-24 September 2022 before heading for the Queen’s Theatre from 28 […]
INTERVIEW: Actress Chlöe Hart on returning to the role of Tracy Turnblad – in a prison production – & what it meant to her
In February and March, just before Covid-19 locked down theatreland, CHLÖE HART went to prison to revisit the role of Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray that took her from the Guildford School of Acting directly to a West End lead role at the Shaftesbury in 2009. Here she tells Musical Theatre Review contributor Jeremy Chapman what […]
How to survive two weeks of isolation with free online musicals
Have a slight cough and a finely-honed sense of anxiety? Facing two weeks of self-isolation in home lockdown? Worried whether your body can even cope with an entire fortnight away from kick-lines, high Eb belts, and getting charged £10 for a house red? Here are 14 pieces of musical theatre you can watch online for […]
Kinky Boots The Musical at the cinema – filmed live at the Adelphi Theatre
Kinky Boots The Musical at the cinema – filmed live at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The multiple Tony- and Olivier-winning musical Kinky Boots sashays its way into cinemas this February, completing something of a loop. The musical, inspired by the 2005 Miramax movie of the same […]
Waitress is the big winner at the West End Wilma Awards 2019
The West End Wilma Awards, now into their sixth year, are a rather more informal affair than some of theatreland’s more established ceremonies. Here, the theatregoing audience mingles freely with the stars whose work they have enjoyed and voted for in one of the awards’ ten categories. At this year’s ceremony, held at London’s Café […]
Kinky Boots – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Kinky Boots continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 9 November 2019 and then tours until 23 November 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Kinky Boots is the award-winning real-life story of Charlie Price from Northampton, who inherits his father’s failing shoe factory and in order to save the livelihood of the employees, […]
Auditions for MTAS’ show tune competition continue until 10 January 2019
Musical theatre aficionados with a penchant for performing songs from their favourite shows are being invited to apply for a chance to take part in The Musical Theatre Appreciation Society’s online competition. Organised by MTAS, the ten-week contest challenges competitors to produce singing videos in response to different themes suggested by leading West End performers. […]
Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry will return for London Kinky Boots film version
Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry will march back into the multi-award-winning Kinky Boots later this month to star in a filmed version of the hit show. The original stars of the show will be back playing Charlie and Lola at London’s Adelphi Theatre from Monday 26 to Wednesday 28 November 2018 as filming takes place […]
Kinky Boots tour cast announced
Casting has been announced for the eagerly-anticipated UK tour of the multi-award-winning musical Kinky Boots which is due to launch in September. The role of Lola will initially (until 15 December) be played by Callum Francis (Miss Saigon, Ghost) following on from his award-winning performance as Lola in the recent Australian tour. From 17 December […]
Kinky Boots to walk away from the West End in January 2018
Multi-award-winning Kinky Boots has become the latest West End favourite to announce it will close in early 2019. Following on from the news that Dreamgirls would end its Savoy Theatre run on 12 January 2019, the producers of the hugely popular tale of Charlie, Lola, Lauren and co. have announced they will be hanging up […]
West End Live 2018 show line-up announced
Over 25 shows and many of musical theatres biggest stars will feature in this year’s West End LIVE event when it returns to London’s iconic Trafalgar Square next month. Shows as varied as The Lion King, Wicked, Bat Out of Hell The Musical and Kinky Boots will return to appear in the main stage line-up […]
Hamilton leads musical theatre winners at The Mousetraps
Musical theatre productions once again dominated the winners list at the seventh annual awards ceremony for The Mousetraps. Presented by Mousetraps Theatre Projects’ Youth Forum, chosen by more than 1,000 young theatregoers (aged 15-23), ten out of the 12 awards went to genre performers and productions. Hamilton led the pack picking up three awards including […]
West End Eurovision – Shaftesbury Theatre
West End Eurovision at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Hamilton, Young Frankenstein, 42nd Street, Dreamgirls, The Phantom of the Opera and Aladdin. All musicals with a healthy dose of camp. Take a bunch of cast members, add some over the top creativity and some Eurovision songs, and you get […]
Oliver Thompsett and Natalie McQueen join the cast of Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre
Oliver Thompsett will step into the role of Charlie Price and Natalie McQueen will take over as Lauren in the West End production of the multi award-winning musical Kinky Boots from 4 June 2018. Thompsett, whose previous roles include Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls and Galileo in We Will Rock You, and McQueen, who […]
West End Eurovision returns to London in April
Sequin-spangled fundraiser West End Eurovision will return to the heart of London’s theatreland for the first time in four years next month. Inspired by the annual song contest, the show which raises funds for Make A Difference Trust, the UK-based charity involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS both at home and overseas, will […]
West End Kinky Boots plays 1,000th performance and extends booking
Multi award-winning musical Kinky Boots is celebrating two more milestone events and another extension to its run at London’s Adelphi Theatre. After welcoming over one million customers, the hit show has tonight (Monday 15 January) played its 1,000th performance in the West End. A new booking period has also been opened with tickets now available […]
New Year Honours – Matt Henry, Julia McKenzie, John Tiffany and more are recognised
Olivier Award winner Matt Henry leads the musical theatre contingent in the New Year Honours List with an MBE for services to the art form. Henry, who won the Olivier for Best Actor in a Musical in 2016 for his role as Lola in Kinky Boots, is one of several honours recipients from the performing […]
Kinky Boots to tour the UK in 2018
Multi award-winning musical Kinky Boots is to step out on a major UK tour from September next year. The show will hit the road from 19 September 2018, opening at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton where it will run until 6 October. Other confirmed dates include: Wolverhampton Grand Theatre (16-27 October 2018); Newcastle Theatre […]
Kids Week event is under way
Featuring more than 35 of London’s biggest shows, this year’s popular Kids Week event is now under way. Celebrating its 20th year, the annual London theatre initiative which runs for the entire month of August has enlisted a wide range of major productions which will offer free tickets to performances. During the event one child […]
Kids Week 2017 – show line-up revealed
Over 35 of London’s biggest shows have joined the line-up for this year’s popular Kids Week event this August. Now in its 20th year, the annual London theatre initiative which will run for the entire month of August has enlisted a wide range of major productions which will offer free tickets to performances. During the event […]
Kinky Boots cast changes – Simon-Anthony Rhoden takes over the role of Lola
Simon-Anthony Rhoden will take over the role of Lola in the multi award-winning Kinky Boots in July (the actor has been acting as Matt Henry’s understudy). Rhoden’s move into the role that won musical theatre newcomer Henry critical and audience acclaim and an Olivier Award for Best Actor was announced alongside the casting of former Emmerdale […]
Spotlight on musical theatre in Sweden – winter and spring seasons
Renate Stridh throws the spotlight on musical theatre productions featured in the current and upcoming seasons in Sweden. The winter season in Sweden is well under way. The autumn saw some exciting productions and there are some equally exciting opening nights ahead. The Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon opened at the end of January at China […]
Curtain Up album awards – winners revealed
The original London cast of Kinky Boots, the Broadway stars of Waitress and Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda were crowned the winners of The Curtain Up radio show’s second musical theatre album awards. The original cast recording of the multi award-winning Kinky Boots was chosen as the Album of the Year – Best UK Cast Best Original […]
West End Wilma Award winners revealed
Kinky Boots and Titanic were double award winners at the West End Wilma Awards ceremony in London on Friday. The already multi award-winning Kinky Boots was named Best West End Musical with its star Matt Henry taking home the prize for Best Actor in a West End Show at the event at the Hippodrome Casino. Titanic claimed the […]
Kinky Boots celebrates first West End birthday and booking extends to May 2017
Triple Olivier Award winner Kinky Boots has extended its West End run to at least Saturday 6 May 2017. Just a day after the production celebrated its first birthday in the West End, tickets went on sale for the new extended booking period at London’s Adelphi Theatre. The exuberant show recently celebrated adding three Oliviers (Best New […]
Remembering James M. Nederlander – a great man of the entertainment world
Remembering James M. Nederlander (31 March 1922 – 25 July 2016). Michael Darvell pays his respects to a great man of the entertainment world and traces the history of a remarkable company. It is no wonder that Broadway and the West End dimmed their lights on 3 August in memory of James M. Nederlander who has died aged 94. He was […]
Line-up for West End LIVE 2016 revealed
Over 25 shows and a number of musical theatre’s most popular stars will feature in this year’s West End LIVE event in London’s iconic Trafalgar Square. Shows as varied as Disney’s The Lion King and Kinky Boots are in the main stage line-up with stars including Samantha Barks, Matt Cardle, Tom Chambers, Kerry Ellis, Beverley Knight, Pixie Lott and […]
Kinky Boots cast – Matt Henry stays, David Hunter joins
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 […]
Olivier Awards 2016 – big night for Gypsy, Kinky Boots and In The Heights
Chichester Festival Theatre’s transfer of Gypsy won the most awards this year for a single production at the 40th anniversary Olivier Awards 2016 with MasterCard, including Best Actress in a Musical for Imelda Staunton and Best Musical Revival. Kinky Boots was named MasterCard Best New Musical and In The Heights won the Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music. Images (above): […]
Kinky Boots West End cast album to be released
The stars of the smash hit West End production of the multi Olivier-nominated Kinky Boots will follow their Broadway predecessors by releasing a cast album. Available for pre-order next Friday (11 March) ahead of its 1 April release, the Sony Masterworks release was recorded live with the current West End cast at London’s Adelphi Theatre. […]
Olivier Awards 2016 – Gypsy and Kinky Boots lead nominations
The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2016 with MasterCard were announced today (Monday 29 February) by past winners Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton at Rosewood London, the awards’ official hotel partner. The awards, which this year celebrate their 40th anniversary, will take place on Sunday 3 April at the Royal Opera House. Gypsy and Kinky Boots […]
Gypsy and Kinky Boots are big winners at WhatsOnStage Awards
Every industry has its formal awards ceremony of choice. And then there is the less informal one, the young pretender that likes to be a little more carefree and wild. The WhatsOnStage Awards tend to fit into the latter category, although as they are now in their 16th year and have got successively glitzier on each […]
WhatsOnStage Awards will feature performances from Pixie Lott and Jenna Russell
WhatsOnStage has revealed that Pixie Lott, soon to be seen on stage in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, will perform ‘Moon River’ at the 16th annual WhatsOnStage Awards concert on 21 February at the Prince of Wales Theatre. There will also be performances from hosts Mel Giedroyc and Steve Furst, who will kick off the show with an original song ‘The Greatest Show of All’, Jenna Russell with a number from musical Grey […]
Kinky Boots and In the Heights lead nominations in WhatsOnStage Awards 2016
At a ceremony held today at London’s Café de Paris, Steve Furst announced the nominees for the 16th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards, the only major theatre prize-giving decided entirely by the theatregoers themselves. The announcement of the nominations marks the opening of the final voting stage (closes 31 January), with winners announced at the annual Awards Concert […]
Evening Standard Theatre Awards winners include Kinky Boots and Imelda Staunton
At tonight’s ceremony at The Old Vic the winners of the 61st London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, given in partnership with The Ivy, were announced. Among the musical theatre categories, the award for Best Musical Performance went to Imelda Staunton for Gypsy. Staunton reprised her winning performance at the ceremony, singing ‘Everything’s Coming Up Roses’ from the production. The […]
Evening Standard Theatre Awards – Imelda Staunton, Katie Brayben, Rosalie Craig and Killian Donnelly among nominees
The London Evening Standard has announced the shortlist for its 61st Theatre Awards, in partnership with The Ivy. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony presented by Rob Brydon, and co-hosted by Evgeny Lebedev, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen, at the Old Vic on Sunday 22 November. This year for the first time […]
Voting opens for Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical
Voting has opened for the Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical, part of this year’s London Evening Standards Awards at the Old Vic Theatre on 22 November. Listeners have until midnight on 25 October to cast their vote for one of the five shortlisted shows after Elaine Paige opened the voting on her weekly […]
Kinky Boots – Adelphi Theatre
Kinky Boots continues at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ One by one, British-inspired movies are popping up in musical stage adaptations, although unlike Bend It Like Beckham (currently running at the Phoenix Theatre) and Made in Dagenham (this show’s predecessor at the Adelphi), Kinky Boots originally opened on Broadway […]
Amy Lennox replaces Laura Tebbutt in The Last Five Years at Lyric Belfast
Amy Lennox will play Cathy opposite Fra Fee as Jamie in Jason Robert Brown’s award-winning musical The Last Five Years at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast from 24 June to 4 July 2015, replacing the previously-announced Laura Tebbutt who is no longer available for the run. Lennox will then go straight into rehearsals for the UK premiere of Kinky […]
