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Full casting announced for UK & Ireland tour of KINKY BOOTS THE MUSICAL

Photo credit: Oliver Rosser

Full casting has been announced for the brand-new Made at Curve production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning Kinky Boots The Musical, which will tour the UK and Ireland from 17 January 2025.

Joining the previously announced Johannes Radebe as Lola, Dan Partridge as Charlie Price and Courtney Bowman as Lauren will be Newtion Matthews (Once On This Island) as Lola at certain performances and Simon Snr for all other performances, Kara Lily Hayworth (Cilla the Musical) as Nicola, Joe Caffrey (Billy Elliot the Musical) as Don, Kathryn Barnes (Guys & Dolls) as Pat, Lucy Williamson (Fame) as Trish, Jonathan Dryden Taylor (Fiddler on the Roof) as Mr Price, Scott Paige (I Should Be So Lucky) as George, and Liam Doyle (Heathers) as Harry.

The cast is completed by Kofi Dennis (Hamlet), Ru Fisher (Something Rotten! Live in Concert), Ben Middleton (Grease), Ashley-Jordon Packer (A Chorus Line), Cerys Burton (The Odyssey), Cole Dunn (The Wizard of Oz), Kaya Farrugia (There’s No Place Like Home), Jordan Isaac (Evita), Deena Kapadia (Grease), Tori McDougall (Billy Elliot the Musical), and Liam McEvoy (Legally Blonde).

Kinky Boots The Musical features a score by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein, with direction by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster, choreography by Leah Hill, set and costume design by Robert Jones, musical supervision by George Dyer, lighting by Ben Cracknell, sound by Adam Fisher, and casting by Harry Blumenau CDG CDA.

For more info on Kinky Boots, please click here.