First look: Kinky Boots The Musical concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Production photos have been released for Kinky Boots The Musical’s West End concert.
The hit musical returned to London last night for the first of two evenings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane this summer.
Based on the 2005 film of the same name, Kinky Boots is the feel-good musical by Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper.
The concert features an all star cast led by Cedric Neal (Back To The Future, Motown The Musical) as Lola/Simon, Joel Harper-Jackson (C O C K, Chess The Musical In Concert) as Charlie Price and Courtney Bowman (Legally Blonde, SIX) as Lauren.
Joining them aren Ahmed Hamad (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, RENT) as Harry, Daisy Wood-Davis (Beautiful: The Carol King Musical, Hair) as Nicola, Duane Gooden (Aladdin, The Smartest Giant In Town) as George/Simon Snr, Graham Bickley (Sunset Boulevard, Ragtime) as Mister Price. Hannah Lowther (Heathers, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) as Gemma Louise, Kayleigh McKnight (Tina Turner The Musical, Les Misérables) as Trish, Madison Swan (Book of Mormon, Heathers) as Marge, Nikki Bentley (Wicked, Monty Python’s Spamalot) as Pat and Sean Needham (9 to 5, Wicked) as Don.
The ensemble of Angels is led by the Referee Angel, Ashley Samuels and includes Eli Caldwell, Finton Flynn, Jayred Lempriere, Jordan Bennett and Ross Carpenter.
The concert is directed by Omar F Okai with musical direction by Freddie Tapner, design by Ruth Sutcliffe, lighting by Ben Cracknell, lighting programming by Chris Winn and sound design by Tom Marshall and casting by Harry Blumenau.
The Kinky Boots concert is part of a new series at Theatre Royal Drury.
Earlier this month saw Chess performed starring Samantha Barks while on 22 and 23 August new musical Treason will take to the stage.
