Kinky Boots the Musical in Concert is presented August 8–9 at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
The company features Cedric Neal (Back to the Future) as Lola/Simon, Joel Harper-Jackson (Kinky Boots tour) as Charlie, Courtney Bowman (SIX) as Lauren, Ahmed Hamad (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) as Harry, Daisy Wood-Davis (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) as Nicola, Duane Gooden (Aladdin) as George/Simon Sr., Graham Bickley (Sunset Boulevard) as Mister Price, Hannah Lowther (Heathers) as Gemma Louise, Kayleigh McKnight (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) as Trish, Madison Swan (Book of Mormon) as Marge, Nikki Bentley (Wicked) as Pat, and Sean Needham (9 to 5) 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 performances also feature the London Musical Theatre Orchestra and Chorus.
Omar F Okai directs the concert staging with musical direction by Freddie Tapner, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Tom Marshall, casting by Harry Blumenau, styling by Rory McNerney, production management by Pete Kramer, company stage management by Rachael Downey, assistant stage management by Bryony Relf and Emily Mei-Ling Pearce, assistant direction by Bree Smith, assistant musical direction by Amelia Davies, sound by Harry Greatorex and Olly Smith, production sound engineering by Josh Richardson, costume supervision by Chris Cope, and lighting programming by Chris Winn. Dan Turek is the chorus master.
READ: Kinky Boots Kicks Up Its Heels Off-Broadway; Callum Francis Is Lola
The winner of six 2013 Tony Awards, Kinky Boots features a Tony-winning score by Cyndi Lauper, a book by Tony winner Harvey Fierstein, and original direction and choreography by Tony winner Jerry Mitchell.
The original Broadway company was headed by Billy Porter as indefatigable drag performer Lola, whose broken heel helps mend a broken wing for a foundering shoe-maker, originally played by Stark Sands. Both Porter and Sands were Tony-nominated for their performances; Porter won the Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, and Mitchell won his second career Tony Award for his choreography. The production played 2,507 regular performances and 34 previews at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
Chess the Musical in Concert preceded the concert staging of Kinky Boots the Musical in Concert, which will be followed by Treason the Musical in Concert August 22 and 23.
Click here for more information.
