Kinky Boots, Norwich Theatre Royal, 2025.
Cast: Johannes Radebe, Dan Patridge, Courtney Bowman, Kara Lily Hayworth, Joe Caffrey, Newton Matthews, Kathryn Barnes, Lucy Williamson, Jonathan Dryden Taylor, Scott Paige, Liam Doyle, Cerys Burton, Kaya Farrugia, Kofi Dennis, Ru Fisher, Liam McEvoy, Ben Middleton, Ashley-Jordon Packer, Colt Dunn, Deena Kapadia, Joshua Beswick/Leo Hollingsworth/Lonan Johnson, Sekhani Dumezweni/Jesse Manzi/Lawrence Ndola-Myers.
Book: Harvey Fierstein
Music & lyrics: Cyndi Lauper
Director: Nikolai Foster
I love this show, have seen it a few times, and would definitely see it again. It's so English that I always forget that it was written by Americans, and it feels so much like a musical that I still can't quite believe that Cyndi Lauper wrote it. Surely her greatest moment.
I didn't know what to expect of Johannes - I knew he could dance but what about the singing? He might not be the strongest singer but his version of I'm not my Father's Son moved me to tears.
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