Kinky Boots Review: Johannes Radebe Is the Saving Grace of This Mediocre Show

Kinky Boots review: Johannes Radebe is the saving grace of this mediocre show

The Strictly star brings the swagger to the Coliseum stage but the rest is drab

Kinky Boots – London Coliseum

Book: Harvey Fierstein Music & Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper Director: Nikolai Foster  Truth be told, the first time that Kinky Boots strutted into the West End was a disappointment, but Nickolai Foster’s new production feels like a different show completely. The publicity cheekily suggests that the musical has been ‘rebooted’ and now at last everything works, [...] The post Kinky Boots – London Coliseum appeared first on The Reviews Hub.

Review: Kinky Boots at The Coliseum

With a crash of drums and trumpets, Kinky Boots opened in the Price & Son shoe factory, a Northampton firm with Mr Price struggling to get his son and heir to see the beauty of a shoe. Charlie, however, had an ambitious girlfriend who wanted out of that small town, so she moved them both to London. Not the best start, when the boy was expected to take over the family business, writes Michael Holland. These are troubled times for the shoe-making …