A brand new production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Kinky Boots The Musical will tour the UK and Ireland next year, coming to the Palace Theatre Manchester on 4−8 February 2025, with a very special guest in the starring role.
Kinky Boots The Musical features a score by the iconic Cyndi Lauper and the book by Harvey Fierstein. It will be directed by Artistic Director Nikolai Foster (The Wizard of Oz, A Chorus Line, Billy Elliot) and will star TV dance sensation and international champion Johannes Radebe as Lola and rising star Dan Partridge as Charlie Price.
Kinky Boots The Musical was a Broadway and West End phenomenon based on a true story and film of the same name released in 2005. After inheriting his family’s failing shoe factory and with a relationship on the rocks, life is proving to be very challenging for Charlie Price. That is until he meets Lola, a drag queen whose sparkle and unsteady heels might just hold the answer to saving the struggling business.
Cyndi Lauper said: “Kinky Boots is one of the things I’m proudest of in my career, and I’m so excited that audiences will get to see it again, in a new production. It’s like a happy pill – and we could all use some of that right now! I can’t think of a better time or place to relaunch this special show in its place of origin.”
Born in the township Zamdela Sasolburg, South Africa, Johannes Radebe started dancing when he was seven. At the age of 21, Johannes left South Africa to work on the internationally renowned Italian cruise liner Costa and in 2018, he was invited to join the debut season of the international hit show, Dancing With The Stars, in South Africa.
Johannes toured the world in the international dance show Burn The Floor before being headhunted by Strictly Come Dancing. He moved to the UK to dance on the flagship BBC show and has since become a real favourite for many. In his second series, he was partnered with Catherine Tyldesley and danced the first same-sex routine with fellow Strictly star Graziano Di Prima.
In 2020 he danced with actress Caroline Quentin and in 2021, he and his celebrity partner, John Waite, made history by being the first all-male partnership to compete on the show. The pair made it to the final and recently won the British LGBT Award for Media Moment of the Year. We’re so incredibly excited to see him in Kinky Boots in Manchester next year!
Guaranteed to ‘raise you up’ and celebrate everybody’s individuality, don’t miss Kinky Boots on tour in Manchester in February 2025.
🎟️ Find tickets for Kinky Boots in Manchester from Friday 12 April 2024 here.