COURTNEY BOWMAN
TO STAR AS LAUREN IN
UK & IRELAND TOUR OF
KINKY BOOTS THE MUSICAL
OPENING AT CURVE, LEICESTER FROM 17 JANUARY 2025
Producers ROYO and Curve are delighted to announce WhatsOnStage Award-winner, Courtney Bowman, will star as Lauren in the brand-new Made at Curve production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS The Musical, which will tour the UK and Ireland from 17 January 2025.
Courtney joins the previously announced Johannes Radebe (STRICTLY COME DANCING) as Lola and Dan Partridge (GREASE) as Charlie Price.
KINKY BOOTS The Musical features a score by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein. It will be directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster (THE WIZARD OF OZ, A CHORUS LINE, BILLY ELLIOT).
Courtney Bowman won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Performer in a Musical in 2023 for her portrayal of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Her other theatre credits include: Closer to Heaven (Turbine Theatre), Cool Rider: 10th Anniversary Concert (London Palladium), Pretty Woman (Savoy Theatre), SIX (Arts Theatre/Lyric Theatre) and she was part of the original cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Apollo Theatre/Sheffield Crucible). Courtney’s TV credits include Eastenders (BBC) and the lead role of Little Cook Small for 2 series in Big Cook Little Cook (CBeebies).
Full casting for KINKY BOOTS will be announced in due course.
KINKY BOOTS The Musical was a Broadway and West End phenomenon based on a true story and movie 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.
Guaranteed to RAISE YOU UP and celebrate everybody’s individuality, don’t miss KINKY BOOTS on tour commencing January 2025!
KINKY BOOTS is directed by Nikolai Foster with choreography by Leah Hill, set and costume design by Robert Jones, musical supervision by George Dyer, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Adam Fisher, casting by Harry Blumenau CDG CDA, wigs, hair and make up design by Campbell Young Associates with associate direction by Michaela Powell, associate choreography by Johnny Bishop, associate sound design by Harry Barker and production management by Setting Line.
KINKY BOOTS is produced by ROYO and CURVE.
KINKY BOOTS
Book by
Harvey Fierstein
Music And Lyrics by
Cyndi Lauper
Original Broadway Production Directed and Choreographed by Jerry Mitchell
Based on the Miramax motion picture Kinky Boots
Written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth
KINKY BOOTS is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International www.mtishows.co.uk
URL: www.kinkybootstour.com
X: KINKYBOOTS_UK
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2025 TOUR SCHEDULE
17 – 25 January Leicester Curve 0116 242 3595
28 January – 1 February Woking New Victoria Theatre
www.atgtickets.com/new-victoria-theatre
4 – 8 February Manchester Palace Theatre
11 – 15 February Glasgow Kings Theatre
18 – 22 February Edinburgh Playhouse
25 February -1 March Truro Hall for Cornwall 01872 262 466
4 – 8 March Norwich Theatre Royal 01603 630 000
11 – 15 March Milton Keynes Theatre
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18 – 22 March Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre
25 – 29 March Brighton Theatre Royal **
15 – 19 April Birmingham Hippodrome 0844 338 5000
22 – 26 April Plymouth Theatre Royal 01752 267222
29 April – 3 May Stockton Globe
6 – 10 May Newcastle Theatre Royal 0191 232 7010
www.theatreroyal.co.uk
13 – 17 May Bristol Hippodrome
www.atgtickets.com/venues/bristol
20 – 24 May Leeds Grand Theatre 0113 243 0808
27 – 31 May Southampton Mayflower Theatre 02380 711 811
3 – 7 June Southend Cliffs Pavilion 0343 310 0030
10 – 14 June Canterbury Marlowe Theatre 01227 787787
17 – 21 June Belfast Grand Opera House
24 – 28 June Sheffield Lyceum Theatre 0114 249 6000
1- 5 July Nottingham Theatre Royal 0115 989 5555
8 – 12 July Liverpool Empire Theatre
15 – 19 July Dublin Bord Gais Energy Theatre 0818719377 (ROI)
bordgaisenergytheatre.ie 08442485101 (UK)
22 – 26 July Oxford New Theatre **
Please note, Johannes Radebe will not be performing at every performance on the tour.
Patrons are advised to check the website for his performance dates and further information.
** Johannes Radebe will not be appearing in this venue.