Kinky Boots - UK Tour

If a London theatre ever needed a filler to get by, this would be a the perfect kind of show to do that.

I don't think it will happen that soon. I could see the UK Tour extending though, but if it doesn't, I imagine we would see a 2nd UK Tour in the not too distant future anyway.

It’s ‘Inglese pazza’ and means ‘crazy English’

Anyone know if there's any offers for Bristol yet?

Thank you, booking for the first night!

Saw the show tonight in Birmingham. Having seen it 5 times on the West End already I wasn't planning to see this, but called up the Hipp this morning and was offered some 'producer seats' at a rate of £30 as it was day of performance and they had only just been released.

I must say I was a bit shocked at the beginning when they didnt have the kids. I understand why, it must be a logistical nightmare to get kids from different cities or bring kids on tour. Charlie wears some kind of American college jacket, not sure many of those are worn in Northampton!

Other subtle things were changed. There were no hanging photos of the previous owners of Price and Son, which is a shame as I think its a really heartwarming moment after Mr Price dies when the lights shine bright on the photo of him hanging from the ceiling, which I think is a super touching moment. It also meant Charlie always had these photos of his ancestors looking over him the whole show which must make all his choices so much harder. I don't know if this is something cut out of the tour entirely or just removed for this venue (possibly due to lack of fly bars in this venue - who knows).

Kayi Ushe is a great Lola, and I'd say on par with Matt Henry. I think Demitri Lampra is the best Don I've seen for the acting side. As with all tours its always a bit jarring as to the lack of middle aged and above actors, so almost all the staff members of the factory look incredibly young for the roles (included Mr Price and George).

The Angels were good fun and got massive cheers tonight.

Couldn't quite put my finger on it, but something has changed with the way the Milan stage manager is performed, and it didnt quite work. I dont think any of the lines received much of a laugh compared to London which had the audience in tears.

The tour is a watered down vapid shadow of the West End version.Very disappointed with it when I saw it.Felt that most performances were being ‘phoned in’ and it never caught fire.

I never saw the London production so I’ll never know what I missed! Kayi Ushe is an amazing Lola though I think.

Go with an open mind but you will notice the differences I’m sure .... the glaringly obvious is no young Lola or Charlie for me it just ripped any emotion out of it esp in the finale

I'm not convinced. It was here for quite a while, long enough for most people to see it if they wanted it. And now it's toured there isn't much of an untapped audience

Well I saw this on Saturday night at the Birmingham Hippodrome. I enjoyed it but not nearly as much as the previous 4 times in London. I've always sat front row for this show and generally prefer front stalls but the tickets were a present and booked for middle circle. I had no emotional attachment to the show as previously but this may be due to where we were seated.

As previously said by others not having the young Lola and Charlie did make a difference. Charlie wearing the bassball jacket and then taking it off to represent the older Charlie made no sense and doubt everyone in the theatre even noticed or could relate to it.
For the nursing home scene you couldn't read the board from where we were seated not once was it in the spotlight to help be able to read it. Such a shame for those who had never seen the show before.
I thought Lola was amazing and on par with Matt Henry. Don too was excellent. Personally from where we were sitting Charlie looked far too young. Lauren was okay but previously you could feel the connection between her and Charlie but for me this time it didn't happen. The angels were a bit lack lustre certainly didn't have the same energy. Maybe not being close to the stage made all the difference.
The show was sold out there was a very slow standing ovation mostly everyone only standing when Charlie and Lola appeared.

The seats in the middle circle are very tight with very little legroom. I'm 5'8 and it wasn't comfortable.