Kinky Boots - Adelphi

He's rather older than any Charlies so far. I don't see it.

Hoping for some confirmed casting news soon. I'd really love to see Olly Tompsett as Charlie. I know he auditioned and think he'd be great, if they don't go for a name.

Well he's done two contracts, he's had a good run. It will e interesting who takes over and if we get a new Lola also.

I overheard that the new Charlie is someone with a musical theatre background rather than stunt casting. As for Jordan he’s staying with the show but it isn’t confirmed London or the Tour yet (he’s hoping for tour lead), Simon is also staying.

I kinda wish they'd just given Jordan the lead in London. He has more than earned that position, he is one of the best understudies ive seen! Though Harry has one of my faovurite songs in the show so can't be all bad playing that role either!

I've said for a coupke of years now, if it runs for three years, then I'll be happy. This extension (assuming it will play until then), will take it there. I'd still be sad to see it close, its one of my favourites, but I'd be satisfied. Chatting to Jordan in January, he told me that their new contracts are still for a year so they are going into the new cast with the intention of doing another year at least.

I imagine RUG/Nederlander are happy to keep it until a show wants the Adelphi, I think it’s more likely to close on Broadway first before London much like Once and Jersey Boys did

Can anyone advise me of the running time please? We're in London for a few days, getting the coach back home at 6.30pm on Saturday and I'm wondering if we will have time to fit this in before we go home. It does say 2 hours 20 minutes, is that accurate?

It was done by 9:50pm the other evening, so maximum 2 hours 20 minutes. The ushers are very keen for everyone to leave quickly as well.

So, a matinee should finish at 4:50pm and it would be easy to get to Victoria (assuming the coach goes from there) by 5:30pm, so lots of time.

The only proviso to think about is luggage. Like most theatres, they have a bag search. This one was quite thorough which explained the large queues going in. I doubt large bags will be allowed in, so you'd have to allocate time to get to and from wherever you store your bags as well (I've used the Luggagehero app recently, which works well and lets you pay a few pounds to store it at local convenience stores).

When the time comes for the producers to think about closing in London, the fact that it is still open on Broadway will have zero impact on the decision. If the London production starts to slip and lose money, they're not going to bankroll it and keep it running just because the Broadway production is still running. Equally they won't close the Broadway show if it's still profitable, just to make sure that it closes before London.

In terms of a replacement show (when the time comes), RUG won't be able to just kick Kinky out without certain factors being met, unless they pay them off of course, which is rare but does happen.

There'll be a clause in the contract which stipulates the minimum notice period if the show is profitable. There'll also be an agreed level of profitability, and if the production falls below this for a specified amount of time, the theatre are then able to serve notice

If no show is interested in the venue, the producer can often negotiate a deal on their rent, or the ticket share, as even if the theatre makes no money from the show itself, having an income from bar spend is better than having no income at all from a dark theatre.

If a show is interested in taking the theatre, and the theatre wants to get rid of it's existing show that's making no money, they can decide not to offer rent reductions in a bid to nudge the show out, or as soon as the show dips below the profitability clause they'll issue notice straight away to get them out.

Sorry to ramble off topic a little bit, but I thought it would be an interesting insight to share!