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UK LGBT EVENTS - Kinky Boots - The Musical @ London Colliseum (until July 2026)
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Kinky Boots - The Musical @ London Colliseum (until July 2026)

Fall head over heels in Spring 2026! The multi-award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS is strutting its way to London in a joyous, brand-new production starring Strictly Come Dancings Johannes Radebe. The acclaimed West End and Broadway sensation runs at the spectacular London Coliseum from March 2026 for a strictly limited season only. Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Musical and based on an uplifting true story and much-loved movie, Kinky Boots features Tony and Grammy Award-winning music and lyrics by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, a hilarious book by Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and is directed by the award-winning Nikolai Foster (Grease and The Wizard of Oz). When Charlie Price inherits his familys failing shoe factory, saving the company and his love life feel like an impossibly tall order. Until, that is, he meets Lola, the sparkling, larger-than-life drag queen with the unlikeliest of answers. Can they work together to reboot the business and save the day? Perhaps they just need to help each other and everyone around them to stand a little taller A glorious celebration of friendship and individuality, let Kinky Boots raise you up higher than ever at the legendary London Coliseum for 17 weeks only.

Tickets : £ Various Tickets

Address : London Colliseum
St Martins Lane
London
WC2N 4ES

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