Strictly Come Dancing star Johannes Radebe will make his West End musical debut when he joins the cast of Kinky Boots The Musical for performances at the London Coliseum in 2026.
He will reprise the role of Lola in the show, which is based on a true story and a movie of the same name released in 2005.
When Charlie Price inherits his family’s failing shoe factory, saving the company – and his love life – feels 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…
Kinky Boots The Musical features a book by Harvey Fierstein and a score by Cyndi Lauper. It will be directed by Nikolai Foster (My Fair Lady, A Chorus Line, Billy Elliot).
Choreography is by Leah Hill, with set and costume design by Robert Jones, Lola and the Angels’ costume design by Tom Rogers, musical supervision by George Dyer, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Adam Fisher, casting by Harry Blumenau, and wigs, hair and make-up design by Campbell Young Associates, with production management by Setting Line.
Radebe made his musical theatre debut earlier this year playing the iconic role of Lola in Kinky Boots, which is currently touring the UK and Ireland.
Kinky Boots The Musical will play at the London Coliseum for 17 weeks from March 17, 2026 to July 11, 2026, with a week of previews at Curve, Leicester from March 3, 2026. Tickets will go on sale here from July 15, 2025.
Top image: Johannes Radebe for Kinky Boots West End, credit Charlie Flint (image supplied)