Raise You Up! Killian Donnelly & Matt Henry Will Lead London's Kinky Boots

Everybody Say Yeah! Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry will star in London's Kinky Boots. The West End premiere of The Tony-winning tuner, which features a score by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein, will begin performances on August 21 and officially open on September 15 at the Adelphi Theatre.

Joining Donnelly (Memphis) as Charlie and Henry (The Voice) as Lola will be Amy Lennox (Tracks) as Lauren, Jamie Baughan (Chicago) as Don, Amy Ross (Sunny Afternoon) as Nicola and Michael Hobbs (Darling of the Day) as George.

Based on the 2005 film and inspired by a true story, Kinky Boots follows Charlie Price, an aspiring young businessman who, after the death of his father, is forced to give up his dreams of living in London in order to save his family’s fledgling shoe factory in Northern England. Charlie finds inspiration in Lola, a fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos. As the unlikely pair works to turn the factory around, they find they have more in common than initially expected.

The cast will also include Gemma Atkins, Paul Ayers, Jeremy Batt, Arun Blair-Mangat, Marcus Collins, Emma Crossley, Jordan Fox, Callum Francis, Robert Grose, Gillian Hardie, Chloe Hart, Sophie Isaacs, Luke Jackson, Robert Jones, Adam Lake, Catherine Millsom, Sean Needham, Tim Prottey-Jones, Verity Quade, Javier Santos, Dominic Tribuzio, Alan Vicary, Michael Vinsen and Bleu Woodward.

Kinky Boots opened on Broadway in 2013 and won six Tony Awards that year, including Best Musical. In addition to the Broadway production, the show is currently touring the U.S. and a Toronto staging is scheduled for this summer at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.