There were reports a few months back that the multi Tony Award-winning new musical Kinky Boots would be making the long journey over the Atlantic to London’s West End.
The latest news is that the planned transfer of the show with music by Cyndi Lauper is delayed, but still going ahead. The hold-up seems to be down to finding a West End venue to house the production, as every theatre is currently hosting all manner of musical, plays, dance and opera. The producers of the hit Broadway musical will be banking on a production closing in London’s theatreland, paving the way for Kinky Boots, bringing the British made story back home.
Rumours have been circulating for years about the possibility of a stage musical adaptation of the cult British film Bend it Like Beckham. The wait is now over, as it has been confirmed that the new musical will open at the Phoenix Theatre in May 2015.
Mark Hayhurst’s new play, Taken at Midnight premiered at the Chichester Festival Theatre in September. It has now been announced that the play will transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket in the heart of London’s West End from 15 January 2015, following the National Theatre's production of Great Britain.
The Olivier award-winning stage version of E. Nesbit’s 1906 classic book The Railway Children will return to London this winter after wowing audiences at Waterloo station back in 2011.
Jonathan Slinger and Jenna Russell will reprise their roles in the West End transfer of Urinetown. Jamie Lloyd’s critically acclaimed production premiered at the St James Theatre earlier this year. However, the show's leading man, Richard Fleeshman, will not be returning to the role of Bobby.