Courtney Bowman will star as Lauren in the brand-new Made at Curve production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS The Musical, which will tour the UK and Ireland from 17 January 2025.
Courtney joins the previously announced Johannes Radebe (STRICTLY COME DANCING) as Lola and Dan Partridge (GREASE) as Charlie Price.
KINKY BOOTS The Musical features a score by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein. It will be directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster (THE WIZARD OF OZ, A CHORUS LINE, BILLY ELLIOT).
Courtney Bowman won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Performer in a Musical in 2023 for her portrayal of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Her other theatre credits include: Closer to Heaven (Turbine Theatre), Cool Rider: 10th Anniversary Concert (London Palladium), Pretty Woman (Savoy Theatre), SIX (Arts Theatre/Lyric Theatre) and she was part of the original cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Apollo Theatre/Sheffield Crucible). Courtney’s TV credits include Eastenders (BBC) and the lead role of Little Cook Small for 2 series in Big Cook Little Cook (CBeebies).
Full casting for KINKY BOOTS will be announced in due course.
KINKY BOOTS The Musical was a Broadway and West End phenomenon based on a true story and movie of the same name released in 2005.
2025 TOUR SCHEDULE
17 - 25 January Leicester Curve
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28 January - 1 February Woking New Victoria Theatre
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4 - 8 February Manchester Palace Theatre
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11 - 15 February Glasgow Kings Theatre
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18 - 22 February Edinburgh Playhouse
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25 February -1 March Truro Hall for Cornwall
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4 - 8 March Norwich Theatre Royal
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11 - 15 March Milton Keynes Theatre
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18 - 22 March Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre
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25 - 29 March Brighton Theatre Royal
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15 - 19 April Birmingham Hippodrome
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22 - 26 April Plymouth Theatre Royal
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29 April - 3 May Stockton Globe
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6 - 10 May Newcastle Theatre Royal
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13 - 17 May Bristol Hippodrome
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20 - 24 May Leeds Grand Theatre
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27 - 31 May Southampton Mayflower Theatre
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3 - 7 June Southend Cliffs Pavilion
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10 - 14 June Canterbury Marlowe Theatre
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17 - 21 June Belfast Grand Opera House
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24 - 28 June Sheffield Lyceum Theatre
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1- 5 July Nottingham Theatre Royal
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8 - 12 July Liverpool Empire Theatre
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15 - 19 July Dublin Bord Gais Energy Theatre 0818719377 (ROI)
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22 - 26 July Oxford New Theatre **
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