Oliver Tompsett and Natalie McQueen will step into the lead roles of Charlie Price and Lauren in the London cast of Kinky Boots alongside Simon-Anthony Rhoden who continues as Lola.
The changes from 4 June 2018 will also include Sean Needham who will play Don, and Antony Reed who will play George, plus Abbey Addams, Jak Allen-Anderson, Louis Clarke-Clare, Daniel Downing, David Haydn, Graham Kent, Christopher Parkinson, Hannah Price, Anna Stolli and Olivia Winterflood.
Continuing in the show are Cordelia Farnworth as Nicola and Jed Berry, Momar Diagne, Jemal Felix, Jordan Fox, Rossie Glossop, Robert Grose, Keith Higham, Ben Jennings, Robert Jones, Suzie McAdam, Emma Odell, Jon Reynolds and Tom Scanlon. David Hunter (Charlie) and Verity Rushworth (Lauren) bid farewell to the show on 2 June 2018.
Kinky Boots, which won three Olivier Awards in 2016, features a book by Harvey Fierstein, songs by Cyndi Lauper and direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell.
Bios (of new cast members)
Oliver Thompsett (Charlie Price) has numerous theatre credits including Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls (Phoenix); Galileo in We Will Rock You (Dominion); Drew Boley in Rock of Ages (original London cast, Dominion); Fiyero in Wicked (Apollo Victoria); Phil Davis in White Christmas (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Starlight Express (The Other Palace); The Royal Hunt of the Sun (directed by Trevor Nunn, The National); Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales); Harry Lytton in Over My Shoulder (Wyndham’s).
Natalie McQueen (Lauren) has a range of theatre credits including The Mad Hatter in Wonderland (European premiere UK and Ireland tour); alternate Sara and u/s Narrator in Murder Ballad (Arts Theatre); Éponine in Les Misérables (Pimlico Opera); ensemble/standby Elphaba and Nessarose in Wicked (Apollo Victoria); Angela St Angelo and u/s Florence in Chess (Union); Young Éponine in Les Misérables (Palace); Eva, Sewer Child in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Palladium).
Sean Needham (Don) has an array of theatre credits including Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales); Wicked (Apollo Victoria); Norman Petty in Buddy (Duchess, UK and European tours); Joe’s Dad in Our House; Return to the Forbidden Planet; Gunmetal Blues; Judas in Godspell; The Great Gatsby; Two and Two Make Sex; Our Man in Havana; Treasure Island; John Smith in Run for Your Wife; Bouncers; You Don’t Bring Me Flowers (Tour); Prince in Cinderella (Birmingham Hippodrome, QDOS); Waltz of the Toreadors; The Wizard of Oz; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Leicester); Sailor Beware and Curtain Up on Murder.
Antony Reed (George) has appeared in Kenneth Branagh’s The Entertainer (Garrick); Roger in the original cast of Jolson (Victoria Palace); Bert Healey/Drake in Annie (
