Kinky Boots - Storyhouse, Chester

[marob]

Produced in-house as a Storyhouse Original it runs from 3-18 May next year.

When I first saw it I assumed it was a new tour. They don’t do very many shows so I’m surprised to see this is one of them.

[BurlyBeaR]

Same artwork

[Someone in a tree]

I suspect this scaled down version will tour

[curiouskc]

I saw this in the West End about five years ago and loved it. So excited it's getting a revival in my home city!

And exciting in general that the Storyhouse is doing its own musical revivals. 

[curiouskc]

Saw this last night and as ever love Storyhouse productions choice to have the cast be the band / the band be the cast. It's a really cool merging in scenes like the boxing match where the actor in the role of Don is playing electric guitar throughout the fight. Also a lovely touch to have Lola begin 'I Hold Me In Your Heart' sitting alone playing a grand piano. This production also ends with quite a twist as in the final 10 minutes, the audience are asked to get out of their seats to travel to the Milan show - with ushers taking us down to theatre bar area where they had erected a catwalk where the final number was performed.

[marob]

Really enjoyed this. It’s years since I saw it on tour, I’d forgotten how catchy sone of the songs are. The script’s a bit clunky, and the music is a bit too loud for the vocals at times, but overall that doesn’t matter as this was still great fun.

I like Storyhouse a lot as a venue. They only produce around half a dozen shows in-house a year, so after a couple of so-so new musicals it’s nice to see them stage a pretty solid revival. And I think some of the stronger of their productions in the past have been their revivals of The Wizard of Oz and A Little Night Music. With resources limited I can’t help wishing they’d do more like this, and a bit less of the open air theatre stuff in the park over the summer.

[richey]