This Award-Winning Film-Come-Theatre-Spectacular Featuring Fabulous Footwear Remains Red Hot, Hot, Hot!
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Above; The Original Poster For Kinky Boots The Movie 2005. Left; The Original Poster For Kinky Boots The Musical 2012.
“Ladies And Gentlemen, And Those Yet To Make Up Your Mind…”
“Remember The Sex Is In The Heel”
“Ladies & Gentlement, And Those Yet To Make Up Your Mind…”, “Remember The Sex Is In The Heel.”
This Is Some of The Best Fashion Advice Ever Given In The History of Style And Fashion, But Alas It’s Lost On Factory Boss, Charlie Price, When, In Ridiculous Desperation He Tries To Pull off Being The Only Model In A Milan Fashion Show Modelling His Own Brand of Innovative Kinky Boots, Designed For Drag Queens, And Falls Flat On His Face.
It’s A Major Moment of ‘ Heartstopping Edge of Your Seat High Tension And High Drama’ And ‘Groundbreaking Comedy’ All-In-One, In What Has Now Become One of The Most Iconic Comedy-Dramas Productions In Both Film And Theatre History.
And Why Is Charlie Being So Silly? He’s Had A Big Bust Up With With Lola, A Drag Queen Who He Suddenly Says Should Drop The Drag Persona And Start Acting More Like A Typical Geezer. With Her Feelings Naturally Hurt, Lola And Her Fellow Drag Queen Friends Decide To Stay In England Instead of Walking The Italian Catwalk. Or Do They? On His Way To Milan Charlie Realizes He’s Been A Proper Charlie And Makes A Phone Call Trying To Apologize. Does Lola Get The Message In Time To Arrive In Italy And Help Save The Day?
They Are An Unlikely Friendship But They Met In A Lonely Street, On A Dark Night, As Charlie Intervened In What Would Have Been A Very Unfair Fight, When Lola Was Being Harrassed By A Group of Drunken Louts. Lola, Due To Her Boxing Fan Father, Knows How To Take Care of Herself, But Even So, She Appreciates Charlie Having Been There When She Needed Help. In Turn Charlie Appreciates Lola’s Help Too Because It Was Her Broken Heel In The Midst of The Street Trouble That Mades Him Realize Manufacturing More Substantial And Sustainable Boots For Drag Queens Could Be The Niche Market He Needs To Try & Save The Ailing Shoe Manufacturing Business He Inherited From His Late Father.
Meanwhile There’s Lauren Who Secretly Loves Charlie And There’s Charlie’s Fiance Who Unashamedly Loves Money And Wants Him To Pack And Move From Northampton To London And Seek Their Fortune.
This Is A Kind of ‘Tootsie Meets Footsie’ As Friends And Lovers Fight Within A Paralell Straight And LGBT+ Business Friendship And A Love Triangle Based Around A Hapless Boyfriend, Boss, And Neglected Building.
Originally Played By British-African Actor Chiwetel Ejifor In The 2005 Film, And Originally Played By African-American Actor Billy Porter In The 2013 Musical, And Subsequently Played By British-Jamaican Actor Matt Henry At The Adelphi Theatre, London, 2015, Where It Was Filmed. And It Was Broadcast On Sky Arts This Festive Season (Friday December 22nd 2023 , 5.40pm). And Featured Mr Henry Still Moving Us To Tears Again After All These Years.
This Version of Lola’s Story Makes A Refreshing Change For A Positive LGBT+ Power Story To Be Told From A Black Perspective. Lola Is A Persona. Simon Is The Man Behind Her. There Is A Scene Where Simon, Aka Lola, Tells The Boxing-Mad, Old-School, Now Old-Aged, Caribbean Father, How Much Simon Still Loves Him, Which Suddenly Really & Truly Gets Hold of Your Heartstrings In A Theatrical Directing Masterpiece, That Appears Out of Nowhere. It Hits You All The Harder As You Don’t See It Coming. It’s The Kind of Scene That Will Get You Again And Again, Everytime, As It Just Resonates. The Authenticity of It Will No Doubt We Be Relatable To Many A LBTQ+ Community Member And Their Parents. Singular or Plural Depending On The Comparable Circumstances.
Being A Comedy Drama Though, It Can Also Skillfully Soon Have You Laughing Again. And The Energy And Chemistry of The Production Is Such That One Can Tell This Is A Cast That Had Fun And Enjoyed Working Together. Certainly Audiences Have Loved Watching It And It Has Been A Huge Success. It Brings To Mind ‘It’s A Sin’ Such Is It’s Phenomenal Popularity. Indeed Writer Russell T Davies (Who This Festive Season Will Be Introducing Us To The New Dr. Who British Actor, Ncuti Gatwa) Has Previously Been Along To See It And Show His Support And Approval.
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