York Premiere

Are you ready boots? Finally making its York debut courtesy of York Stage Ltd, Cyndi Lauper's ebullient musical Kinky Boots is tapping into the York Grand Opera House this September! The ultimate feel-good hit, the musical took the world by storm in 2013 with its message of acceptance, a cracking pop-filled score, and a dizzying amount of fabulousness.

What's the story?

Set in Northampton, London-bound Charlie Price is surprised to suddenly inherit his beloved father's shoe factory and even more surprised to find that handmade men's dress shoes are no longer quite as in vogue as they used to be. Facing closure, a dejected Charlie chances upon Lola, the charismatic, brassy and fabulous drag queen and finds himself forming an unlikely business partnership, creating custom shoes for drag queens, which will change their lives forever...

Did you know?

Kinky Boots is based on the 2005 film starring Joel Edgerton and Chiwetel Ejiofor but that in turn was based on the true story of family-run shoe factory W.J. Brooks Ltd that fought to save their business by creating fetish footwear for men under the name 'Divine Footwear'.