{"id":28206,"date":"2026-06-15T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/?p=28206"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:08:13","slug":"kinky-boots-treads-the-boards-at-the-royal-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2026\/06\/15\/kinky-boots-treads-the-boards-at-the-royal-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinky Boots<\/em> treads the boards at the Royal Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"

The instances are few and far between that Victoria is favoured over Vancouver for touring Broadway productions, with it usually falling to our local theatre troupes to put on a local reproduction of the material. However, with Kinky Boots<\/i>, local theatre company Broadway in Victoria have managed to land a big one. This fun-filled musical is based on the 2005 film of the same name in which Chiwetel Ejiofor played the towering drag queen Lola. The source material was then reworked by none other than the gravel-voiced Harvey Fierstein (remember how much he loved a good musical number in Mrs. Doubtfire<\/i>?) and had its music and lyrics penned by the inimitable Cyndi Lauper, whose song \u201cGirls Just Want to Have Fun\u201d has been a mainstay of drag queens for decades.<\/p>\n

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Kinky Boots<\/em> runs from July 7 to July 12 at the Royal Theatre (photo by Matthew Murphy).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cKinky Boots<\/i> is a story for everyone,\u201d says actor Dargan Cole. \u201cIt\u2019s about this guy named Charlie, whose family owns a shoe factory, and basically Charlie\u2019s dad ends up passing away, and so it is his responsibility to upkeep and run the shoe factory and, unfortunately, things don\u2019t start going so smoothly, and he\u2019s in a bit of a pinch. To save the factory from closure… he meets this drag queen named Lola, who, basically, is in need of help of trying to [find] a shoe that can uphold him. The two form a relationship and they work together to solve each other\u2019s problems, and they sort of realize that they\u2019re not so different from each other, and it\u2019s just really a really heartwarming story, and it\u2019s quite a ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cast is led by New York City drag queen Scarlett D. Von\u2019Du in the role of Lola, the formidable drag queen who\u2019s here to save the day.\u00a0 <\/span>Playing opposite her is Broadway alumnus Noah Silverman as factory owner Charlie Price; Silverman is known for his turn in The Book of Mormon<\/i>. While the cast does boast some bigger talent such as these, it\u2019s also a launch pad, a sort of incubator for theatrical newcomers like Cole who have proven their merit, and now just need to build their name.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unbelievable, actually,\u201d says Cole. \u201cI come to work every day and I\u2019m just stunned by the level of talent, [as well as] just the level of kindness. It\u2019s my first tour. This cast has been such a gift because I\u2019m just getting to soak up all the knowledge that is surrounding me, because lots of our cast members have been on several tours. It\u2019s been a great learning process.\u201d<\/p>\n

On top of being, by all accounts, a rollicking good time at the theatre full of uplifting songs and acrobatic choreography, Kinky Boots<\/i> is also a timely message of acceptance and understanding.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s really important, especially during 2026,\u201d says Cole. \u201cYou know, the story has been being told for many years now. It was on Broadway for quite a time, it\u2019s been touring for quite a time, and the fact that it\u2019s still relevant just means that it needs to keep happening. So that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing, and it is a joy to help change people\u2019s minds. As it says in the finale, \u2018You change the world when you change your mind,\u2019 and I really do believe that, and I am really proud to say that to everyone now, on stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kinky Boots
\n<\/i><\/i>Various times, Tuesday July 7 to Sunday, July 12
\n$78.25 and up, Royal Theatre
\nrmts.bc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The instances are few and far between that Victoria is favoured over Vancouver for touring Broadway productions, with it usually falling to our local theatre troupes to put on a local reproduction of the material. However, with Kinky Boots, local theatre company Broadway in Victoria have managed to land a big one. This fun-filled musical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[354],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-june-3-2026"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t