The shoe fits for an effervescent and toe-tapping musical romp
Kinky Boots is as much a about self-acceptance as it is about shoes
Kinky Boots
By Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin
Rating:****
Until August 31
It seems like a touch of madness to make a musical about the closure of a shoe factory, but there have been musicals made from stranger material: Thatcherism (Lee Hall’s socialist Billy Elliot), public toilets (the Tony award-winning Urinetown), and one of the lesser-known Founding Fathers of the United States (Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop extravaganza Hamilton).
Even ...