Looking Ahead: 5 Shows That Should Be On Your Radar

## [**Kinky Boots**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/1451/Kinky-Boots-tickets.aspx) Opens at the **Adelphi Theatre** on 21st August 2015 [**Kinky Boots**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/1451/Kinky-Boots-tickets.aspx) is the most anticipated opening of the year. With an incredibly exciting cast – led by **Killian Donnelly, Matt Henry** and **Amy Lennox** - [**Kinky Boots**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/1451/Kinky-Boots-tickets.aspx) transfers to the West End from Broadway where the show triumphed at the Tony Awards. The best feel-good show since Legally Blonde, [**Kinky Boots**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/1451/Kinky-Boots-tickets.aspx) is uplifting, inspiring and empowering. The touching British story will work even better in London; the show has huge heart as well as incredible music and choreography. It's looks set to become the show everyone will be fighting to see, so make sure you get your [**Kinky Boots tickets**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/1451/Kinky-Boots-tickets.aspx) now! ## [**Cats starring Beverley Knight**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/1574/Cats-tickets.aspx) Opens at the **London Palladium** on 23rd October 2015 When [**Cats**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/1574/Cats-tickets.aspx) returned to the West End last year audiences fell in love with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical like never before. Due to overwhelming public demand, the show is returning to the **London Palladium** once more in October for its final season at the iconic venue. Soul Queen turned West End superstar **Beverley Knight** is set to take on the iconic role of Grizabella, following in the footsteps of Kerry Ellis, Nicole Scherzinger and Jane McDonald. Fresh from bringing audiences to their feet night after night in [**Memphis**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/1475/Memphis-tickets.aspx) and **The Bodyguard**, **Knight** looks set to blow the roof off the **Palladium** with her powerful rendition of ‘Memory’. ## [**Dawn French: 30 Million Minutes**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/1773/Dawn-French--30-Million-Minutes-tickets.aspx) Opens at the **Vaudeville Theatre** on 11th November 2015 Later this year **Dawn French** will be hitting the West End with her solo show [**30 Million Minutes**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/1773/Dawn-French--30-Million-Minutes-tickets.aspx), following a successful UK tour. **Dawn** says the show is “not a play, it's not stand up, it's not a monologue, it's not a slide show, but it's something a bit like all of those with some alarming extreme striptease thrown in.” She has written the show herself, basing it on her life and career. **Dawn** is working alongside a stellar creative team, including renowned stage director **Michael Grandage**. ## [**Photograph 51**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/1775/Photograph-51-tickets.aspx) Opens at the **Noel Coward Theatre** on 5th September You do not want to miss Academy award-winning actress **Nicole Kidman** making a spectacular West End return this autumn! **Kidman** will star in the UK première of Anna Ziegler’s play [**Photograph 51**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/1775/Photograph-51-tickets.aspx) which will also be directed by **Michael Grandage**. The production reunites **Nicole** and **Michael** following their recent collaboration on the forthcoming feature film Genius. The show also stars **Stephen Campbell Moore** who recently appeared in Chimerica and famously starred alongside James Corden and Dominic Cooper in Alan Bennett's The History Boys. ## [**In The Heights**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/1957/In-The-Heights-tickets.aspx) Opens at the **King’s Cross Theatre** on 3rd October 2015 Last year [**In The Heights**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/1957/In-The-Heights-tickets.aspx) received its UK premiere at the Southwark Playhouse. Word of mouth couldn’t have been stronger and the run sold out within days of opening. At long last it has been confirmed that the show will return for a limited run at the brand new **King’s Cross Theatre**. Every element of [**In The Heights**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/1957/In-The-Heights-tickets.aspx) hit me like a breath of fresh air; I have never jumped to my feet so quickly at the end of a show, its energy is unique and the creative team are top notch. It’s always great to see off-West End hits being given a new lease of life.