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Six the Musical – West End
Theatre
Vaudeville Theatre
Duration
75 minutes
Age Restrictions
10+ years
Hailed as Britain’s answer to Hamilton, Six the Musical takes Tudor history and resets it to pop. Reclaiming their lives from the old classroom rhyme, Henry VIII’s six wives take to the stage in a pulsating piece of gig-theatre that takes all sorts of pops at their heir-hungry husband.
Between them, the six spouses become a contemporary girl band: imagine the Spice Girls in corsets and ruffs. On their very own Divorced Beheaded Live tour, they’re out to reset the historical record and, tired of being defined by their husband and their reproductive capacities, the six sing their hearts out (and their heads off) to tell their stories for themselves.
Read MoreSix is another success story that’s grown out of its grassroots. Songwriting duo Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss wrote the show while still students at Cambridge and scored something of a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe. Picked up by producer Kenny Wax, the man who saw the potential of The Play That Goes Wrong, it was bolstered with a big enough budget to pull off production values to match the show’s score. The result looks a treat: Gabriella Slade’s futuristic corsets and neon ruffs won one of the show’s five Olivier nominations.
It sounds even better though and, above all, Six signals the arrival of significant talents in the form of Marlow and Moss. Their score is stuffed full of pop pastiche, with each of the six wives given their own musical stylings – one’s a born-again balladeer, another an R’n’B queen – as the compete to establish their credentials as the biggest victim of both history and the husband they shared. Their lyrics are possessed of a slick, nimble wit, with a devilish ability to turn a rhyme on a dime. (“I tried to elope but the Pope said nope.”) One song ‘Haus of Holbein’ reimagines renaissance portraiture as a kind of old-fangled dating app.
Two years after its success in Edinburgh, Six has slowly established itself as a cult hit and, with its Arts Theatre run confirmed until January 2020, it shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. It’s a chance to see the stars of tomorrow’s musical theatre. Book your Six the Musical Tickets today!
INFO
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Six the Musical Tickets
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Which Theatre
Six the Musical is showing at the Vaudeville Theatre, located at 404 Strand, London WC2R 0NH.
Age Recommendation
For ages ten and above.
Any Questions
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Good to Know
Strobe lighting is used several times during the performance.
Can I video or Take Photos?
The use of camera and sound recording equipment is strictly prohibited.
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CAST
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Cast and Creative
Cast
Jarneia Richard-Noel – Catherine of Aragon
Millie O’Connell – Anne Boleyn
Natalie Paris – Jane Seymour
Alexia McIntosh – Anna of Cleves
Aimie Atkinson – Katherine Howard
Maiya Quansah-Breed – Catherine Parr
Grace Mouat – Swing
Vicki Manser – Anne Boleyn 2
Courtney Stapleton – Catherine of Aragon 2
Creative
Toby Marlow – Writer
Lucy Moss – Writer
Jamie Armitage – Co-Director
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille – Choreographer
Emma Bailey – Set Designer
Gabriella Slade – Costume Designer
Paul Gatehouse – Sound Designer
Tom Curran – Orchestrator
Katy Richardson – Musical Director
