Noah Thomas stars in the title role of the hit musical, which will also arrive on the silver screen in 2021. 2020  Pop musical Six heads back to town. The musical was first presented by Cambridge University students at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017. The awards were presented in a TV special October 25. New Year Sale. The original principal cast is the same as the show's 2019 North American tour. Tickets to Six - Live at the Lyric Theatre in London are on sale now. This website uses cookies to personalise yourexperience including personalising content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic with third parties inline with our Privacy and Cookies policy. The UK tour ended on 30 December 2018 in Glasgow.[6]. to deal with from the man who married them, Henry VIII, will become the lead singer of the group ("Ex-Wives (Reprise)"). Please note that our site will still use cookies but not storing any personal data. West End LIVE audience Thank you for tuning in to our Virtual West End LIVE – we hope that you enjoyed the weekend and that our highlights package brought back some happy memories for you all. 21. SIX is written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, with Direction by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, Choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, Set Design by Emma Bailey, Costume Design by Gabriella Slade, Lighting Design by Tim Deiling, Sound Design by Paul Gatehouse, Musical Orchestration by Tom Curran, Musical Supervisor Joe Beighton, Musical Director Katy Richardson. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google LLC. Sign up for exclusive discounts and save up to 50% on tickets! Look out for the queens walking on stage with neon ruff collars and glasses and get ready for a techno mashup for the ages. Now playing in the West End, touring the UK and on Broadway! She then boasts about her riches and how, since she remained unmarried after her divorce, there is no man around to tell her what to do ("Get Down").

[1] The musical is a modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII presented as a pop concert, as the wives take turns singing and telling their story to see who suffered the most due to Henry and should, therefore, become the group's lead singer. Dominic Cooke will direct the late Larry Kramer's AIDS crisis drama. †† Included as part of "I Don't Need Your Love" on the Studio Cast Recording. Jones suggests the show could use 10 more minutes of material that gets away from the plot's singing contest conceit, and toward the emotional center of the characters. [9], Six had its North American premiere at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) in May 2019. The project hails from London's National Theatre, which had planned to present the play this summer prior to the coronavirus shutdown. Every year, the cast of London’s hottest shows perform in front of thousands of spectators, to … For tickets and more information, visit TheShowMustGoOnLive.com. See the winners", "Breaking News: Drama League Announces 2020 Nominations", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Six_(musical)&oldid=985635640, Cultural depictions of the wives of Henry VIII, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Musical or Revue, "No Way" – Catherine of Aragon and Company, "Anne Boleyn (Interlude)" – Company minus Anne Boleyn †, "Don't Lose Ur Head" – Anne Boleyn and Company, "Heart of Stone" – Jane Seymour and Company, "All You Wanna Do" – Katherine Howard and Company, "I Don't Need Your Love" – Catherine Parr and Company, "I Don't Need Your Love (Remix)" – Catherine Parr and Company ††, This page was last edited on 27 October 2020, at 01:35. [2] Marlow had been selected in late 2016 by Cambridge University Arts Society to write a new musical to be performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, and the initial six wives' concert concept came to him later during a poetry class when he decided to get his friend Moss involved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. [10] Directed by Jamie Armitage and Lucy Moss,[11] the Chicago premiere was produced by Six's London producers with the addition of Broadway producer Kevin McCollum.

[43] According to Rachel Weinberg of Broadway World, "Six carries out [a] joyful and anachronistic takedown of the patriarchy" through the performances of a "brilliant" cast and a book and score with an inventive and sensational compositional method.

The production opened on 24 October 2019 at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford. We all know Henry VIII’s wives thanks to ‘that rhyme,’ but hear from the ladies themselves as they remix centuries of hurt into killer riffs and catchy medleys. is directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet) and Anna Fox, with set design by Soutra Gilmour, lighting design by Neil Austin and Howard Hudson, video design by Fray Studio, and sound design by Adam Fisher. Dean Johnson directs the production, filmed at London's Crazy Coqs. As Katherine Howard[b], next in line, prepares for her solo, the Queens belittle her for being "the least relevant Catherine"; Katherine retaliates by mentioning flaws in the other Queens' reasons for winning, such as how Anne Boleyn wasn't the only beheaded wife and how Jane Seymour died due to natural causes. DIVORCED, BEHEADED and now LIVE AT THE LYRIC! Live: Musical about Henry VIII's wives coming to Sydney", "SIX THE MUSICAL Will Tour Australia In 2020!

Six began its first UK tour on 11 July at the Norwich Playhouse, returning to the Edinburgh Fringe on 1 August 2018. Six began its West End reign at the Arts Theatre in 2019, earning five Olivier Award nominations including Best New Musical. Six is a British musical with book, music, and lyrics by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. [29], Six began Broadway previews on 13 February 2020 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. ", "Six amplifies empowering messages with Broadway-bound hit at the Citadel", "Edmonton's Citadel Theatre nabs Canadian premiere of hit London musical Six", "Six Continues American Conquest With Ordway Engagement This Fall", https://variety.com/2020/legit/global/west-end-coronavirus-shutdown-june-28-solt-1234598114/, "SIX Musical Will Play Drive-In Style Across the U.K.", "UK tour for hit show Six and top music acts axed due to local lockdown concerns", "Six Finds Its Australian Royals as Musical Continues World Domination", "Divorced. The musical re-opened for an initial 16-week run at the Arts Theatre on 17 January 2019. ), and cast members from The Lion King. [8] However due to the COVID-19 pandemic the show was forced to take a lengthy hiatus from March 2020. [27] The Australian production is produced by Louise Withers, Michael Coppel and Linda Bewick. Marlow and Moss are "gifted comic writers," he said, and he praised the "musical force of the intensely committed and talented actresses" in the Chicago cast.

When Aragon claims that she is the winner, the other Queens mention Anne and how she overlapped with Aragon during the former's marriage, resulting in said annulment ("Anne Boleyn (Interlude)"), and Anne recounts her time as Queen with Henry and her eventual execution ("Don't Lose Ur Head"). The story then shifts as the Queens are suddenly turned into ensemble-esque members of Hans Holbein's painting studio, recounting the techniques used to beautify women for their portraits ("Haus of Holbein"). Six will return to the Arts Theatre in March 2021. Sorry, there has been an error. They're joined the West End cast by alternates Zara MacIntosh, Cherelle Jay, Hana Stewart and Collette Guitart. Restaurant And Travel Deals Venues Transport Information.

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