The award-winning original West End cast of the critically-acclaimed musical Six will return for the show’s second season in the capital. Announced in October, just a few days before the end of the show’s season at Covent Garden’s Arts Theatre, the rock-flavoured show in which the wives of Henry VIII take centre stage will return to the venue in the New Year for an open-ended run.
Over 50,000 seats went on sale in October for an initial six-week season from Wednesday 16 January until Sunday 5 May 2019. Many dates are already sold out.
After collecting the 2018 BroadwayWorld Award for Best Ensemble in a Play or Musical, the returning cast includes: Jarneia Richard-Noel (The Color Purple in Concert, Cadogan Hall) as Catherine Of Aragon; Millie O’Connell (UK tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie) as Anne Boleyn; Natalie Paris (Sunday in the Park with George at the Menier Chocolate Factory) as Jane Seymour; Alexia McIntosh (Godiva Rocks at Belgrade Theatre) as Anna Of Cleves; and Aimie Atkinson (Zorro the Musical,UK Tour) as Katherine Howard. Two recent Guildford School of Acting graduates, Maiya Quansah-Breed (Catherine Parr) and Grace Mouat (swing/dance captain), complete the cast.
From January the cast will be joined by two additional alternates: Vicki Manser (Bat Out of Hell, West End) as alternate Anne Boleyn and Anna of Cleves and Courtney Stapleton (Les Misérables, West End) as alternate Catherine of Aragon and Catherine Parr.
Written by university friends Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the musical which was nominated in 2017 for Musical Theatre Review’s inaugural Best Musical Award, puts the spotlight on the Tudor King’s wives as they form a 21st-century girl band. The show’s first Arts Theatre run followed a successful return visit to the Edinburgh Fringe and a well-received four date London run in January.
Following the West End season, the touring production visited Kingston’s Rose Theatre, Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre, The Lowry, Salford and is due to play Glasgow SEC from 20 to 30 December.
Presented by Kenny Wax and Global Musicals, the show which features tracks including ‘Ex Wives’, ‘Haus of Holbein’ and ‘Don’t Lose Ur Head’, is directed by co-creator Moss and Jamie Armitage.
The creative team also includes choreographer Carrie-Anne Ingrouille and musical supervisor Joe Beighton, with set design by Emma Bailey, costume design by Gabriella Slade, lighting design by Tim Deiling, sound design by Paul Gatehouse and orchestrations by Tom Curran.
Six is the first musical from Marlow and Moss, two-thirds of the award-winning theatre company Hot Gay Time Machine whose satirical show Hot Gay Time Machine was also a hit at last year’s Fringe before playing a sold-out run at The Other Palace earlier this year. The show is playing a Christmas season at Trafalgar Studio 2 in Whitehall.
Angela Thomas
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