Amy Di Bartolome, Amanda Lindgren, Claudia Kariuki, Dionne Ward-Anderson, Tsemaye Bob-Egbe and Meesha Turner. Picture Craig Sugden
The West End production of hit British musical Six will welcome an entirely new cast of Queens, alternates and swings from 16 November 2021.
To mark the first time the hit show has welcomed an all-new line-up, the six new Queens preparing to take up residence at the Vaudeville Theatre were brought together for in a special photoshoot at the Tower of London courtesy of Historic Royal Palaces.
The new cast at the Vaudeville Theatre will be led by: Amy Di Bartolomeo (Bat Out of Hell, West End debut, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert UK tour) as Catherine of Aragon; Amanda Lindgren (South Pacific, Chichester Festival Theatre, Miss Saigon, UK and international tours) as Anne Boleyn; Claudia Kariuki (Ragtime, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, School of Rock, West End) as Jane Seymour; and Tsemaye Bob-Egbe (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, West End, Pippin, Garden Theatre) as Katherine Howard. The central cast will be completed by Dionne Ward-Anderson who will make her West End debut in the production as Anna of Cleves and recent Royal Academy of Music graduate Meesha Turner who will make her professional and West End debut by stepping into the role of Catherine Parr.
They will be joined by Paisley Billings (The Lion King, West End) as alternate Catherine of Aragon and Anna of Cleves, recent Trinity Laban Conservatoire graduate, Danielle Rose who will make her West End debut as alternate Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, Roxanne Couch (I Could Use A Drink, In Pieces, Turbine Theatre) as alternate Jane Seymour and Katherine Parr, Rachel Rawlinson (Heathers, West End, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert tour) as Swing and Esme Rothero who will make her West End debut as Swing and Dance Captain.
Paisley Billings, Roxanne Couch, Danielle Rose, Rachel Rawlinson and Esme Rothero
Six’s current Queens will take their final bows at the Vaudeville Theatre on 14 November where the production is currently booking up to 1 May 2022.
Written by university friends Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the musical which puts the spotlight on the wives of Henry VIII as they form a 21st century girl band started life as a student production in a 100-seat room at Sweet Venue during the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Six continues its sold-out UK tour and has just celebrated its New York debut, opening 18 months later than planned to stunning reviews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway. The Australian production is due to reopen at the Sydney Opera House in December.
Last week it was announced that to celebrate the global success of its songs with 450 million streams and over three billion views on TikTok, Six is to release its Studio Album on vinyl. A VIP launch event will be held on 28 October 2021 at Banqueting House, on the site of the Palace of Whitehall built by Henry VIII, and will be live-streamed to the global Queendom by TikTok.
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. Casting for Six is by Pearson Casting.
Associate musical supervisor is Katy Richardson, alongside associate directors Franny Anne Rafferty and Grace Taylor, associate choreographers Freya Sands and Melody Sinclair, resident director Amber Sinclair-Case and resident choreographer Nicole Bondzie.
When the pandemic struck Six was playing to sold out houses in the West End, and across the UK and Australia. The show’s opening night in New York on 11 March 2020 was cancelled just three hours before curtain-up when the New York Governor Andrew Cuomo shut down all Broadway theatres.
Angela Thomas
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