Critically-acclaimed musical Six will take to the road for a nine-month ‘Royal Tour’ this autumn. While the show’s current second season at the Arts Theatre has been extended into January 2020, the rock-flavoured show in which the wives of Henry VIII take centre stage will visit over 33 venues nationwide.
Opening at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford on 24 October, the tour will also include a Christmas season at The Lowry Quays Theatre from 3 December 2019 until 5 January 2020.
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.
Commenting on the latest development in the Six success story, Marlow and Moss said: “We are SOOOO excited and thrilled and grateful that we get to share the story of these badass Queens – and the UNREAL talents of these women – with so many more people all over the UK! We’ll see you there!!! WOOOOOOOO!!!”
Following the Guildford run, the tour will visit Malvern, Glasgow, Kingston upon Thames, Oxford, Milton Keynes, Salford, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Bath and Southampton.
Backed by the show’s all-female band, The Ladies in Waiting, the cast for the tour along with further dates will be announced soon.
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.
The show debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017 in a production by the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society. The show returned to Edinburgh a year later following its first well-received four date London run in January 2018. The Edinburgh dates formed part of the show’s first tour which also visited Kingston’s Rose Theatre, Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre. The Lowry, Salford and Glasgow SEC.
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 the Fringe before playing a sold-out run at The Other Palace in 2018.
Marlow and Moss’ award-winning musical has just celebrated its debut in the US at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre and discussions are also under way for Six to head for Canada, Japan, Australia, and South Korea.
Angela Thomas
SHARE THIS POST:
Comments are closed.