The Queens will set up residence in their new West End home when hit show Six moves to the Vaudeville Theatre in September 2021.
Currently reigning over audiences at the Lyric Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue until 29 August, the production will transfer to the Vaudeville Theatre on The Strand from 29 September with tickets going on sale for an initial booking period up to 1 May 2022 including scheduled performances over the Christmas season from 15 September.
Six has been playing nine shows a week to socially distanced audiences at the Lyric since 21 May. The current cast will make the move to the Vaudeville Theatre where the production will play an eight-show week. The cast will remain in place until 14 November with an all-new cast due to take over from 16 November.
The 2021/2022 UK touring production will continue simultaneously and the Broadway production is now due to resume performances at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on 3 October 2021.
Written by university friends Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the musical which was nominated in 2017 for our inaugural Best Musical Award, puts the spotlight on the wives of Henry VIII as they form a 21st century girl band. The show’s first Arts Theatre run followed a successful return visit to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a well-received four-date London run in January 2018.
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 Six studio album has attracted more than 200 million streams, making it the second highest streamed cast recording in the world, with the Hamilton original cast recording occupying the top spot.
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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