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New Queens for SIX UK and China tour dates
The international touring version of the crowd and critic pleasing musical SIX will welcome a new set of Queens next month.
New Queens to rule in West End production of SIX
Six new Queens will ascend the throne in the West End production of Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ hit musical SIX at the Vaudeville Theatre next month.
Six – Vaudeville Theatre
SIX continues at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ SIX isn’t just surviving – it’s thriving. With this stellar new cast, the crown remains firmly in place.
SIX UK tour – new Queens confirmed as Shanghai season announced
The UK touring version of the crowd and critic-pleasing musical Six will welcome a new set of Queens next month while the current cast heads for China to play an eight-week season in Shanghai.
The OGs reunite for new Marlow and Moss track in the run up to Six the Musical Live! movie release
The producers of the award-winning global smash hit Six have announced the release of a brand-new track, ‘My Girls’, from writers Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, and recorded by the original West End cast of Six.
Changes to Six West End cast
The West End production of Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ hit musical Six is making a number of changes to the Queenly line-up at the Vaudeville Theatre.
Starlight Express wins big at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2025
The most awarded show of the evening at the 25th annual WhatsOnStage Award was Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express, taking home seven out of its nine nominations and winning Best Musical Revival.
Cinema release for Six film
The filmed on-stage reunion of Six’s original West End Queens will be released in cinemas via Universal Pictures (UK) on 6 April 2025.
SIX – new touring Queens announced
The UK touring version of the crowd and critic-pleasing musical Six will welcome a new set of Queens next month part of the way through the production’s reign at The Lowry in Salford.
New Queens to reign over West End’s Six
The West End production of Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ hit musical Six will welcome a full complement of new Queens to the Vaudeville Theatre stage next month.
The National Lottery’s Big Night Of Musicals – AO Arena, Manchester
Was there any hankie big enough to disguise the tears when children and adults with learning difficulties, all members of David Stanley’s Music Man Project, joined Michael Ball during The National Lottery’s Big Night Of Musicals at the AO Arena, Manchester?
New Queens to be coronated for touring production of Six
The touring version of the crowd and critic pleasing musical Six will welcome a new set of Queens next month at the production powers into the Assembly Hall in Tunbridge Wells.
WhatsOnStage Awards 2023 – the winners
Women swept the board in the first-ever gender-neutral performance categories at the 23rd WhatsOnStage Awards.
WhatsOnStage Awards 2023 – the nominees
Daniel Fish’s innovative 2019 Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s much-loved Oklahoma! leads the musical theatre nominees for the 23rd WhatsOnStage Awards.
Musicals Mash-Up 27-1 December 2022
Welcome to Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. We hope you approve! News editor Angela Thomas reports.
First Theatre Café Diner opens in London
The UK’s first Theatre Café Diner has opened in the heart of London’s theatreland. Covering two floors at 154 Shaftesbury Avenue, The Theatre Café Diner aims to offer a full theatrical dining experience mixing classic high quality diner food with a waiting team singing musical theatre classics and walls covered in theatrical memorabilia.
Five new cast members to join Six West End
The West End production of hit British musical Six will welcome three new Queens and two new alternates to the stage of the Vaudeville Theatre from 18 October 2022. The new Catherine of Aragon will be Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky (The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre, Bat Out of Hell, Dominion Theatre), while Baylie Carson […]
Six – Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury and Touring
Six continues at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury until 16 July 2022 and on tour until 8 July 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There is a whole bunch of reasons why Six The Musical has become such a huge success but one of them is that Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ international […]
Company and Six are big winners at the Drama Desk Awards 2022
Both Company and Six each won in four categories at the Drama Desk Awards 2022, held this week at Sardi’s Restaurant in New York. Kimberly Akimbo was named the Outstanding Musical. The newly created Ensemble Award went to SIX: The Musical’s Adrianna Hicks, Andrea Macasaet, Brittney Mack, Abby Mueller, Samantha Pauly and Anna Uzele. Founded in 1955, the Drama Desk Awards […]
West End LIVE – first 34 shows confirmed and rooftop preview pop-ups planned
Thirty-four of the West End’s most popular shows will be on hand to turn London’s iconic Trafalgar Square into the ultimate open-air theatre when West End LIVE returns to the capital in June The organisers of the crowd-pleasing live entertainment event have revealed the list of 34 shows already confirmed to feature in the weekend […]
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lin-Manuel Miranda to join the Platinum Party At The Palace
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lin-Manuel Miranda will both make special appearances at the star-studded Platinum Party At The Palace event on 4 June 2022. The two musical theatre-makers will appear in a section of the spectacular show curated by Lloyd Webber, and entitled 70 Years of Pop Music and Musicals, which will also include performances […]
West End Flea Market – judges and shows revealed
Leading theatrical charity Acting For Others has confirmed the judges and the hit shows lined-up to take part in this year’s West End Flea Market later this month. West End Flea Market regular Christopher Biggins will be joined by Michael Ball and Bridgerton’s Golda Rosheuvel to pass judgement on the stalls created by teams from […]
Six on Broadway opening night live recording to be released
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ hit British musical Six continues to make history with the release of the first original Broadway cast recording to be recorded live on opening night. Produced by Paul Gatehouse, Marlow, Moss, Sam Featherstone and Tom Curran, the 18-track ‘Six: Live On Opening Night’ features the original Broadway cast of Adrianna […]
Six: Teen Edition now available for licensing to amateur school groups in the UK and Ireland
Concord Theatricals has announced that the Six: Teen Edition is now available for licensing to amateur school groups in the UK and Ireland. Six: Teen Edition is a full-length adaptation of Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ international phenomenon Six, modified for performance by teen actors for family audiences. Marlow and Moss said: “This feels like […]
Six celebrates 1,000 performances in London
Worldwide hit musical Six celebrated 1,000 performances in the West End on 30 March 2023 with a special gala at the Vaudeville Theatre. Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, who created the show, joined the Queens on stage to take a 1,000th anniversary selfie of the cast and audience. Since making its West End debut in […]
Six’s original queens to reign at Hampton Court Palace for three outdoor performances
Six’s original West End Queens will reunite for three very special open air performances of the smash hit show in the main courtyard of Henry VIII’s former home, Hampton Court Palace. Staged in partnership with Historic Royal Palaces – the independent charity which cares for the royal residence – the performances on 19 and 20 […]
Six’s West End reign to continue into 2023
The West End reign of hit musical Six will continue into the spring of 2023 with over 300,000 extra tickets going on sale for performances at the show’s new London home, the Vaudeville Theatre from 2 May 2022 until 2 April 2023. Announcing the latest piece of good news in the Six success story, producers […]
Six – Vaudeville Theatre
Six continues at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ As with almost every live theatrical event, Covid didn’t do Six any favours (and that’s not just in the UK; Broadway closed down just three hours before its big opening night on the Great White Way). Eventually, the show […]
First look at new West End cast for Six
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 […]
Rave reviews as Six begins its Broadway reign
The Queens are the toast of New York after Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ hit British musical Six finally arrived on Broadway 18 months later than planned. Already entering the history books as the first new musical to open on Broadway following the pandemic, the show which recently moved into its new West End home, […]
Six announces its first Sing-Along at the Vaudeville Theatre
Musical phenomenon Six by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss is to hold its first sing-along performance in its ‘forever home’ in the West End at the Vaudeville Theatre on 23 January 2022. For many of Six’s enthusiastic fanbase, the temptation to join in with the show’s catchy hits like Catherine of Aragon’s ‘No Way’, Anna […]
Six to move to new London home the Vaudeville Theatre from late September
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 […]
After 14 long months in the desert Leicester Curve has reopened
Aura Simon reports: After 14 long months in the desert, it’s a strange and beautiful thing to be standing once more in a queue for the theatre. On one hand, everything feels potently bittersweet and cathartic after more than a year of having to swallow the loss of our ways of life. Somehow at the […]
June return for UK and Ireland tour of Six
Casting has been unveiled for the touring version of the crowd and critic-pleasing musical Six which will reopen on 8 June 2021 at Canterbury’s Marlowe Theatre. Returning touring Queens Lauren Drew (Catherine of Aragon), Maddison Bulleyment (Anne Boleyn) and Shekinah McFarlane (Anne of Cleves) will be joined by Caitlin Tipping as Jane Seymour, Vicki Manser […]
Thespie announces ten new online events for March
Theatre discovery platform Thespie has announced ten new online theatre and arts events including an International Women’s Day concert double feature and a conversation with the cast and creatives of a new virtual production of The Last Five Years streaming from New York. On 8 March 2020, Thespie will mark International Women’s Day with a […]
Six to reopen at the Lyric in May
The Queens will return to their West End thrones when hit show Six reopens at the Lyric Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue on 21 May 2021. With social distancing at indoor venues due to remain in place until 21 June at the earliest the theatre will initially operate at the same 50% capacity as it did […]
Musicals: The Greatest Show – BBC1 and BBC iPlayer
Musicals: The Greatest Show – BBC1 and BBC iPlayer (where it is available for a year). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ As soon as the great Ramin Karimloo launched into a sublime ‘Music of the Night’, tears started rolling down cheeks and shivers tumbled like a waterfall down the spine. We […]
Six’s Alexia McIntosh launches Birmingham Hippodrome digital masterclass series
Six queen Alexia McIntosh has added a little West End star power to a new series of online workshops launched by the Birmingham Hippodrome. The Birmingham actress who has played Anne Of Cleves in the hit show in London and on tour has returned home to front the first of 25 digital masterclasses aimed at […]
Bat Out Of Hell’s Danielle Steers releases album of Steinman songs
West End star Danielle Steers has recorded and released an album of songs written by Jim Steinman. The actress who created the role of Zahara in Steinman’s hit stage show Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical takes the lead on The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be, a personal collection of nine songs […]
Girl Power / Oops! I Streamed It Again – Thespie.com
Girl Power, streaming on Thespie.com from 17 December 2020. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ This third streamed offering in Thespie’s series of four December concerts reunites the original team from the 2018 UK tour of cult musical Six who stayed together for the show’s second spell in the West End last […]
Musical theatre favourites to feature in Reunited series of streamed concerts on Thespie
Over 30 of the UK’s leading musical theatre artists are lined up to feature in Reunited, a series of filmed concerts premiering on theatre platform Thespie. Following on from last month’s successful The Reunion show featuring seven Queens from the original West End run of Six, the Reunited series of four concerts will be filmed […]
Extra 11 weeks for Six at the Lyric Theatre
The eagerly-anticipated West End temporary transfer run of Six at the Lyric in Shaftesbury Avenue has been extended by 11 weeks into April 2021. Subject to the upcoming announcement on which tier London will fall into following the end of the current national lockdown, the critic and crowd-pleasing show should become the first West End […]
Pandemic fears set to bring the curtain down on Theatreland again
After a few weeks in which theatres had started to reopen or announce imminent plans to kickstart new seasons the curtain looks set to come down on live entertainment once again as the Covid crisis continues. In the wake of a day of frenzied media speculation following a leaked report, the Government was forced to […]
High demand for The Show Must Go On Live! At The Palace Theatre leads to additional dates
Two extra dates have been added to The Show Must Go On! Live At The Palace Theatre concert series in response to high public demand. After selling out the initial four star-packed special performances at London’s Palace Theatre, the team behind the successful lockdown-launched Theatre Support Fund + will now move their fundraising efforts onstage for […]
Carly Mercedes Dyer is the new Queen in the touring production of Six
Carly Mercedes Dyer will be the new Jane Seymour when the touring version of Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ crowd and critic-pleasing musical Six begins its six-week Christmas season at The Lowry in Manchester on 27 November 2020. The casting of Dyer whose genre credits include Leicester Curve’s recent production of West Side Story and […]
Palace theatre dates for The Show Must Go On charity concerts
The team behind the successful lockdown-launched Theatre Support Fund + will move their fundraising efforts on-stage with four star-packed special performances at London’s Palace Theatre next month. Presented by the Theatre Support Fund + and Take Two Theatricals, The Show Must Go On! Live At The Palace Theatre will be the first show to reopen […]
West End stars and recent graduates to unite for charity concert
West End favourites and potential stars of tomorrow will join forces for an online charity concert in November. Hosted by Britain’s Got Talent’s Michael Auger and Charlotte Jaconelli, Spotlight on the Future LIVE! will be recorded live and streamed online from 6 to 9 November 2020. Featuring a mix of solos, duos, trios and quartets, […]
Six Queens reunite for special stage and streamed concert
Seven Queens from the original award-winning West End run of the critically-acclaimed musical Six will reunite for a special stage and streamed concert next month. Presented by theatre platform Thespie, The Reunion will feature Olivier Award-nominees Aimie Atkinson, Alexia McIntosh, Grace Mouat, Jarneia Richard-Noel, Maiya Quansah-Breed, Millie O’Connell and Natalie Paris. Commenting on the concert […]
Six to become first West End musical to reopen
Crowd and critic-pleasing musical Six will become the first West End musical to resume performances in November when the hit show temporarily moves from its Arts Theatre home to the Lyric in Shaftesbury Avenue. Running from 14 November 2020 until 31 January 2021, the Lyric Theatre run will begin a fortnight before the touring production […]
