Six – The Musical ★★★★★☆
The rule of SIX arrived recently at the Vaudeville Theatre, its
new West End home, with swagger, sass and bravura aplenty. And if the word of
the great Nica Burns, theatre owner extraordinaire, is to be believed, this is
SIX’s forever home and its peripatetic London wanderings are over - all hail
the Queen!
SIX is based on the life stories of Henry VIII’s six wives and
quoting from the original blurb, ‘from Tudor queens to pop princesses, the six
wives of Henry VIII finally take the mic to tell their tale, remixing five
hundred years of her-storical heartbreak into a celebration of sisterly
sass-itude’. This is, by no means, a dry
resumé of dusty history but a celebration of feisty women at their sassiest
best, with or without their heads!
The actual history lesson contained within the show, tells the story of Henry’s six wives in turn – Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard and Parr. It is in effect a sing-off to establish who had the worst time as his wife – two headless wives, I would have thought won hands, or should that be, heads down?
The wives played by Jarneia Richard-Noel, Courtney Bowman, Natalie Paris, Alexia McIntosh, Sophie Isaacs and Danielle Steers, once again totally rip up the stage with their undiluted enthusiasm, outrageously fabulous singing and dancing, and entirely infectious performances. I’m totally breathless, and all I’m doing is writing about it!
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ inventive score draws ‘Queenspiration’ from pop music royalty including Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Adele, Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Arianna Grande and many more, and is an absolute contagious joy and guaranteed to lift the most jaded of souls.
Everything about SIX hits the highest notes, with intelligent
and sparkling direction by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, tight, sensuous
choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille and a knock-out all-girl band who take
the score and production to another level. Special mention must also go to Emma
Bailey for the set, Gabriella Slade for the mega-glittery costumes, Paul Gatehouse
for the knockout sound and Tim Heiling for the ever-inventive, hypnotically dazzling
lighting.
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SIX The Musical
Vaudeville Theatre
404 Strand,
London, WC2R 0NH
Currently booking to Sunday 1 May, 2022
Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday at 8pm
Saturday at 4pm & 8pm
Sunday at 4pm & 7pm
Extra performances:
Thursday 28 October 2021 at 4pm
Thursday 11 November at 4pm
Thursday 17 February 2022 at 4pm
Thursday 7 April 2022 at 4pm
Thursday 14 April 2022 at 4pm
Sing-along show
Sunday January 23 at 7pm
Audio Described 28 November at 4pm
Captioned 5 December at 4pm
British Sign Language 12 December at 4pm
Relaxed Performance 9 January at 4pm
Christmas
Schedule
Tuesday 21 December - 8pm
Wednesday 22 December - 4pm & 8pm
Thursday 23 December - 4pm & 8pm
Friday 24 December - 4pm
Saturday 25 December - No performances
Sunday 26 December - 4pm & 7pm
Monday 27 December - 7pm
Tuesday 28 December - 4pm & 8pm
Wednesday 29 December - 8pm
Thursday 30 December - 4pm & 8pm
Friday 31 December - 8pm
Saturday 1 January - No performances
Sunday 2 January - 4pm & 7pm
Duration: 80 minutes no interval
Age recommendation: 10+
Tickets: from £23.00
No booking fee if booked in person at the box office
Box office: 0330 333 4814
www.nimaxtheatres.com
All tickets include a £1.50 Theatre Restoration Levy
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