★★★★★★ 👑👑👑👑👑👑 Six – The Musical
The atmosphere as you entered the Arts Theatre to see Six – The
Musical was electric. The excitement in the air was palpable, and all before
you’d even got into the theatre. There was a wonderful feeling of anticipation
and an audience clearly determined to have a glorious time. And boy, did we
have a great night, so much so I felt that everybody would have willingly
turned around and watched the 75-minute show over again!
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| Six - The Musical |
Six is based on the life stories of Henry VIII’s six wives but
quoting the 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!
This home-grown ‘histo-remixed’ pop-concert musical by the
enormously gifted, witty, innovative and mega-talented Toby Marlow and Lucy
Moss returns to London after a tremendous run at this year’s Edinburgh
Festival. But be warned it’s only in London for a few weeks, and if it’s not
back again after a short tour I’ll eat my ruff! This surely must find a more
permanent home as it has cult classic written all over in copper plate and
using a quill pen!
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, Millie O’Connell,
Natalie Paris, Alexia McIntosh, Aimie Atkinson, Maiya Quansah-Breed and Grace
Mouat, who was on as swing for Catherine Parr, totally rip up the stage with
their undiluted enthusiasm, outrageously fabulous singing and dancing, and
entirely infectious performances. I’m breathless, and all I’m doing is writing
about it!
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| Jarneia Richard-Neal and Aimie Atkinson |
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 joy and guaranteed to lift the most
jaded of souls.
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| Millie O'Connell and Natalie Paris |
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.
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| Maiya Quansah-Breed and Alexia McIntosh |
Six is most definitely a ten; however, in the theatrical world
of stars, it must be a five. Seemingly that is now history too, as six stars
are, without a doubt, here by royal command. And who would dare argue with
these fabulous Queens?
So set your sassometer to Six, and watch out Hamilton, these Queens are coming for you!
Production photography by Idil Sukan
Book tickets for Six CLICK HERE
and watch the SIx trailer
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