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Six: The Musical, Lyric Theatre

21 May 21 – 22 Aug 21, Times vary

In this West End musical, the six wives of Henry VIII are queens of pop reclaiming their narrative

By CW Contributor on 5/3/2021

1 CW reader is interested
The six wives of Henry VIII are pop princesses in Six: The Musical
The six wives of Henry VIII are pop princesses in Six: The Musical
Six: The Musical, Lyric Theatre Six: The Musical, Lyric Theatre Freya Sanders
Six the Musical is reopening at the West End's Lyric theatre from 21 May 2021 and at its original home of the Arts Theatre from 24 August 2021.

Divorced, beheaded, died—we all know how it goes. But the six wives of Henry VIII are fed up of being ‘just one word in a stupid rhyme’. In Six: The Musical, they take to the stage to tell their own stories, through the medium of majestic pop songs.


It’s been dubbed ‘Hamilton for the 16th century’, but Six is a historical retelling like no other. It takes to task musical theatre’s typically weedy or one-dimensional female roles—which even Lin-Manuel Miranda seems unable to steer entirely clear of. Instead, the Tudor queens emulate the queens of pop: Catherine of Aragon, for instance, is unmistakably inspired by Beyoncé.


Six started life in 2017 as a student production at the Edinburgh Fringe. The brainchild of two Cambridge University students, Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow, the show garnered five-star reviews before having its professional debut in London in the autumn of that year, touring the country and eventually landing a spot on the West End. At the same time, Marlow and Moss were respectively starring in and directing the five-star musical 'extravaGAYnza' Hot Gay Time Machine—and their careers show no sign of slowing down.


Since arriving in London, Six has been nominated for an apt six WhatsOnStage awards—a crowning achievement to which 24-year-old Marlow responded with a tweet: 'That feeling when u write ur dissertation on @HamiltonMusical at uni, then a year and a half later ur own musical is nominated alongside it for ‘Best New Musical’.. wtf.' The rapid ascendance of the show and all involved is impressive, and for audiences it's refreshing to see theatre that revels in its youthfulness in a scene that's dominated by West End elders.


What Six: The Musical, Lyric Theatre
Where Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 7ES | MAP
Nearest tube Leicester Square (underground)
When 21 May 21 – 22 Aug 21, Times vary
Price £23
Website Click here to book



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