New tour cast confirmed for Six
New tour casting has been unveiled for Six the Musical, which continues to visit nations across the UK and Ireland.
The hit show, which recently won the Best West End Show at the WhatsOnStage Awards for the second year running (after winning the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award for Best West End Musical in 2020), takes the historical tale of the six wives of Henry VIII and gives them a contemporary twist. It was first seen as a student production in a 100-seat venue in Edinburgh in 2017, and since then has gone on to dominate Broadway, winning two Tony Awards.
Set to join the show will be Nicole Louise Lewis (Catherine of Aragon), Laura Dawn Pyatt (Anne Boleyn), Erin Caldwell (Jane Seymour), Kenedy Small (Anna of Cleves), Lou Henry (Katherine Howard) and Aoife Haakenson (Catherine Parr). Izi Maxwell, Tamara Morgan and Ellie Jane Grant will be joining the cast as alternates, with super swing / dance captain Shakira Simpson.
Written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Six is co-directed by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, featuring choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille. The design team includes Emma Bailey (set design), Gabriella Slade (costume design), Tim Deiling (lighting design) and Paul Gatehouse (sound design).
The score features orchestrations by Tom Curran with music supervision and vocal arrangements by Joe Beighton. The musical director is Caitlin Morgan and associate UK musical supervisor Lauren Hopkinson. Casting is by Pearson Casting. It is produced by Kenny Wax, Wendy & Andy Barnes and George Stiles.
The 2023/24 tour continues in Dublin on 4 April 2023, before visiting Belfast, High Wycombe, Tunbridge Wells, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Norwich, Hull, Oxford, Peterborough, Leicester, Birmingham, York, Newcastle, Blackpool, Manchester, Southampton, Leeds, Cardiff, Bath, Glasgow, Chester, Portsmouth, Skegness, Torquay, Nottingham, Northampton, Brighton and Aylesbury, with further dates to be revealed.
The current company will play their final performance on Sunday 23 April (in High Wycombe) with the new company taking over from Tuesday 25 April 2023 (in Tunbridge Wells).
