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WINNER OF
BEST NEW MUSICAL
WHATSONSTAGE AWARDS
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Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, Daily Express, Daily Mail,
The Stage, Attitude, Sunday Express, The Arts Desk, Broadway World
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Class has moved to @sohoplace from 22 May to 6 July for Heathers the Musical.
Following a smash hit West End run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2018, two national tours and record-breaking runs at London’s The Other Palace, the WhatsOnStage ‘BEST NEW MUSICAL’ winner, the beloved musical will be back in the West End for only six weeks before embarking on its third tour from 24 July at the Theatre Royal Windsor.
Experience Heathers the Musical differently – reallyup close and personal @sohoplace, the West End’s newest theatre…how very!
Produced by Bill Kenwright Ltd and Paul Taylor-Mills, this high octane, black comedy, rock musical based on one of the greatest cult teen films of all-time that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, is back with a bang!
The 2024 Class of Westerberg High will be announced shortly.
Greetings and salutations! Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is a matter of life and death, and Veronica Sawyer is just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day.
But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true.
That is until JD, the mysterious teen rebel, turns up and teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it’s murder being a somebody.
The award-winning writing team, Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy’s hit musical adaptation has enjoyed successful runs in Los Angeles and New York, and its European premiere saw it become the highest grossing show at The Other Palace, having sold over 20,000 tickets across the initial run and selling-out prior to its opening gala performance. It had similar success transferring to the Theatre Royal Haymarket. The show then broke records again back at its original home, The Other Palace, as the longest running show in the venue’s history.
The musical is directed by acclaimed American screen and stage director Andy Fickman, with choreography by Gary Lloyd, design by David Shields, lighting by Ben Cracknell and sound by Dan Samson.
LISTINGS
BILL KENWRIGHT & PAUL TAYLOR-MILLS PRESENT
HEATHERS THE MUSICAL
@sohoplace 22 MAY – 6 JULY 2024 Book, Music and Lyrics Kevin Murphy & Laurence O’Keefe
Talented playwright Aaron Thakar has his debut with this current and thought provoking play about AI. You are drawn in by the human relationships, the humour that brings with it, and the concept of AI potentially becoming a relationship guidance service within your very home.
Leslie Ash (Pippa) is a believable character that will resonate with many single women of a certain age. Paul Giddings (Martin) blends with Ash (Pippa) in a way that only couples that have been together for a long time can, despite being divorced. The comfortable body language and inevitable arguments are cleverly written and directed. Jake Mavis (Noah) delivers perfectly timed shallowness and depth to his character, surprising us all by his youthful insight. Ella Jarvis (Ellie) his girlfriend, together bringing the most laughs. Jarvis (Ellie) is intense and emotional, creating a great drunken scene that lays bare all her feelings of inadequacy, that so many people will relate too. It gets hilariously ugly! The dependency that Ash (Aaron Thakar) has on the AI advisor Agape (Katherine Moran), is a great vehicle for expressing his feelings of inadequacy and uncertainty in his relationship with Lilah (Destiny Mayers). Mayers (Lilah) is strong in her stage debut as a successful career woman that struggles with Ash’s dependence on Agape. The key take away is they are all human with very human emotions, that need a critical friend in times of crisis, however small.
The central character is Agape (Moran). Sitting centre stage in their homes, looking like any innocent virtual assistant. Smooth talking with an uncomfortable level of intrusion into their lives that is accepted immediately by the characters. The play revolves around the impact that it has on the relationship dynamics. Perhaps it goes a little too far. Perhaps this is the future. This plausible development of AI is cleverly conceived and comes with a warning. It raises the question, do we need AI to repair every relationship? Perhaps some are better broken.
Aaron Thaker (writer) and Ella Jarvis (producer) teamed up with Director Hannah Mcleod, make an impactful team with a bright future ahead of them.
Cast announced for the English language premiere of major new musical MARIE CURIE
Charing Cross Theatre Saturday 1 June – Sunday 28 July
Alisa Davidson, Chrissie Bhima, Thomas Josling, Richard Meek Christopher Killik, Dean Makowski-Clayton, Rio Maye, Yujin Park, Isabel Snaas, Maya Kristal Tenenbaum, Lucy Young
Producers today announce the cast for the English language premiere of major new musical Marie Curie, with Book & Lyrics by Seeun Choun, Music by Jongyoon Choi, Directed by Sarah Meadows, at London’s Charing Cross Theatre.
Alisa Davidson (Marie Curie) can be seen as Veronica Sawyer in the Heathers the Musical pro-shot film (Amazon Prime). Other roles include Lucy Westenra in Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning (National Theatre of Scotland), Grease (UK tour), Our House (Union Theatre). On TV she is in Halo Series 2 on Paramount+.
Chrissie Bhima (Anne Kowalska) was recently seen as Melanie in The Witches (National Theatre). Other roles include Sandy Cheeks in Spongebob the Musical (UK tour), Candy in Whistle Down the Wind (Watermill), Avatar in Lift (Southwark Playhouse).
Thomas Josling (Pierre Curie) was Tom Double-Budget in Scandaltown (Lyric Hammersmith), Dennis Wicksteed in Habeas Corpus (Menier Chocolate Factory). He was George in Sunday in the Park with George (NYMT at The Other Palace) and can be seen on TV as Adam in Masters of the Air (Apple TV+) and Theo in Belgravia: The Next Chapter (MGM).
Richard Meek (Ruben Dupont) recently played Brad Majors and was cover Frank-n-Furter, in The Rocky Horror Show 50th Anniversary World Tour. Other roles include Corny Collins in Hairpsray (UK tour), Rooster in Annie (UK tour) Trevor Graydon in Thoroughly Modern Millie (UK tour) and Leo Bloom in The Producers (International Tour).
The ensemble cast features: Christopher Killik – Mary Sunshine in Chicago, Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar Dean Makowski-Clayton – Making A Murderer : The Musical, Ordinary Days Rio Maye – Carmen Diaz in Fame Yujin Park – a recent graduate of Arts Educational making his professional debut Isabel Snaas – most recently in Guys & Dolls (Bridge Theatre) and Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) Maya Kristal Tenenbaum – was Julia in The Band’s Visit (Donmar Warehouse) Lucy Young – recently appeared in Newsies (Troubador, Wembley) and White Christmas (Sheffield Crucible)
Marie Sklodowska Curie. Physicist. Pioneer. Parent. As she arrives from her native home in Poland to study at Sorbonne University in Paris, young Marie Sklodowska is certain she can make a name for herself and change the course of science. She discovers radium, a new chemical element, with her husband Pierre Curie, and she’s lauded with the Nobel Prize.
But she is faced with an overwhelming moral dilemma. As Marie discovers the lifesaving potential of radium to cure cancer, factory workers handling the glowing substance are succumbing to the insidious grip of radium poisoning.
As a woman with society against her, can she wrestle with both the potential and danger of her discovery – and what is she if radium’s dangers overshadow its possibilities?
A story of life and death, Marie Curie has already captivated audiences in Korea and Japan with its sweeping score and story and is now brought to London audiences for the first time in a stirring original production directed by Sarah Meadows (Ride).
Marie Curie premiered in South Korea in 2020 at the Chungmu Art Center and recorded a rating of 9.8 (out of 10). A live performance was then broadcast, watched by 790,000 people. The show returned to Hongik Art Center Grand Theater, winning the Grand Prize, Best Book, Best Music, Best Director, and Best Producer at the 5th Korea Musical Awards. In 2023/24 Marie Curie opened its third season touring to six cities across South Korea. In Korea it was acclaimed for its cinematic quality and proved incredibly popular – watched in theatres by a cumulative total of 100,000 people.Creative team includes:
Producers: Byungwon Kang & LIVE corp. Book & Lyrics: Seeun Choun Music: Jongyoon Choi Director: Sarah Meadows English Book Adaptation: Tom Ramsay English Lyrics Adaptation: Emma Fraser Literal Translation: Ahreumbi Rew Musical Director: Emma Fraser Associate Director: Olivia Munk Set & Costume Designer: Rose Montgomery Lighting Designer: Prema Mehta Choreographer: Joanna Goodwin Costume Supervisor: Evelien van Camp Sound Designer: Andrew Johnson Casting Director: Jane Deitch Production Manager: James Anderton General Management: Ollie Hancock & Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment
This programme is supported by the Korean Cultural Centre UKLIVE corp. LIVE corp., founded in March 2011 by producer Byungwon Kang, aims to produce global musical content.
Starting with the musical Paradise Ticket, Live Corp. has produced the musicals The Champ, Marines!, Fly High, Taekwon, Almond, Gwangju, Marie Curie, Fan Letter, Rimbaud, My Bucket List, Bachelor’s Vegetable Store, Mr. Lee Clean Center, In The Mood For Sorrow, plays Rent Apartment, Happiness Deliveryman Mr. Woo-soo, and the films House of the Disappeared, Respect, and many more.
LIVE corp. is Korea’s leading K-Musical production company. It exported the most extensive number of Korean musicals beyond South Korea, including China, Japan, and Taiwan, and all across Asia. From 2013 to the present, LIVE corp’s musicals have performed more than 1,000 times outside of South Korea, in original tours and licensed performances in more than 40 Asian cities. Musicals Bachelor’s Vegetable Store, My Bucket List, Rimbaud, In The Mood For Sorrow, and Fan Letter were presented in China; Fan Letter in Taiwan, and Bachelor’s Vegetable Store, Marie Curie, My Bucket List, and Fan Letter in Japan. Bachelor’s Vegetable Store was also produced as a TV series broadcast all across Asia.
In 2021 Marie Curie won the Grand Prize, Best Book, Best Music, Best Directing, and Best Producer in the 5th Korea Musical Awards, as well as the “Golden Watering Can (Złota Konewka)” the Grand Prix at the Music Gardens Festival in Poland. In the “Hyehwaroun-Gongyeonsenghwal” Awards in which the South Korean musical theater audience votes, in 2022 Fan Letter won the Best Work Award, and in 2023 Musical Rimbaud won the Best Work Award.
Producer Byungwon Kang has won the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award three times in 2017, 2019, and 2023 and was named the “Producer of the Year” by the Korea Performing Producers Association in 2018. In 2022, he won the Korea Performing Tourism Grand Award presented by the Korea Performing Tourism Association. Currently, he is also the vice president of the Korea Musical Association.
Producer Byungwon Kang hosted the creative musical contest “Glocal Musical Live” with the Korea Creative Content Agency every year until season 8 and has developed about 50 new works as a creative producer.
LIVE corp. will do its best to plan and develop original K-cultural content that can be sympathised with and loved by people worldwide, continuing in the future.
LISTINGS INFO Byungwon Kang & LIVE corp. present
The English language premiere of MARIE CURIE
Book & Lyrics by Seeun Choun Music by Jongyoon Choi Directed by Sarah Meadows
English Book Adaptation by Tom Ramsay English Lyrics Adaptation by Emma Fraser Based on a Literal Translation by Ahreumbi Rew
OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATED NEW MUSICAL ‘THE LITTLE BIG THINGS’ TO STREAM ON NATIONAL THEATRE AT HOME FROM 9 MAY 2024
The National Theatre has announced the ‘triumphant new musical’ (★★★★★ WhatsOnStage) The Little Big Things, a production from Michael Harrison, will be available to stream from 9 May 2024 on National Theatre at Home, the theatre streaming platform where audiences around the world can access unmissable theatre anytime, anywhere.
Filmed during its world premiere run at @sohoplace, the ‘show with the biggest heart in town’ (★★★★★ Sunday Express) directed by Luke Sheppard, is based on the extraordinary true story about Henry Fraser, an avid sportsman whose life changed forever aged 17 when a diving accident led to a new life as a tetraplegic. Based on Henry Fraser’s Sunday Times best-selling autobiography, the musical follows as the Fraser family are split between a past they no longer recognise, and a future they could never foresee.
The ‘uplifting, heart-swelling’ (★★★★ Evening Standard) musical written by Joe White includes a theatrical pop soundtrack by Nick Butcher and Tom Ling and Olivier nominated choreography by Mark Smith, with Henry played by Jonny Amies and Ed Larkin.
The Little Big Thingswill be available to stream on National Theatre at Home with captions, audio description and British Sign Language, providing inclusive and accessible theatre experiences for audiences worldwide. Audiences can stream this ‘groundbreaking’ (★★★★ Time Out) production exclusively with a National Theatre at Home subscription available at ntathome.com. This offers unlimited access to the platform with new titles added every month, for a monthly subscription for £9.99 or an annual subscription for £99.99.
Luke Sheppard, Director of The Little Big Things, has said: “We’re thrilled to extend the reach of ‘The Little Big Things’ through the National Theatre at Home streaming platform. Accessibility lies at the centre of this production, and now through this release, a whole new audience can access and experience the power of Henry Fraser’s remarkable story.”
All titles on National Theatre at Home are available with captions, and over 85% of titles are available with Audio Description.
Bloomberg Philanthropies is Headline Sponsor of National Theatre at Home.
National Theatre at Home is also supported by The Linbury Trust.
Award-winning actor and writer Rob Madge will bring their brand-new show ROB MADGE’S REGARDS TO BROADWAY to the Garrick Theatre in London on Sunday 26 May, for one night only!
“It’s two weeks before I’m due to make my Broadway debut. I’m midway through packing my suitcase, putting my passport in its cute little holder from Dunelm (maybe after New York I’ll be able to afford a John Lewis one) and I receive a phone call. “Hey Mr Producer!” I sing in the style of Andrea McArdle. I then see my agent is also on the line. I know what it is. They want Jinkx Monsoon to play me on matinees to get a few more bums on seats but I have told them, she can’t do a Brummie accent.
“Rob”, I hear, “We are going to have to postpone”. White noise. Like that sound effect when someone gets diagnosed with an illness on Coronation Street. My legs give way and I fall onto the bed (cos I’m dramatic like that). I look at the open suitcase, resigning myself to the fact I will never get my John Lewis passport holder. Four in a Bed’s on the telly.
In the space of one phone call, I’ve gone from potential Broadway star and Tony Award winner to unassuming armchair critic of Seaside Shores B&B.”
When Rob was 12 they used to put on shows in the living room. When Rob was 26 their show about putting on shows in the living room was meant to transfer to Broadway. When Rob was 27 this Broadway transfer got postponed. Join Rob as they return to their family home in the Midlands and experience the greatest humbling of their life. “They’ve come home at last” – Nicole Scherzinger, 2023.
ROB MADGE’S REGARDS TO BROADWAY is accompanied by Pippa Cleary. The show is produced by Lambert Jackson.
Rob is a theatre maker, writer, and actor.
Rob’s one-person show My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) had sell-out runs at the Turbine Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, Garrick Theatre and The Ambassadors in the West End. It won WhatsOnStage, Attitude and Stage Debut Awards and received an Olivier nomination for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play.
Other theatre credits include Tink in Peter Pan and Pat the Cow in Jack and The Beanstalk (London Palladium), Millennials (The Other Palace), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (World Premiere – UK Tour) and Les Miserables (UK Tour).
Rob was named one of The Stage’s Rising Stars for 2024.
To Wilton’s Music Hall for the first time at this venue. Wow,
it was like stepping into the past as instead of being refurbished it has been preserved in a condition reflecting it’s age with areas of brick showing bereft of plaster, wooden floors and in the bar remnants of décor on the ceiling, the bar serving many beers etc and good choices of food at reasonable prices. The auditoreum was similarly preserved and would be recognised by clients of old.
As we took our seats the members of the Flabbergast company were on stage and also amid the audience, appearing to be having an impromptu rehearsal wearing their costumes. A prime example of immersive theatre. This gave a big clue that this would not be a classic performance of a Shakespeare play!
Soon the play started and immediately the action was fast and furious the performers using there bodies in various dance like movements to enhance the dialogue. What a spectacle!
The set consisted of a haywain in the centre of the stage which the cast used both as a mini stage, a bower for Titania and Bottom and a means of disappearing from sight. The haywain also gave the nod to how in times past travelling players dragged a cart loaded with all their scenery and costumes from place to place.
The play kept in the main to the plot penned by the Bard but the performing was so lively and comic as to be far removed from the way it is normally performed. The inclusion of dance, clowning, masks and puppetry all enhanced the performance tremendously.
In all this was a fine performance enjoyed by the audience. The only negative was that occasionally the dialogue was hard to hear . There were plenty of laughs from the audience who also gave a rousing round of applause as the cast took their bow.
LOCAL HERO BELLA REAY REMEMBERED ON STAGE AT NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL
The incredible story of women’s football during WW1 will be brought to life on the Newcastle Theatre Royal stage later this month (Sat 27 & Sun 28 Apr), in a heartfelt play penned by local writer Ed Waugh, whose other works include Hadaway Harry and Carrying David.
The North East of England was the home of women’s football during World War One. Like the rest of the country, women’s football teams were formed to raise money for wounded soldiers, widows and orphans.
After men’s conscription was introduced in 1916 and over one million women entered the factories to save the war effort – hundreds of women’s football teams emerged, and thousands turned out to watch matches.
The Munitionettes Cup was unique to the North East and the top team in the region was Blyth Spartans Ladies (Northumberland dock workers), who defeated Bolckow Vaughan (a steel works from Middlesbrough) at Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough, in May 1918, in front of 22,000 people.
Blyth’s hero of the team was Bella Reay, who scored 130 goals in 33 matches and was the ‘Alan Shearer’ of her day. Now her story is being brought to life on stage at Newcastle Theatre Royal.
A one-woman show, starring Catherine Dryden and directed by Russell Floyd, Wor Bella is about WW1 women’s football through the eyes of Bella and the spontaneous rise, and tragic fall, of these heroic football teams who would attract in excess of 4,000 people to their charity matches.
Chief executive of Newcastle Theatre Royal, Marianne Locatori said: “We are delighted to welcome Ed back to the theatre with Wor Bella. Following the success of Hadaway Harry a few years ago, we are proud to host another North East drama; it is wonderfully inspirational and fully deserves the accolades it has received. We are sure that our audiences will be captivated by the story, and we are proud to once again, be putting North East talent onto our stage.”
Wor Bella marks a return to Newcastle Theatre Royal for Ed Waugh, whose regional classic Hadaway Harry proved popular with audiences in 2017.
A total of 53,000 spectators attended the women’s football match on Boxing Day in 1920 and the Football Association feared women’s football would detract from men’s football which they controlled.
Supporting workers in industrial battles was seen as political and as women’s football teams raised money for destitute families during the Miners’ Strike at the time, on December 5, 1921, the FA banned women’s football.
The women’s game remained banned in England until 1971.
According to FIFA more than 29 million women and girls now play football worldwide, bringing with it the quest for greater skills, professionalism, struggles against sexism and the battle for equal pay.
Wor Bella plays Newcastle Theatre Royal Sat 27 & Sun 28 Apr. Tickets can be purchased at www.theatreroyal.co.uk or from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 0191 232 7010.
Royal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton – until Saturday 13th April then touring
Review by Amanda Allen
4****
Everyone knows Herman Melville’s 1851 story of Moby Dick, it’s been portrayed in the theatre numerous times, in many ways. This ambitious production by Simple8, adaptation by Sebastian Armesto and directed by Jesse Jones, is another telling of a simple story. The stage was set with us meeting the teacher, Ishmael, played by Mark Arends. He told us of his desire to explore the world and travel to sea. Ishmael was played with great effect and emotional depth; it was not hard to like him and at the same time feel a bit sorry for him whilst still appreciating his quiet intelligence.
At times the accents of the characters slipped, and you had to really concentrate to ensure you knew who they were meant to be, the spoken sound in general was a little quiet and I found I missed some of the narrative. Although the musical sound was loud enough the spoken word would have benefitted with a little more amplification.
The staging was interestingly done, sparse, but still a little chaotic. The use of scaffolding, planks of wood, tree trunks and fabric was excellent all working together to evoke a scene of seafaring and in particular Whaling from long ago. It was surprising how a few bits of metal, fabric and timber can be transformed with some clever lighting effects, before your eyes. Changing from a quayside to an inn, to a boat at harbour and a ship at sea.
Captain Ahab was brilliantly played by Guy Rhys, with just the right amount of fear and madness in his character. Although we all know he will lose his fight with the whale, Moby Dick, I almost hoped he would get away with it this time! The whale was brilliantly described by Ishmael, you could tell he was a teacher, he interestingly demonstrated the Whale with the ensemble using bone type outlines to animate him.
For me, Queequeg, played by Tom Swale, gave the outstanding performance. Quietly confident and obviously different to the other sailors, he evoked that air of mystery amongst the ships company, I was left wanting to know more about his life before he joined the ship.
The trend of having the musicians as part of the cast, on stage throughout the performance, worked well in this adaptation of the story. With the atmosphere of long ago sea faring evoked by the many sea shanty type tunes. I did feel that in some places the songs were padding out the show a little, a couple of the numbers didn’t seem to fit with the story line, and I felt that they were there simply to make the production longer.
At times I felt that the staging was a little too busy to appreciate the story unfolding, the actors must have been exhausted after the performance with so much climbing round, under, over and on to the various parts of the ship. But in all a very enjoyable telling of an age old tale of the struggle between man and his exploitation of the natural world
WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR ACTING FOR OTHERS’ GOLDEN BUCKET AWARDS 2024
Theatrical charity, Acting for Others today announces the winners for the Golden Bucket Awards 2024. The ceremony took place at the Prince of Wales Theatre and was hosted by Carl Mullaney. The awards celebrate all of the supporters and fundraisers who have helped the charity raise vital funds since 2020, through bucket collections across UK theatres and a variety of events throughout the year.
Acting for Others Co-Chairman, Billy Differ, said today, “We are delighted to be hosting our first awards since 2020 to celebrate our supporters and wonderful community. Acting for Others are incredibly grateful to all of the amazing fund raisers that have enabled us to help thousands of people through our network of member charities.”
FULL LIST OF WINNERS
FABULOUS FUNDRAISING AWARD
Presented by Su Pollard
This award is for the most inventive way of fundraising for Acting for Others.
Winner:West End Charity Football Club
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
Presented by Tom Read Wilson
Winner:Robert Rees
FANTASTIC FRONT OF HOUSE AWARD
Presented by Alice Fearn
The generosity and dedication from the theatre management and front of house staff are invaluable. They are there for us coordinating the team and ready with the collection buckets each night.
Winner: The Gielgud Theatre. OLD FRIENDS
Special mention to the theatre management, the cast of Old Friends and Company Manager Katy Bryant.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Presented by Bonnie Langford & Lesley Joseph
Winner:Theatre Support Fund
THE GOLDEN BUCKET AWARD – REGIONAL
Presented by Raj Ghatak
This is the regional theatre that raised the most in the 2023 Theatre collections.
Winner: Chichester Festival Theatre
THE GOLDEN BUCKET AWARD – LONDON
Presented by Cassidy Janson & Christina Bianco
This is the London theatre that raised the most in the 2023 Theatre collections.
Winner: The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre
ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF WEST END REIGN AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATRE TO MAY 2025
ONE NIGHT ONLY POST-SHOW KARAOKE SIX KARAOKE (YOU HAVE A VOICE) ON 6 JUNE 2024
DIVORCED, BEHEADED, LIVE!
The Producers are thrilled to announce that the hit musical sensation SIX has just extended its reign in the West End at the Vaudeville Theatre through to Sunday 4 May 2025. Over 152,000 seats will be going on sale as part of the new booking extension, including tickets for six new access performance dates and two new sing-along performances.
The West End production of SIX is also teaming up with its Broadway counterpart on 6 June 2024, where both productions will host a one-night-only post show karaoke called SIX Karaoke (You Have A Voice). The event will see fans welcomed onto the Vaudeville Theatre (West End) and Lena Horne Theatre (Broadway) stages to sing their favourite song from the show’s Tony Award-winning score. To enter, fans are welcomed to post a clip of themselves singing a song from the show to Instagram Reels/TikTok, tag the show @sixthemusical and use the hashtags #YouHaveAVoice and #SIXWestEndKaraoke. The West End post-show karaoke will be hosted by Six West End cast member Hannah Lowther.
The show has also announced two new sing-along performances on 12 January 2025 and 4 May 2025, joining previously announced sing-alongs on 12 May 2024 and 25 August 2024.
Producer Kenny Wax said, “We’re absolutely delighted to be extending our reign in London, providing audiences with even more opportunities to Get Down with our incredible Queens and live band until May 2025. We’re also really pleased to be teaming up with our Broadway production in offering the microphone to some talented fans and giving them an opportunity to truly experience how it feels to be a West End star.”
The show’s 2018 debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe hastened its West End transfer in January 2019 to the Arts Theatre. In 2020, SIX transferred for a short West End season to the Lyric Theatre before opening at what Nica Burns the theatre owner calls it’s ‘forever home’, the Vaudeville theatre in November 2021.
Winner of over 35 international awards, including two 2022 Tony Awards, three WhatsOnStage awards, and nominated for five Oliviers, SIX can also be seen live on stage worldwide: on Broadway at the Lena Horne Theatre in New York, across the UK on its current sell-out, record-breaking tour (currently on a European engagement across Germany, Switzerland and Italy), with a North American tour, a sit-down production in Toronto, a second forthcoming tour in Australia and further productions due to play in Manila and Tokyo, and a return to Holland. Earlier this year, the show achieved 1.5million followers globally – across YouTube, Instagram, X, TikTok and Facebook in the UK, US, Australia, Korea and beyond. Song streams from both soundtracks are soon to reach 1 billion.
The production recently released an exclusive performance, in collaboration with Buckingham Palace, of a new arrangement of Haus of Holbein, filmed at The Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace, in front of the artist’s works, including portraits of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour and Henry VIII.
Think you know the six Wives of Henry VIII? Think again…
Prepare to lose your head and experience the Tudor Wives’ lives as they turn back the clock and take to the stage to reclaim their crowns and retell their stories of love, loss and the infamous ex they all have in common.
Join Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard and Parr, backed by their fierce on-stage band,
the Ladies in Waiting, and Get Down to a royal retelling of the sassiest story in British Her-story.
SIX is written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, with direction by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, Choreography is by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, with set design by Emma Bailey, costume design by Gabriella Slade, lighting design by Tim Deiling, sound design by Paul Gatehouse, musical orchestration by Tom Curran, and musical supervision by Joe Beighton.
