SIX: The Musical

SIX: THE MUSICAL UK 

29.07.2022 @ Vaudeville Theatre, London (690 Capacity)

02.03.2023 @ Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham (1850 Capacity)

Written March 2023

The first time I saw SIX in London, I was pleasantly surprised at its format and the production as a whole. I went into it expecting your usual musical theatre production but was greeted with six talented vocalists and their band, singing and dancing without an ensemble or supporting actors. This emphasized the message of the show which was that these women were underestimated and overlooked in history considering they had such a huge impact in the Tudor era. It also set the show apart from the traditional production as it felt like a concert rather than show where you had to pay attention at all times in order to follow and understand the plot but it was almost informational. One thing we liked about both performances was that it had an entirely diverse cast, referring to both ethnicity and body type, making each actress shine in her own right. I was still able to learn and have fun, I probably learnt more here than in my 2 years of history before choosing my GCSEs! We didn’t notice until after the show was that the cast that we saw was some of the original cast members from when it opened in 2019, back in the Arts Theatre with a capacity of 350. 

We bought the tickets for the Birmingham show back at the end of November spontaneously as my mum hadn’t seen it since she went in early 2019 and we had only seen it the previous year. It was fun to notice all of the different stylistic and vocal changes between not just the London & Birmingham shows, but the soundtrack available on streaming services, which one would obviously expect. The subtle differences in the songs and dialogue allows for diversity and for each cast member to put their own spin on their characters and interpret them as their own.