Don’t lose ur head: Six the musical is back in Melbourne

Smash hit musical Six is back holding court at the Comedy Theatre. 

A new Australian cast take on the pop musical’s formidable score, telling the story of the six wives of Tudor King Henry VIII through the eyes of his famous exes. 

Six made a roaring comeback after its first performance dates were cancelled in 2020 by the COVID pandemic. 

It played to packed houses in Australia’s capitals from 2021 through 2023, and returns to the Comedy Theatre by popular demand ahead of a second national tour.

“Six has seen incredible anticipation and demand from fans, which was a major force to bring the global phenomenal back to our stages,” producer Louise Withers said. 

Six debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017 and has since become the little musical that could. 

Nine productions are currently under way globally, including on Broadway and in the West End. 

The new Melbourne production has opened to rave reviews.

Creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss wrote the show while students at Cambridge University. 

Taking the history of the famous Tudor wives, they styled the show like a pop concert, using the Beyonce video album Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 as inspiration.

The new cast of queens includes Kimberley Hodgson as Catherine of Aragon, Deidre Khoo as Anne Boleyn, Loren Hunter as Jane Seymour, Zelia Rose Kitoko as Anne of Cleves, Chelsea Dawson as Katherine Howard, and Giorgia Kennedy as Catherine Parr. 

Music theatre legend Sharon Millerchip again is the company’s associate director.

Six runs for 80 minutes over one act. The musical is playing at the Comedy Theatre now through to October 20 before transferring to Sydney. •