Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss’ hit show about the six wives of Henry VIII has arrived at London’s Vaudeville Theatre, its new permanent home. SIX is quite a remarkable success story – originally a student production at the Edinburgh Fringe, it has now become a staple on London’s West End, toured the UK and has even opened on Broadway.
Over the course of 70 minutes it tells us the stories of Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr; each is afforded a solo moment, and the show is bookended by group numbers.
It is – in pop concert form – an intriguing consideration of six women who have sadly been reduced to mere footnotes in history; if they were given the chance to speak, what would they