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Rating: PG-13
Stars: Jarnéia Richard-Noel, Millie O’Connell, Natalie Paris, Alexia McIntosh, Aimie Atkinson, Maiya Quansah-Breed
Writers: Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss
Directors: Liz Clare (for film), Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage (for stage)
Distributor: Focus Features/Universal Pictures
Release Date: August 14, 2026

SIX: THE MUSICAL was first produced in 2017 for the Edinburgh Fringe Theatre Festival, and shortly thereafter transferred to London’s West End. It has toured the U.K. and the U.S. and has been playing on Broadway since it opened there in 2021.

Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss wrote the book, music and lyrics for this short (under 90 minutes) piece in which the six wives of Henry VIII take to the stage and to song to speak for themselves in what they refer to variously as a “histo-remix” and “herstory.”

In 2022, the original West End cast – Jarnéia Richard-Noel as Catherine of Aragon, Millie O’Connell as Anne Boleyn, Natalie Paris as Jane Seymour, Alexia McIntosh as Anna of Cleves, Aimie Atkinson as Katherine Howard, and Maiya Quansah-Breed as Catherine Parr – reunited for a performance at London’s Vaudeville Theatre, specifically to be performed for recording.

SIX: THE MUSICAL LIVE! is wonderful on almost every single level. The stage show itself is dynamic and delightful enough to snap most people out of drowsiness or a bad mood. The set-up of the queens ostensibly competing to see who’s got the most tragic story leads to some snappy dialogue, but even when they’re sniping at each other, there’s never a sense of malice.

The virtuoso voices soar in pop power ballads, with each performer getting the spotlight in turn, with harmonic and eye-catchingly choreographed (the choreographer is Carrie-Anne Ingrouille) support from the rest. Points are made, facts most audience members may not know are revealed, and a sense of utter joy is generated.

The four-piece backup band is onstage throughout, never distracting, just adding to the sense of community. The color-coordinated, iridescent costumes by Gabriella Slade are stunning and subtly help define character.

SIX: THE MUSICAL was directed for the stage by co-writer Moss & Jamie Armitage. Liz Clare directed SIX: THE MUSICAL LIVE! with a nearly infallible sense of where to put the camera in terms of when to use a close-up and when to show the full ensemble, when to include the live audience and when to frame them out.

SIX: SIX THE MUSICAL LIVE! comes with an eleven-minute preface of the cast talking about show the show means to them, how they feel about the reunion, and even about the SIX fandom (known as the “Queendom”). It’s agreeable, but it likely would have more impact if it came after rather than before the movie, since it won’t mean much to newcomers.

Otherwise, this is an outstanding permanent of a splendid performance and production.

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