Preview: SIX at Sunderland Empire

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SIX is Coming to Sunderland for the very first time!

The multi award-winning musical SIX, written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, announces new tour dates and will visit Sunderland Empire for the first time from Tuesday 2 to Saturday 6 July 2024.

Ticket Link: https://tinyurl.com/SIXsunderland 

SIX follows the six wives of Henry VIII as they take to the mic to tell their own personal tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power.

Casting to be announced in due course. The cast are backed by the show’s all-female band, The Ladies in Waiting.

Since it’s early days as a student production in a 100-seat room at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the show has fast become a global musical phenomenon. On the international stage, SIX currently has productions playing on Broadway at the Lena Horne Theatre and two concurrent North American tours, including a seven-week run in Las Vegas, with further stagings announced in Canada and Holland this Autumn. SIX opens in Seoul, South Korea on 17 March and recently completed an Australian tour. Back on home turf, the London production continues its reign in the West End at the Vaudeville Theatre (its third royal residence) and the UK and Ireland tour continues to break Box Office records. The UK tour is now booking through to 2024.

Winner of 26 major international awards including the 2022 Tony Award for ‘Best Original Score’ and ‘Best Costume Design’ on Broadway, double Whatsonstage Award winner for ‘Best West End Show 2022 & 2023, and the 2020 BBC Radio 2 Audience Award for ‘Best Musical’, SIX was also nominated for five Olivier awards, including ‘Best New Musical’. Celebrating the global success of its songs with over 500 million streams and over three billion views on TikTok, the original studio album of SIX officially turned Gold in 2021, with the Broadway album ‘Six – Live on Opening Night’ nominated for a Grammy Award.

Written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, SIX is co-directed by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, featuring choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille. The design team includes Emma Bailey (Set Design), Gabriella Slade (Costume Design), Tim Deiling (Lighting Design) and Paul Gatehouse (Sound Design). The score features orchestrations by Tom Curran with music supervision and vocal arrangements by Joe Beighton. Musical Director Caitlin Morgan and Associate UK Musical Supervisor Lauren Hopkinson. Casting is by Pearson Casting. SIX is produced by Kenny Wax, Wendy & Andy Barnes and George Stiles.

Photos: Pamela Raith

Tickets:

SIX will be Divorced. Beheaded. LIVE on Sunderland Empire’s stage from Tuesday 2 to Saturday 6 July 2024. Pre-sale tickets for members on sale now. Public tickets on sale from 10am tomorrow, 26 September 2023 online at https://tinyurl.com/SIXsunderland *

*A £3.65 transaction fee applies to online bookings.

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