Six the Musical unveils its new West End cast: six new queens from 16 November

The hit musical Six the Musical has unveiled its new West End cast — six new queens who will take to the stage of the Vaudeville Theatre in London from 16 November. The news was published exclusively by WhatsOnStage, after a special photoshoot held a day earlier at the Tower of London, the very place where Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard are buried.

In the leading roles will be Amy Di Bartolomeo (Bat Out of Hell) as Catherine of Aragon, Amanda Lindgren (South Pacific) as Anne Boleyn, Claudia Kariuki (Ragtime) as Jane Seymour, Dionne Ward-Anderson as Anne of Cleves, Tsemaye Bob-Egbe (Tina – The Tina Turner Musical) as Katherine Howard and Meesha Turner as Catherine Parr. For Ward-Anderson, Turner and several other members of the company, this is their West End debut, or even their professional stage debut.

The cast is completed by five alternates and swings: Paisley Billings and Roxanne Couch, Danielle Rose, Rachel Rawlinson as swing and Esme Rothero as swing and dance captain — several of them also making their West End debuts.

The current queens will play their final two performances on 14 November at the Vaudeville Theatre. The musical, a pop-rock concert retelling the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII, was written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, is co-directed by Moss and Jamie Armitage, and has won two Tony Awards — it remains one of the West End’s most sought-after productions. Illustrative photo: the façade of the Vaudeville Theatre in London (CC BY-SA 4.0, photo: No Swan So Fine / Wikimedia Commons).