Six announces new queens for UK and China 2026 tour

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Cast photo credit: Josh Bird

Six, written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, has announced a new cast for its 2026 UK and China tour. 

The new company will take over performances from Wednesday 15 July at Churchill Theatre in Bromley, before touring the UK until September 2026. The production will then visit China, which will embark on a 12-week tour until 20 December. 

The new company set to take over are Madison Swan as Catherine of Aragon, Izi Maxwell as Anne Boleyn, Laura Dawkes as Jane Seymour, Hannah Victoria as Anna of Cleves, Lizzie Emery as Katherine Howard and Eloise Lord as Catherine Parr. Lorren Santo-Quinn, Rosie Singha and Erin Summerhayes will join the company as alternates, alongside Selen Berry and Darcy Stewart who will serve as super swings. 

The new company will appear at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, Wycombe Swan, The Lowry in Salford Quays, the Assembly Hall Theatre in Tunbridge Wells, the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield and the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh. They will then embark on a 12 week run in China. 

The production continues to be co-directed by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, featuring choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille. The wider creative team includes Emma Bailey (set), Gabriella Slade (costumes), Tim Deiling (lighting) and Paul Gatehouse (sound). The show is orchestrated by Tom Curran with musical supervision and vocal arrangements from Joe Beighton. Alexandra Spencer-Jones and Beth Wilkinson serve as associate directors, alongside associate choreographer Nicole Bondzie and associate UK musical supervisor Lauren Hopkinson with casting by Pearson Casting. 

Six follows the story of the six wives of Henry VIII as pop performers, who tell their stories through a concert-style musical. 

The production continues to run at Vaudeville Theatre, now in its sixth year in the West End, with the UK tour currently booking through 2027, whilst Six on Broadway continues its run at Lena Horne Theatre and has toured the USA, Australia, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, The Philippines, South Korea, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. 

The 2026/27 UK and Ireland tour will visit Glasgow, Inverness, Darlington, Woking, Southampton, Leeds, Llandudo, Southend, Milton Keynes, Brighton, Swansea, Sunderland, Leicester, Chester, Cambridge, Malvern, Dublin  Belfast, Aylesbury, Stockton, Stoke, Torquay and Bristol. Further 2027 tour dates are to be announced, with casting for the 2026 and 2027 tour to be confirmed. 

More information and tickets can be found at sixthemusical.com










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