Studio 55 Dance Academy & Theatre Arts in Arklow have been granted the rights to the Irish Theatre School Premiere of “Six” the musical (Teen edition).
Dance teacher Martina Lynch said
“It’s an absolute honour for to get to produce this and it’s an amazing opportunity for six very talented local girls – Doireann Hurley, Roisin Vigors, Leah Byrne, Bri-Elle Finn, Holly Prestage and Leah O Hare.
We have a busy few weeks of rehearsals ahead before curtain up in St Mary’s College, Arklow on the 14th & 15th of April.
“Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived.”
Six is a modern retelling of the lives of Henry VIII’s six wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.
From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the mic to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an exuberant celebration of 21st-century girl power!
They have come together as a band and invite the audience to hear their stories. They cannot decide who should be the lead singer, so they initiate a competition, or singing battle, to see who suffered the most as Queen. Each wife believes they had it toughest and they belittle each other’s attempts to prove their hardship. However, they become frustrated that their place in history is defined by one man.
Together, they decide to pick up the pen and the microphone, and re-write their own stories. They are more than a rhyme, more than a wife, and much more than one King could handle.
This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over.
The New York Times says SIX is “pure entertainment!” and the Evening Standard hails SIX as “the most uplifting new British musical I have ever had the privilege to watch.”
Tickets will go on sale from Sunday the 12th of March. Follow Studio 55 on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date.
