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Hit musical Six is coming to Melbourne next year

They may have been divorced, beheaded and outcast but Henry VIII’s six wives have never been so rebellious than in the hit West End show coming to Melbourne, Six — here’s when.

Six the musical coming to Melbourne

The six wives of Henry VIII take their power back in this hit musical, Six, opening at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre next year.

The UK production sees the six wives perform with an all female band in a pop concert and it has built a huge following since opening in London last year. The pop music score has been a hit on the UK pop charts.

UK cast of SIX The Musical, to be seen in April 2020 at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre. Pictures by Idil Sukan.
UK cast of SIX The Musical, to be seen in April 2020 at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre. Pictures by Idil Sukan.

Producer Louise Withers said that since announcing the Sydney season earlier this year she had been swamped by fans.

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Six is fast becoming a phenomenon across the world and we are overjoyed to have Australian audiences be some of the first international audiences to experiences this fresh, clever, uplifting and intoxicating musical production,” Withers said.

It will open in Broadway in February and Sydney in January before heading to Melbourne next April.

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