Six | West End LIVE 2022

[@apricothopeful3510]

Having the swing (and being recognisable as a swing by costume 😂) as a lead performer just proves something really! Like omg dont doubt the swings and understudies for second. They are 🔥🔥🔥I am obsessed with this!

[@bencoatesworth7731]

How can u tell by her costume

[@Em-uc6yr]

@@bencoatesworth7731 the character usually wears gold

[@bencoatesworth7731]

@@Em-uc6yr oh ok I can never figure out whos who from the clips never seen the full show so can only go off when they mention names in songs

[@JessaRose]

@@bencoatesworth7731 Yeah anytime you see a performer in Six in a costume where the color is different from the usual (Gold for Aragon, Green for Boleyn, White for Seymour, Red for Cleves, Pink for Howard, and Blue for Parr) it means they're a swing or understudy. They try to give them a costume that's unique to each performer. This is the case in most productions except Broadway (and I believe all American productions that are union) due to union rules stating understudies can't have different costumes from the principal cast members.

[@nkyjenn]

@@JessaRose Yes, it’s easier to tell from the Broadway cast because the costumes remained the same. I didn’t realize Aragon was a swing until reading the comments. Way to go Queens!

[@Lovelili3573]

Swings rarely get to do a solo in West End Live. I’m so glad they had Rachel do it. I’ve seen her live and I know how iconic she is. %100 deserved her solo.

[@albywelch9361]

same i saw her as katherine howard

[@mikehalterman1615]

We saw her this past Sunday also in the Catherine of Aragon role. She's fabulous. Reminds me of Abby Mueller but with even more range, and Abby already had that!

[@drewinmaine]

@@mikehalterman1615 I was there too!

[@gracie1867]

from her insta, performances as all queens etc can seriously tell rachel LOVES her job and i’m so happy for her, what a queen she smashed this performance !!!!

[@Finjen22]

I got to see Rachel as Flemming in Sheffield when she emergency covered and I got to meet her. One of the best performers I’ve seen she’s so engaging with the audience and she is so sweet, when I got to meet her she stood and talked for 5 or so minutes!!

[@WelcomeToVelfarre]

I was there and I was so hyped when I realized they were going to do No Way, made the 3 hour queuing worth it

[@heatherdukeswicked6thfinge318]

I’m so happy a swing got to lead . Also Rachael,Amanda,Claudia,paisley Danielle,Roxanne are amazing Edit I noticed Rachael said let’s go clevesy it had me laughing hard 😂

[@05jmarian]

If you're talking about 5:01 she says let's go Clevsey not Cleves Cleves

[@heatherdukeswicked6thfinge318]

@@05jmarian thx i

[@lisak4928]

im so so happy Rachel got to perform, she's the first Catherine of Aragon I ever saw and she's always gonna be my number 1🥺

[@dysania.c]

for anyone who is wondering: rachel rawlinson as aragon - super swing amanda lindgren as boleyn - principal claudia kariuki as seymour - principal paisley billings as cleves - alternate danielle rose as howard - alternate roxanne couch as parr - alternate

[@maaike150299]

What does super swing, principal and alternate mean?

[@lucapasc4626]

@@maaike150299 do not know either

[@dinowhizz444]

@@maaike150299 principals are the actors cast specifically for those roles, e.g. Claudia is principal Seymour on the West End so she will get the majority of those shows. Every week, the principals at Six get 1 scheduled show off so they can get a break/rest. On these shows off, an alternate is scheduled to play the queen (alternates can go on for any six of the queens. Alternates have 3 costumes in the UK: 2 principal costumes for their 2 main covers and 1 costume for the other 4. e.g. Danielle has principal costumes for Boleyn/Howard and the orange costume for the other 4 queens). However, if an alternate is not available to cover a queen, a super swing takes the role instead: someone who can SWING on at any time to play any of the six queens (e.g. Rachel has the black swing costume and Esme has the silver costume). I hope this makes sense!

[@maaike150299]

@@dinowhizz444 Thanks!

[@xAbbieCx13]

Rachel absolutely SLAYED this performance!! So proud!

[@ZoeyTruran]

not Cleves taking Seymour’s spot at the end 💀

[@K.eira.a]

I love the fact that we have all three alts and one of the swings here!!!

[@mewstix]

Whats the difference between alternates and swings? :)

[@K.eira.a]

@@mewstix an alt has 2 main queens that they play For example if I was alt boylen and Howard I would get a scheduled show once a week as one of those 2 queens And a swing has no main covers and just covers all 6 queens and will just go on if there's an emergency

[@mewstix]

@@K.eira.a ohhh thats awesome! Aragon was AMAZING!

[@K.eira.a]

@@mewstix she is!!

[@h20luli]

I got the chance to see Rachel Rawlinson and Esme Rothero as Aragon and Parr respectively when i was in london and they were incredibleee! Forever my queens (love to all the other queens too lol)

[@cindr_]

7:25 Nice save from Seymour! Saw this on the day and it was amazing. Not sure why the audio has gone weird in this video though...

[@Imrockintheboat]

I went back and watched Sunday to see what order they should have been in. Seymour pulled that off so good. They all did amazing. This show is iconic!

[@crystalmagic13]

Paisley!!! Killed it!

[@itsamyox]

Roxanne finally getting the love, stage time & appreciation she deserves ❤

[@gwendolynrice4271]

"Ah baby" ICONIC

[@haphazardtube8027]

I was happily surprised to see Rachel get to lead!!!

[@melonyedits7021]

My biggest flex is that Danielle rose ( k howard) taught me dance for 2 years

[@MarkIthica]

Was she as lovely as she seems from her Insta?

[@melonyedits7021]

@@MarkIthica omg yes she was so nice she got me into west wnd shows to

[@cymbelinesgf]

pls i love them

[@lucapasc4626]

we loved it

[@shoejoker4637]

7:36 omg Paisley Seymour foreshadowing????

[@samuelking9343]

Claudia Cleves foreshadowing????

[@cedgson91]

Haven’t seen Rachel yet. Love this 💜

[@amelia6557]

How the hell did I miss this by 10 minutes?!

[@honeybeez7294]

7:27 Claudia and paisley got tangled up 7:30 And again at the end. They are in the wrong spot. It’s a live performance so mistakes can always happen

[@mariajayes2841]

Argon is amazing

[@kareneastman9695]

This is so wonderful.:-)

[@marvinraphaelmonfort8289]

another great batch =]

[@marvinraphaelmonfort8289]

the silver costume is nice, too! cool take on the song, diva! and seymour 🖤

[@thatsixlover2780]

2/3 of them are super swings

[@oliviaawyc8145]

Only 1 of them are super swings. The other 3 are alternates

[@samuelking9343]

Paisley Seymour and Claudia Cleves confirmed @7:18

[@Cbb1818]

Wowowow soo good

[@MJ-583]

I don’t know whether the sound design is not working properly here or something but some of vocals sound very dodgy

[@J_Patman]

It could be the sound of whatever recorded the video, I think it could be trying to tune out the audience cause I saw a few insta stories of the performance and there where times when the audience cheered really loudly and the actresses’ audio was fine

[@charlottesreadsthings211]

WEL is notorious for the audio just not being great in the videos. Everyone tends to sound a little off compared to other recorded videos from people in the audience.

[@camillarose3521]

WEL is known for awful audio don’t worry

[@K.eira.a]

I think they edited out the audience and when they did that they probably messed up some of the vocals

[@Jazzy_Adventure]

There is also a swing on for howard and cleves aswell as its not the usual performers which it was at the time. As at the time it was meant to be Dionne Ward-Anderson as cleves and Tsemaye Bob-Egbe as Howard (pink), introduced this year alternates will wear principal for there first cover like demonstrated here. This dosen' t apply for swings like rachel tho as she covers all queens in no first cover, second cover, third cover order. Same also goes for Esme. They will wear the alternate outfit for second and third covers tho.

[@samuelking9343]

0:14 Was that a synthesized backing track version of No Way?

[@lucapasc4626]

i liked that as well

[@quintindejong6059]

Wait , paisley seymour? Possible debut coming????

[@haphazardtube8027]

7:28 is there an oopsie going on here?

[@samuelking9343]

Paisley Seymour and Claudia Cleves confirmed.

[@alwaysbeurfav]

Aren’t they playing tomorrow as well?

[@miathomas6476]

They are, yes

[@lucapasc4626]

me and my school sang that in a liturgy

[@Locket25]

Who played Catherine Howard in this?

[@oliviaawyc8145]

Danielle Rose

[@transportandtheatrekid2298]

Almost a SwAlt massive

[@Rivers_TG]

When did Aragon's costume change to white? I'm so used to the powerful gold, white just kinda makes her seem like another wife that did nothing, no special role in the story when she's the real power that starts Six in the first place! Like she's the first wife! Where's the gold for her? The first queen? The white makes more sense for Seymour because white's a wedding color and the black is usually used for funerals, which mixes well with her story. But two white costumes on stage? It really doesn't coordinate well unlike the gold, green, white, red, pink, and blue from the og costumes. Yes, the actress looks gorgeous in the white but it's such a weird change for me. I wanna know why they changed it in the first place so if anyone knows why please tell me! Absolutely no hate the the actors or creators of the show, it's a beautiful and amazing show it's just an...odd costume choice.

[@listerlimer3686]

Hey there! Aragon's primary costume hasn't changed. It's still same powerful gold as usual across every production. However, the actress playing Aragon in this performance is an understudy swing who has her own unique costume. As she covers all the roles, she's given her own "plain" costume with some variations. This allows the costume team to save money while still having a gorgeous costume for an understudy to perform in, as against giving her (and by extension, all the other swings and understudies) six different costumes for each queen which would be very time consuming and expensive for an actress who isn't even necessarily guaranteed to perform. So yeah, Aragon's costume is still the same!

[@KrisKrisKrissy]

I'm just not really feeling it this version of 'No Way.' She's a fine singer, but it feels weird to have such a smiley tone when the lyrics are about how indignant and angry she is. The 'Six' part was pretty good though. I quite like this Jane.

[@lilythefreakx]

ONG

[@duketgg]

Six mezzos.

[@thatsixlover2780]

The last time I saw Rachel was when I saw it she was cleaves

[@greynotchristian]

ok which one was ruining the harmonies :D

[@eleanorjr05]

possibly the editing out of the cheering :)

[@greynotchristian]

@Molly Pop yeah it's rare for musical theatre but someone was pitchy for sure LD

[@camillarose3521]

WEL is known for awful audio in their videos,, it’ll have sounded better in person dw

[@quintindejong6059]

This a great cast but they dont have the best harmonies😕

[@mrskeeley1993]

It was Howard I believe

[@alfonsocastillo6182]

😶😶😶

[@davidfowkes1520]

You mean black rule 😂😂😂😂😂

[@livvjanee]

Jesus wept, I’ve not seen this cast perform before, I’m so disappointed, Seymour and Boleyn especially, no where near as strong as Nat, Court or Millie, what a shame

[@shoejoker4637]

it baffles me that you know the names of the previous actresses of the show, but not the message of the show

[@K.eira.a]

Have you seen the show before? The main story of six is not to compare!

[@livvjanee]

@@K.eira.a so I’m just supposed to pretend that this performance was good? I’m not the only one in the comments complaining, worst six west end live performance I’ve seen, and that’s the fact

[@SarzyK17]

@@livvjanee you don't have to pretend to like it, but since no one asked for your opinion, why do you feel the need to give it negatively? The message of the show is "don't compare the Queens and pit them against each other" ...sorry that it went over your head

[@duketgg]

@@SarzyK17- nobody asked for positive opinions, either. Still, people who have positive opinions seem to be free to express them whenever and wherever they like, while people who didn't like how these people performed are seemingly not allowed to write it anywhere, and should please just keep their opinions to themselves. Why is that?

[@TheBelfastgirly]

This the worst performance tbh

[@julienlevesque5366]

I don’t remember someone asking for your opinion?

[@noone.1509]

And you came here to badmouth these amazing women for what reason?

[@pinklemonpiggy7545]

I'm sorry, can you sing like that? Do you have talent? Probably not...

[@Southern_QUEERies]

I mean please explain

[@noone.1509]

It's really fascinating how one person badmouth six other people for doing their job. I really respect your opinion but if you know what will happen if you publicly expressed it with people who actually love the show, just don't share it and this wouldn't have happened