This week I have gone to the musical Six at the Theatre Royal, not once, but twice! I first went to see this short but fun musical in December with Chanel, and I enjoyed it so much that I couldn’t resist booking it when it came to Glasgow. It’s actually quite unusual for me to rush to book something again so soon. James and I have certainly been to see the same groups several times, with Madness, ELO, Jools Holland, Squeeze and OMD being favourites for both of us. However we tend to see them several years apart.
There’s just something very joyful about Six and I couldn’t wait to see it again. I invited Ally W to come with me on Thursday, but then I decided that I would really like to see it twice so I booked a single ticket for Tuesday evening and went along by myself! I do not regret my impulsive decision because I enjoyed both performances very much. Both times the seat(s) were near the front and I had an excellent view. I wasn’t the only one who enjoyed it; the excellent actors got a standing ovation both nights and they fully deserved it. Ally W enjoyed it too, she hadn’t known what to expect and found it to be extremely entertaining. The musical is light-hearted, despite the grisly fates of some of the wives of Henry VIII, and manages this by having the six wives decide to compete about who was worst treated, by each singing a song about their marriage. And there is a really good message about why women were defined and controlled by the patriarchy - poor wee beheaded Katherine Howard says at the end of her song “Thank you to all the powerful men who got me where I am today!”
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