How the Six Alternates Change Their Styling For Each Queen
If you’d like to read all my posts about the costumes and styling of Six the Musical, you can find them here !
As I covered in my previous post about Six the Musical, Six is unusual in that its alternates actually wear different costumes than the main queens, in different colors and styles. They indicate which queen they’re playing each night with different hair styling and makeup. I’ve tried to compile pictures of as many alternates as I can playing each role so you can get an idea of how this works!
I should note that there are a few outliers in the styling for each queen; it’s hard for me to tell whether those are due to changing standards over time or what.
Catherine of Aragon: From left to right on the top row, we’ve got Cassie Levy (UK Tour), Courtney Stapleton (West End), and Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert (US), and on the bottom row, we’ve got Vicki Manser (West End), Zara McIntosh (West End), and Grace Mouat (West End). As you can see, Aragon generally has big hair (although this is interpreted differently based on how much hair the alternate has to begin with) and big spikes worn on a headband.
Anne Boleyn: From left to right on the top line: Vicki Manser (West End), Bryony Duncan (Cruise), and Courtney Stapleton (West End) as Anne Boleyn. From left to right on the bottom line: Jennifer Caldwell (UK tour), Zara McIntosh (West End), and Cherelle Jay (West End). Boleyn is portrayed with double buns, usually with half of the hair down and with adorable little spike cuffs around them.
Jane Seymour: From left to right on the top line, Courtney Stapleton (West End), Hana Stewart (West End), and Mallory Maedke (US), and from left to right on the bottom line, Jennifer Caldwell (UK tour), Harriet Watson (UK Tour), and Collette Guitart (West End). Seymour is portrayed with her hair half back with a headband with subtle, small spikes.
Anne of Cleves From left to right on the top line, Vicki Manser (West End), Cassie Levy (UK Tour), and Cherelle Jay (West End), and from left to right on the bottom line, Courtney Stapleton (West End), Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert (US), and Grace Mouat (West End). The Cleves variation on each alternate’s outfit seems pretty standardized, as you pretty much always see her in shorts and a crop top with a fur jacket over it. Cleves’ hair changes up a bit but is generally pulled back with at least some spikes in it, sometimes very big ones, like Aragon’s, and sometimes more subtle ones.
Katherine Howard: From left to right on the top line, Zara McIntosh (West End), Vicki Manser (West End), and Mallory Maedke (US), and on the bottom line from left to right, Grace Mouat (West End), Jennifer Caldwell (UK tour) , and Collette Guitart (West End). Howard is almost always portrayed with a high, long ponytail and a little spike cuff, although it looks like Vicki wears hers half down as well.
Catherine Parr: From left to right on the top line, Harriet Watson (UK Tour), Courtney Stapleton (West End), and Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert (US), and from left to right on the bottom line, Hana Stewart (West End), Grace Mouat (West End), and Collette Guitart (West End). Parr is generally portrayed with a spiky headband (worn more forward on the head than Seymour’s), but it looks like the alternates otherwise have some freedom as to how they style their hair.
