A filmed version of hit musical Six is heading to UK cinemas in April, with the original West End cast of the show involved.
The gigantic success of the first Wicked film is inevitably sending Hollywood studios on a trawl through the listings for West End and Broadway musicals, arguably for the first time since the release of Cats in 2019. And one thing we can comfortably expect a lot more of is filmed versions of musicals being beamed to our screens.
The musical of Waitress, for instance, has already been shot on Broadway, and is going to the Max streaming service in the US this February. And in UK cinemas? The phenomenon that is Six is getting a cinema outing.
A version of the show has been shot that brings together the original West End cast of the production, a show that’s as much a concert as it is a musical. Telling the story of the six wives of Henry VIII, the filmed version of the show is going to be in UK cinemas on Sunday 6th April 2025. It’s getting a wide release, and presumably, if it attracts a fair amount of people, then encore screenings on other days will be arranged.
Furthermore, don’t write off the idea of a Six feature film later on down the road too.
Later in the year, Bonnie & Clyde The Musical is getting a beamed version in UK cinemas on Thursday 1st May, and the stage musical of Billy Elliot arrives before the lot of them, playing for one day in UK cinemas on Sunday 30th March.
Tickets are expected to go on sale for screenings of Six around the country in the coming weeks. This version of the show was shot at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, incidentally, and don’t be surprised if there’s singing in the cinema. Feel free to tut and stare accordingly if it’s not a designated sing-a-long screening…
