Australian Tour

* 2021-23
* 2020

The **Australian Tour** is a touring production of *Six the Musical*. The first opened on 4 January 2020, before being cancelled on 5 March 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions. The tour reopened on 19 December 2021, and closed on 19 February 2023. A third tour is set to open in August 2024.

## Dates

 **Sydney Opera House**Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

 Sydney Opera HouseSydney, New South Wales, Australia
 Canberra Theatre CentreCanberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
 Her Majesty's TheatreAdelaide, South Australia, Australia
 Comedy TheatreMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
 Theatre Royal SydneySydney, New South Wales, Australia
 Crown TheatrePerth, Western Australia, Australia
 QPAC PlayhouseBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

 **Comedy Theatre**Melbourne, Australia

## Cancelled Productions

### Dates

 Comedy TheatreMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
 Her Majesty's TheatreAdelaide, South Australia, Australia
 The Opera HouseWellington, New Zealand

## History

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### 2019

On 2 August 2019, the official *Six* Australian Instagram account made its first post, teasing the existence of the Australian/New Zealand Tour production.. Over the course of four months, the account made other teaser posts and announcements regarding touring dates, before finally unveiling the cast on 12 November 2019. The original cast consisted of Chloé Zuel as Catherine of Aragon, Kala Gare as Anne Boleyn, Loren Hunter as Jane Seymour, Kiana Daniele as Anna of Cleves, Courtney Monsma as Katherine Howard, and Vidya Makan as Catherine Parr, as well as Karis Oka, Shannen Quan and Ella Burns as swings, with Ella also serving as dance captain. In December 2019, the Ladies in Waiting were announced as well: Claire Healy as Joan, Ali Foster as Maria, Debbie Yap as Maggie, and Jessica Dunn as Bessie.

### 2020

On 4 January 2020, the original Australian Tour had its opening show at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney.. The production ran for a little over two months, seeing the official *Six* debuts of swings Ella Burns (as Catherine of Aragon), Shannen Alyce Quan (as Catherine Parr), and Karis Oka (as Anna of Cleves).

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the production was forced to close, with its last performance taking place on 5 March 2020. In the midst of late 2020 hiatus, the Australian cast participated in the worldwide *Six* video.

### 2021-23

After a year-long hiatus, a teaser was posted to @sixthemusicalau concerning a special announcement. Two days later, on 21 June 2022, a Facebook broadcast event was held, announcing the production's opening dates, interviewing its cast, and performing an acoustic version of *Ex-Wives*. The following day, the full cast of the current Australian Production was announced on Instagram. Although most of the cast made their returns (Kala Gare, Loren Hunter, Kiana Daniele, Vidya Makan, Karis Oka and Shannen Alyce Quan), a few new actresses were cast. Phoenix Jackson Mendoza replaced Chloé Zuel as Catherine of Aragon, Chelsea Dawson replaced Courtney Monsma as Katherine Howard, and Chiara Assetta replaced Ella Burns as dance captain and swing. The initial premiere of November 2021 was pushed back to December 2021 (the same happening to other tour stop premieres) due to disruptions created by the Sydney lockdown and consequential measures put in place by state governments around border closures. On 19 November 2021, the Ladies in Waiting were announced, with all previous ones returning except for Ali Foster, who had been succeeded by Alysa Portelli.

Finally, on 23 December 2021, the second Australian Tour had its opening show in Sydney.

On the 19th February 2023, the Australian Tour had their last show for the run, in Brisbane. [20]

### 2024

On the 28th November, Six announced on their Facebook page that they were returning to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, from August 2024 (Starting in Melbourne). [18] No cast has been released yet, but the auditions have been scheduled for early February. Tickets are scheduled for release in March, then shows from August. In the Casting Brief, an Australasian run is mentioned, hinting at shows outside of Australia [19]

## Replacements

* **Catherine of Aragon:** Phoenix Jackson Mendoza
* **Katherine Howard:** Chelsea Dawson

## Trivia

* The Australian Tour production is the last production to use the old fishnet design and original costumes.
* So far, the Australian Tour has had six swings.
	+ These swings are: Ella Burns, Karis Oka, Shannen Alyce Quan, Chiara Assetta, Cristina D'Agostino, and Madeline Fansler respectively.
* The Australian Tour production is the third cast to have a queen from another cast and country appear in their production.
	+ The first production to do this was the Broadway Production.
* Both the 2020 tour and 2021-23 tour were originally intended to play in New Zealand, however, both stops were ultimately cancelled.

## References

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