SIX THE MUSICAL announce Afternoon Tea fit for a Queen at Soho Hotel
The award-winning global smash hit SIX has teamed up with The Soho Hotel to unveil a regal new SIX the Musical Afternoon Tea experience, inspired by the six Queens and the musical that continues to reign over the West End.
Until the end of the year, Refuel at The Soho Hotel will serve a limited-edition Afternoon Tea menu daily from 12pm – 4:45pm. Created in collaboration with the hit West End show celebrating the six wives of Henry VIII, the hotel’s pastry chefs have devised a royal selection fit for a Queen.
The crowning glory of the Afternoon Tea is a line-up of six pastries, each inspired by one of the Queens: Aragon’s Crown of Honour; Boleyn’s Strawberry Biscuit; Seymour’s Heart of Stone Blueberry Choux; Black Forest Cake of Cleves; Howard’s All You Want is Rice Pudding; and Parr’s Tudor Rose and Lemon Curd Macaron.
Head Pastry Chef at The Soho Hotel, Alessandro Paoloni, said: “This Afternoon Tea is our homage to the fabulous Queens of SIX! Watching the musical gave me the chance to really understand their stories. I have tried to distil the essence of each Queen into a pastry and I hope that guests enjoy our tribute.
A spokesperson for SIX said: “Following Afternoon Tea, it’s time for the main event! Still one of the West End’s most popular shows, SIX remixes five hundred years of heartbreak into an electrifying 80-minute pop concert, where the Queens take centre stage and reclaim their crowns.”
The Queens currently reigning over the West End are: Jaz Robinson as Catherine of Aragon, Thao Therese Nguyen as Anne Boleyn, Hana Stewart as Jane Seymour, Dionne Ward-Anderson as Anna of Cleves, Caitlyn De Kuyper as Katherine Howard, and Amelia Kinu Muus as Catherine Parr. They are joined by Alternates: Leonor Correia as Jane Seymour/Katherine Howard, Odelia Dizel-Cubuca as Anne Boleyn/Catherine Parr, and Honey Joseph as Catherine of Aragon/Anna of Cleves, alongside Super Swings Laura Baxter, Meg Dixon-Brasil, and Shakira Simpson.
From 4-9 November, SIX will welcome cast members from its smash-hit Japan production to the West End for a special one-week run. Across eight performances, the show will be performed entirely in Japanese (with English subtitles provided) for the first time in the UK.
The band features Ladies in Waiting: Beth Jerem (Musical Director/Keys), Alice Angliss (Drums), Emma Jemima (Guitar), Kelly Morris (Bass), and Sinéad Rodger (Assistant Musical Director).
SIX is written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, with direction by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, set design by Emma Bailey, costumes by Gabriella Slade, lighting by Tim Deiling, sound by Paul Gatehouse, musical orchestration by Tom Curran, musical supervision by Joe Beighton, and casting by Pearson Casting.