What do Henry VIII’s wives, a Rastafarian musical icon and a drag queen have in common? They are all the subjects of new stage shows that are heralding a golden age of the British musical.
Let’s start with the court of Henry VIII. A pair of friends at Cambridge University, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, decided to write their own musical four years ago because the student theatre society couldn’t afford to pay the royalties for an existing one.
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Six: The Musical is at the Vaudeville Theatre, booking to 1 May 2022. Get Up, Stand Up! opens at the Lyric Theatre on 1 October and is booking to 3 April 2022. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is in cinemas nationwide and on Amazon Prime.
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