Six the Musical - Arts / Lyric / Vaudeville

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Shouldn’t the drive in be a thread of its own? Cast members have said on Instagram Lives its a separate project to their contracts at the Arts Theatre and on the UK Tour

[intoanewlife]

So do we have actual cast announcements?

Has anyone left from the main London cast?

I see Vicki seems to be back on some of the posters.

[greeny11]

Only announcement I have seen is Cherelle Jay is Cleves for the West End cast venues.

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Jul 1, 2020 18:40:33 GMT intoanewlife said:

So do we have actual cast announcements?

Has anyone left from the main London cast?

I see Vicki seems to be back on some of the posters.

All we know is Lexi won’t be doing the tour as she has her son to look after and it would be unfair for her to make him isolate with the rest of the cast. However this doesn’t mean she’s left Six permanently as it’s a separate commitment to their actual show contracts (as confirmed by Courtney on Instagram)

But Lexi aside, everybody else seems to be going on tour

[intoanewlife]

Jul 1, 2020 18:44:58 GMT aingidh said:

Jul 1, 2020 18:40:33 GMT intoanewlife said:

So do we have actual cast announcements?

Has anyone left from the main London cast?

I see Vicki seems to be back on some of the posters.

All we know is Lexi won’t be doing the tour as she has her son to look after and it would be unfair for her to make him isolate with the rest of the cast. However this doesn’t mean she’s left Six permanently as it’s a separate commitment to their actual show contracts (as confirmed by Courtney on Instagram)

But Lexi aside, everybody else seems to be going on tour

I had no idea she had a child x

So Vicki is back then? I love her Howard and hope she returns to Arts after this hellish nightmare is over x

[dontdreamit]

Jul 1, 2020 20:25:01 GMT intoanewlife said:

Jul 1, 2020 18:44:58 GMT aingidh said:

All we know is Lexi won’t be doing the tour as she has her son to look after and it would be unfair for her to make him isolate with the rest of the cast. However this doesn’t mean she’s left Six permanently as it’s a separate commitment to their actual show contracts (as confirmed by Courtney on Instagram)

But Lexi aside, everybody else seems to be going on tour

I had no idea she had a child x

So Vicki is back then? I love her Howard and hope she returns to Arts after this hellish nightmare is over x

I might be wrong, but I think as that’s because she was still playing Howard when they did the last of photos.

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Yeah I don’t think Sophie Isaacs got a photo shoot as she came in mid-contract.

[BurlyBeaR]

I can picture lots of dads sitting INSIDE the car, windows up,  listening to Radio 4 😆

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Jul 3, 2020 8:23:15 GMT BurlyBeaR said:

I can picture lots of dads sitting INSIDE the car, windows up,  listening to Radio 4 😆

This is the condition my dad agreed to drive me to the show with

[dontdreamit]

Extra show added for Milton Keynes 6th August at 5pm

[itsemily]

Jul 3, 2020 13:37:55 GMT aingidh said:

Jul 3, 2020 8:23:15 GMT BurlyBeaR said:

I can picture lots of dads sitting INSIDE the car, windows up,  listening to Radio 4 😆

This is the condition my dad agreed to drive me to the show with

My dad says he's going to sit in the car and read a book...

[Figaro]

Has it been announced how many rows of cars there will be?

[dontdreamit]

Jul 4, 2020 8:51:32 GMT Figaro said:

Has it been announced how many rows of cars there will be?

I’m not sure but I think I read somewhere there is capacity for 300 cars.

[stevej678]

Drive-in tour cancelled. 😟

www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jul/15/uk-drive-in-tour-musical-six-kenny-wax

[musicalmarge]

CANCELLLLLED!!!!!! Ugh

[danb]

Cheers Oliver. Your plans for the Arts are really working out.

[dontdreamit]

I’m gutted and littlest is in floods of tears right now. I’ve promised we’ll go to the theatre again and see the show when we get the chance but the first thing littlest was doing every morning was asking Siri how many days there were until 4th August.

I might hold off buying tickets for JCS now until it’s up and running in case this happens with that too.

[jaqs]

What a shame. I was really looking forward to it, had persuaded my dad to go as I don't have a car.
I hate this year.

[danb]

That’s the light in my murky darkness snuffed out then. So, so fed up of this now.

[eliza]

I find this so sad and frustrating because I don't really 'get' the decision to cancel everything.

I understand why sitting in a theatre might be a massive risk right now but sitting in a car outside, socially distanced from the rest of the audience seemed like a fairly safe option.

I don't get what's changed since they announced it

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Jul 15, 2020 19:38:39 GMT eliza said:

I find this so sad and frustrating because I don't really 'get' the decision to cancel everything.

I understand why sitting in a theatre might be a massive risk right now but sitting in a car outside, socially distanced from the rest of the audience seemed like a fairly safe option.

I don't get what's changed since they announced it

Because its not only about you. the audience. you have tech crew, venue staff, electricians, production staff and everyone else involved with the making it happen nightly. With the numbers going up, in certain places, it's the right decision to make.

[stevej678]

Jul 15, 2020 19:38:39 GMT eliza said:

I find this so sad and frustrating because I don't really 'get' the decision to cancel everything.

I understand why sitting in a theatre might be a massive risk right now but sitting in a car outside, socially distanced from the rest of the audience seemed like a fairly safe option.

I don't get what's changed since they announced it

It seems to be about the risk of dates being cancelled due to local lockdowns rather than risk to people attending or those involved in the production. Clearly the news has come as a complete surprise to those involved with Six.

One of the quotes from the Six production team says that:

"Despite the Government announcing stage three of Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden's road map permitting performances outdoors with an audience, the planned tour was due to visit 12 cities, several of which have since been identified as emerging Covid infection hot spots."

That, combined with the explanation from Kenny Wax in The Guardian article about cancellation insurance, would seem to hint at what is most likely the reason behind the whole series of drive-in events being pulled.

Wax said the cancellation underlined the “very volatile position” of the theatre industry, which is “not helped by the lack of clarity on insurance because the government won’t underwrite cancellation insurance. We have a big risk as we step off the edge of the diving board.”

On a personal level, this had been a real boost having some theatre to look forward to over recent weeks. It feels like it's going to be a very long summer again now. How incredibly sad for all involved.

[sophie92]

Jul 15, 2020 19:38:39 GMT eliza said:

I find this so sad and frustrating because I don't really 'get' the decision to cancel everything.

I understand why sitting in a theatre might be a massive risk right now but sitting in a car outside, socially distanced from the rest of the audience seemed like a fairly safe option.

I don't get what's changed since they announced it

Some of the cities that the Drive In were going to are high risk and could very possibly end up in local lockdowns, which could make things very difficult.
There’s the argument of why didn’t they just cancel those cities, but while it’s obviously very disappointing I don’t think you can really begrudge them for putting safety first. (I would think finances and insurance play a part too)

[eliza]

Jul 15, 2020 19:44:23 GMT @tbfl said:

Jul 15, 2020 19:38:39 GMT eliza said:

I find this so sad and frustrating because I don't really 'get' the decision to cancel everything.

I understand why sitting in a theatre might be a massive risk right now but sitting in a car outside, socially distanced from the rest of the audience seemed like a fairly safe option.

I don't get what's changed since they announced it

Because its not only about you. the audience. you have tech crew, venue staff, electricians, production staff and everyone else involved with the making it happen nightly. With the numbers going up, in certain places, it's the right decision to make.

I understand it's not all about me, but all of that was the case when they planned and announced it too, which is why I didn't get why it had now changed.

I suppose I haven't really been keeping track of numbers going up in certain areas which is why this came as such a surprise.

Jul 15, 2020 19:48:52 GMT stevej678 said:

Jul 15, 2020 19:38:39 GMT eliza said:

I find this so sad and frustrating because I don't really 'get' the decision to cancel everything.

I understand why sitting in a theatre might be a massive risk right now but sitting in a car outside, socially distanced from the rest of the audience seemed like a fairly safe option.

I don't get what's changed since they announced it

It seems to be about the risk of dates being cancelled due to local lockdowns rather than risk to people attending or those involved in the production. Clearly the news has come as a complete surprise to those involved with Six.

One of the quotes from the Six production team says that:

"Despite the Government announcing stage three of Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden's road map permitting performances outdoors with an audience, the planned tour was due to visit 12 cities, several of which have since been identified as emerging Covid infection hot spots."

That, combined with the explanation from Kenny Wax in The Guardian article about cancellation insurance, would seem to hint at what is most likely the reason behind the whole series of drive-in events being pulled.

Wax said the cancellation underlined the “very volatile position” of the theatre industry, which is “not helped by the lack of clarity on insurance because the government won’t underwrite cancellation insurance. We have a big risk as we step off the edge of the diving board.”

On a personal level, this had been a real boost having some theatre to look forward to over recent weeks. It feels like it's going to be a very long summer again now. How incredibly sad for all involved.

Thank you - I'd not seen that quote so that does explain a lot of the reasoning behind it.

[Snciole]

Local lockdown is a real threat. It is clear theatre, on the whole has given up on London but all the hope for the regions (who have suffered major losses) may also go with this plan. What other options do they have if a second wave however localised looms large.