#Vicki manser

[appleflavoredkitkats]

watched six live and it inspired me to draw my favorite ones from back in the day :>

[six-another-timeline]

Vicki Manser will be returning as temporary Howard on the West End starting Tuesday!

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Do you have any pictures of the flat Anne Boleyn boots?

I don't have any good ones, no. But here are photos of the flat boots and Boleyn boots, respectively:

(crystalledbyjane, _juliapulia, harrietwatson92)

Top row is UK style, bottom row is North American style; left is heels while right is flats. Note:

The lattice on the NA flats vs the crystal grid directly on the leather on the UK flats, both mirroring the heeled style from their respective regions

The embellished heels on the NA flats and lack of that on the UK flats. There’s been some variance in crystal placement on flat boots in both regions over the years, but this is the most consistent and recent trend.

You’ll also notice that the UK Boleyn squares there are 2x2 while NA are 3x3 - UK productions are now also standardized to 3x3.

The Boleyn flat boots cover the same style as the Seymour and Howard flats pictured there, but just with the Boleyn crystal pattern and colors.

[unwrittenemmy]

vicki manser as katherine howard you will always be famous

[but-im-unbreakable]

somehow we have not one but TWO queens who have performed alongside every (current) howard who went from swalt to howard (and back, on one occasion. also specifically swalternate to howard -- a few rehearsal swings have gone from rehearsal swing to howard but i didnt count them)

both natalie paris and hana stewart have performed alongside vicki manser, bryony duncan, and courtney mack

[dontbebittah]

The History of Swingo, Part 2: The Reinforcements

(Vicki Manser performing as Anna of Cleves at West End Live. Photographed by @danny_with_a_camera on Instagram.)

(2) Vicki Manser is an original West End alternate and the first alternate to transition to principal performer. Although she went on to play Howard briefly on the West End and then for a full contract with the UK Tour, her original first covers were Boleyn/Cleves (although they were changed to B/H when Grace Mouat left the show). Vicki was the first to wear the teal alternate costume and the only one at the time with a costume variation, an open jacket for Cleves. Vicki has worked on a variety of projects since leaving Six, including releasing several singles and an EP, and will soon be seen in SuperYou alongside her fellow alt Courtney Stapleton.

Days to complete Swingo: 216

Date completed: August 18th, 2019

Performance stats (principal #s in parentheses):

Fun Fact: Vicki is engaged to Frankie South, who played Maggie (bass) on the Six UK tour.

(Courtney Stapleton performing as Jane Seymour on the West End. Photographed by @melissaschoemacher on Instagram.)

(3) Courtney Stapleton was the last of the three original West End alternates to hit Swingo and the first alternate to wear the orange alt costume. She was originally cast with A/P as her first covers, but soon switched to S/P, which is now one of the most common first cover combinations. Courtney nearly did not complete Swingo, first performing as Howard only a month before her final show in October of 2019. She has been in a variety of shows and concerts in the UK since leaving Six, most notably as Belle in Beauty and the Beast. She'll soon be seen in SuperYou with Vicki!

Days to complete Swingo: 226

Date completed: September 8th, 2019

Performance stats:

Fun Fact: Courtney was nominated for several awards for her performance as Belle, including winning the Best Female Actor in a Musical award from the Black British Theater Awards. 

[concerto-roblox]

i haven't been active in the six fandom for a hot minute and just saw vicki manser is engaged to frankie south (uk tour maggie) and now i'm thinking back in the 2019 pride takeover on the six instagram where courtney stapleton was like "nah vicki's not lgbt but she's an honorary member :)" and i'm giggling bc six really was a sapphic factory huh

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I just saw Six the Musical and im just sitting in the 2 hour bus ride home crying over All You Wanna Do hhhh it's just so GOOD it's so good it makes me want to bite something

YEAH. hits especially hard live, that choreo just. aaaaaa.

[justarandomsixfan]

The Heathers-Six Timeline

If there's any show you're bound to see you're favorite six actors in, It's heathers. Vice-versa, you might just recognize some familiar faces in cast lineups! There's some obvious standouts, such as Erin Caldwell & Hannah Lowther, But this timeline actually goes back to 2018! So, out of sheer boredom, and personal interest I've compiled a full timeline of Heathers-Six actors!

2018: Lauren Drew: Reportedly, Drew was offered an alternate contract prior to the London production opening , but turned it down due to her not having much knowledge of the show. The role would instead be filled by either Vicki Manser, or Courtney Stapleton. Drew then went on to appear in the Ensemble In the West End premiere cast of Heathers, alongside fellow six alumni Jodie Steele & Sophie Issacs! 2019: Andrea Macasaet: Now Infamous for her portrayal of Anne Boleyn, most people are unaware that SIX was actually Macasaet's Broadway debut! Prior to SIX, Andrea had been involved in many Regional & Local theatre productions, 1 of which being heathers, In which she played the role of Heather Duke!

Laruen Drew (Again!): After finishing her run in Heathers in summer 2019, Drew, armed with more knowledge of the production, once again aimed for six. She would be called back for multiple queens, and almost be made an alternate again, before finally booking the role of Catherine of Aragon! Drew would play the role on tour until march 2022! In addition, her infamous rendition of "No Way!" would be honored by her replacement, Chloe Hart!

Jodie Steele: Like with Drew, after finishing Heathers, Jodie would audition for the Uk tour cast of SIX with Heathers alumni, and understudy, Lauren Drew. As with drew, she would be seen for multiple queens, before finally booking the role of Katherine Howard! When the production Re-opened post Covid 19, Stelle would unfortunately not reprise her role, Instead going on to reprise her role of Heather Chandler with (soon to be) six alumni, Rachel Rawlinson!

Maddison Firth: Another Lesser-known contender, Firth was originally a Rehearsal Swing on the Breakaway cruise production of SIX! Since then, it has been revealed that Firth was in negotiations to be promoted to Principal Howard during cast change. However, due to Covid 19, the cast change would never go ahead. Firth would later go on to play the role of Heather Chandler in the first Uk tour of Heathers, performing with fellow cruise Alumni Rebecca Wickes (Back to her soon x), and later transferring to the show's main production in London, even appearing in the Pro-shot!

Kelley Sweeney: Staying on the subject of Cruise casts, Sweeney played Anne Boleyn on the first Breakaway cruise production, In November 2019! Almost 5 years later, Sweeney now appears in the ensemble in the current Uk/London cast of Heathers, understudying the role of Martha!

2020: Sophie Issacs: Along with Fellow Heathers alumni Jodie Steele & Lauren Drew, Issacs would audition for SIX soon after Heathers ended. Unlike her followers however, Sophie was aiming higher, hoping to become the replacement for previous Howard, Vicki Manser. In January 2020, Isssac would achieve her goal & join the cast in London, playing the role until November 2021!

2021: Rachel Rawlinson: Rawlinson was first involved in the 2021 West end revival of Heathers, Understudying the role of Martha, and performing with previous Howard, Jodie Steele! When the production ended, and after 1 emergency return, Rawlinson would auditon for the 2021-22 cast of SIX! Unlike other contenders, Rawlinson was only ever considered for 1 role, The super swing. She would book the role & Continue to perform in the show until 2024, surviving 2 cast changes!

Rebecca Wickes: Prior to her reaching stardom in Heathers, Wickes was involved in the Bliss cast of SIX, replacing Bryony Duncan as Katherine Howard in March 2020. Unfortunately, due to Covid 19, Wickes would only play the role for 4 performances, the entire cast being replaced by the time cruises could re-open. This was not the last we would see of Wickes however. In September 2022, after the sudden departure of Jania-Brook Patel, Wickes would be asked to reprise the role, finally having a chance to revisit a woefully short run. She would begin Performances in October, and play the role until April 2023!

2023: Hannah Lowther: Infamous for her Musical theatre Tesco TikTok's, and for being the first person to cover all 3 heathers in the same production, Lowther would first Audition for six in late 2022, and made final callbacks before ultimately being passed over. She was not detoured however, and auditioned again in Summer 2023, Booking the role of Alternate Howard/Parr, eventually adding Boleyn to her covers and performing with Heathers Alumni Inez Budd & Kayleigh McKnight!

Inez Budd: Budd would audition for six whilst still appearing in the Uk tour of Dirty dancing. Compared to other people on this list, little is known about her auditon process, or history with six. Eventually however, she landed the role of Katherine howard, performing with heathers allummni Hannah Lowther & Keyleigh McKnight!

Kayleigh McKnight: As with Budd, little is known about McKnight's history with six, or her audition process, only knowing that she was seen for at least 1 other queen, before booking the role of Jane Seymour! Previously, she had performed in the 2021 Other Palace revival of Heathers, acting as an understudy for Veronica Sawyer & performing with Six alumni Inez Budd & Hannah Lowther! Unfortunately, Kayleigh would both start & finish her run later than intended. She sustained a knee injury during rehearsals, which caused her to miss the first 3 weeks of shows. When the injury resurfaced, this time at a much higher risk level, she was forced to withdraw from the production in May 2024, her role being taken over by previous Seymour Catlin Tippling.

Erin Caldwell: Caldwell would audition for her dream role of Jane Seymour in late 2022 with (soon to be) Six alumni Hannah Lowther. Unlike Lowther however, Erin would be successful in making final callbacks & booking the role & achieving her dream! She would play the role on tour for almost 16 months, before leaving at a full cast change in August 2024!

2024: Lizzie Emery: The most recent actress on this list, Lizzie currently plays Katherine Howard on the Uk tour of SIX. Previously, she had made her professional debut in the ensemble of the UK & Ireland tour of Heathers, also acting as an understudy for veronica Sawyer & all 3 heathers, making heathers history as the first person to do so!

(All info & Headshots taken from the SIX wiki)

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Now that Shakira Simpson has debuted Cleves, we now have sixteen queens who have completed Swingo!

Grace Mouat, Vicki Manser, Courtney Stapleton, Collette Guitart, Jennifer Caldwell, Natalie Pilkington, Karis Oka, Harriet Watson, Esme Rothero, Rachel Rawlinson, Shannen Alyce Quan, Chiara Assetta, Harriet Caplan-Dean, Danielle Rose, Leesa Tulley, Leah Vassell, Monique Ashe-Palmer, and Shakira Simpson

Which combinations of queens would you most like to see?

[janedances]

There are certain principals whose main alternate/swing are literally perfect for them. I present:

Natalie Paris + Courtney Stapleton

Abby Mueller + Mallory Maedke

Sophie Isaacs + Zara Macintosh

Vicki Manser + Jennifer Caldwell

Wesley Carpenter + Ashlee Waldbauer

Chelsea Dawson + Chiara Assetta

Phoenix Jackson Mendoza + Madeline Fansler

Brennyn Lark + Keirsten Hodgens

Chloe Hart + Harriet Caplan-Dean

Zoe Jensen + Aubrey Matalon

Hailee Kaleem Wright + Holli’ Conway

Terica Marie + Jana Larell Glover

Gabriela Carrillo + Erin Ramirez

Khaila Wilcoxon + Kelsee Kimmel

Gabbi Mack + Willow Dougherty

Sasha Renae Brown + Kayla McSorely

Hannah Taylor + Eden Holmes

Adriana Scalice + Taylor Pearlstein

Inez Budd + Hannah Lowther

Shoutout to Kenedy Small + Ellie Jane Grant + Shakira Simpson who make up the golden trio of Cleves on tour.

[sixcostumerefs]

Hi!! I haven't been keeping up with six as much recently, could you explain the UK standardising covers thing a bit more?

Hey! Yes! However I am going to slightly hijack this ask and give a broader “UK alt system 101” because I’ve been getting a lot of asks about it recently.

First covers (fully standardized) Prior to lockdown and with the first cast returning from lockdown, UK casts of Six would just choose alt covers based on the queens they had and what worked best. Saw combos like A/P, S/H, B/C; A/C, B/H, S/P; A/H, B/C, S/P. From fall 2021 - fall 2023, every new UK cast has used an alt system with A/C, B/H, and S/P, and then swing(s). This changed in fall 2023, when the new West End cast used A/S, B/C, and H/P, but it’s not clear if that’s a one-off situation.

Second covers (not standardized) Prior to Covid they had used two different second cover systems: #1. What I call the "consistent" cover system, where if someone is first cover B/C then someone else is going to be second cover B/C and someone else third B/C. This was used by the 2019-21 West End cast. Example: Zara MacIntosh: 1st A/H, 2nd B/C, 3rd S/P Cherelle Jay: 1st B/C, 2nd S/P, 3rd A/H Hana Stewart: 1st S/P, 2nd A/H, 3rd B/C #2. What I call the "scrambled" cover system, where if someone is first cover B/C then one of the other alts is second cover B/? and the other is C/?. This one was used by the 2019 West End alts... Courtney Stapleton: 1st A/P, 2nd S/C, 3rd B/H Vicki Manser: 1st B/C, 2nd H/P, 3rd A/S Grace Mouat: 1st S/H, 2nd A/B, 3rd C/P ...and the 2019-22 UK Tour alts: Cassandra Lee: 1st A/C, 2nd S/H, and 3rd B/P Jennifer Caldwell: 1st B/H, 2nd A/P, 3rd S/C Harriet Watson: 1st S/P, 2nd B/C, 3rd A/H This system is generally better from a coverage/management perspective, which I talked about here.

When they came back from lockdown they initially seemed to have standardized to the consistent system. The 21-22 WE followed it: Paisley Billings: A/C, S/P, B/H Danielle Rose: B/H, A/C, S/P Roxanne Couch: S/P, B/H, A/C as did the 22-23 UKT, formally anyway (may have followed a different one informally): Grace Melville: A/C, B/H, S/P Leesa Tulley: B/H, S/P, A/C Natalie Pilkington: S/P, A/C, B/H but the 22-23 WE started following a scrambled again: Monique Ashe-Palmer: A/C, B/P, S/H Danielle Rose: B/H, A/S, C/P Leah Vassell: S/P, C/H, A/B and the 23-24 UKT now is too: Ellie Jane Grant: A/C, B/P, S/H Izi Maxwell: B/H, S/C, A/P Tamara Anne Morgan: S/P, A/H, B/C

I'm guessing they will try to continue using scrambled in the future because of the coverage benefits, but we'll see.

Swings

For the 2021-22 and the 2022-23 cast, the West End used two swings. Each of them had three primary covers, but also cover the other three commonly enough as needed.

The UK Tour just has one swing, who covers all six roles technically equally (but just like with all prior swings there does still seem to be some sort of unofficial priority/preferred roles).

However, starting with the 2023-25 West End cast, Six started hiring only one full-time swing for the West End, but also added a universal who can go between both the UK Tour and West End productions.

Alternate Costumes Starting with the 2021-22 West End cast, the alts have principal-style costumes for their first covers. If/when they cover 2nd or 3rd covers, they wear an alt costume.

The 2021-22 and 2022-23 WE + 2022-23 and 2023-24 UKT casts followed this system:

(Pictured: Paisley Billings, Danielle Rose, Leah Vassell) A/C wears teal, B/H wears orange, and S/P wears pink. There's only one consistent variation: teal is always pants w/ peplum, orange is always pants w/ peplum, and pink is always the standard A/H.

However, stating with the 2023-25 cast, the system was once again changed. For the first time, the alternates received reused alternate costumes worn by prior queens, just altered for them. Due to this, alt costumes were assigned based on what fit each alternate from existing stock. In this specific instance, that means A/S wears silver (a swing costume), B/C wears teal, and H/P wears orange.

Swing Costumes

Historically, the swings have worn regular swing costumes for all six costumes. Those are typically black and silver:

(Pictured: Rachel Rawlinson, Esme Rothero; Rachel Aragon photo by Pamela Raith)

The black alt was historically used as the primary swing costume. The silver alt was added later as a secondary swing costume.

For the 2021-22 and 2022-23 West End casts, which had two full-time swings, both the black and silver costumes were used with variations as depicted.

For the 2023-25 West End + 2022-23 and 2023-24 UK Tour casts, the one full-time swing wears the silver swing costume. The UK Tour swings had all variations as depicted above with the exception of Boleyn; the West End swing exclusively had the first (far left) variation.

The universal swing who joined as part of the 2023-25 West End cast wears her old costumes from the 2022-23 UK Tour cast, including S/P principal costumes and a pink alt costume.

Across all casts, the Cleves swing costumes don’t have a reveal.

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jana aragon taylor (swift) boleyn marilyn seymour harriet watson cleves vicki howard erin parr allternate massive Oh boleyn tour is blessed and cursed today

would sell my soul for a ticket

[six-costume-refs]

why did vicki wear her boleyn sleeves for most of her tracks?

At that point the sleeves were built in as a fundamental part of the costume, designed to be worn irregardless of what queen she was on for (except Cleves), rather than a queen-based variation.

[unwrittenemmy]

Day one sixty-eight of posting every six queen

DAY ONE SIXTY-EIGHT - VICKI MANSER - JANE SEYMOUR

WHY DOES ONLY ONE PICTURE EXIST 😭😭

[but-im-unbreakable]

six principals who performed in 5-(sw)alt massives

aragon: jarnéia richard-noel (liv seymour debut)

boleyn: courtney bowman (jen midshow parr), amanda lindgren (west end live weekend swalt massive), baylie carson (harriet watson’s last seymour)

howard: vicki manser (athena + hana parr emergency covers), koko basigara (harriet watson’s last show)

parr: danielle steers (bryony boleyn west end debut)