#i swear i wouldn't tweet about the show but i never said anything about tumblr

[sharmanswife]

introducing : ICI TOUT COMMENCE cast (part 1/?)

aurélie pons as ‘salomé’ nicolas anselmo as ‘eliott’ agustín galiana as ‘lisandro’ alizée bochet as ‘ludivine’ mikaël mittelstadt as ‘greg’

[boydykegenius]

im going to take a moment to ramble about how much i love this musical. again, no one has to read this.

I've always loved history, and women in history. I think I've always secretly had a soft spot for Henry VIII six wives, despite the fact I was always told they were evil to him since I was ten.

the first time I ever heard anything good about any of the six wives was also when I first heard about Six. it was in our first lesson on our Elizabeth I topic last year, and we were doing a brief rundown of the Tudors. my history teacher last year, told us about how intelligent Anne Boleyn was and how strong headed she'd been, and shut down all remarks of her purely being a gold digger. Anne Boleyn had always been my favourite.

During that lesson a boy in my class asked if my teacher had heard of Six, a musical about Henry VIII six wives. I noted it but didn't listen to it at the time.

Then a week or two later, my friend was singing 'think about it maybe XO baby' and said it was from Six. I said that *boy in my classes name* had mentioned that. she said I should listen to it and she thought I'd like it.

Shockingly, I listened to it that night. I've always been bad at listening to musicals, but idk what made me. by the time it got to 'everybody always talks about that but never Henry's little... prick up your ears' and I was sold. I told my friend who had mentioned it that I was in love with it then.

After that, it was all I listened to. Literally. I've been listening to beetlejuice very recently but it was literally all I listened to for months.

I'd be excited to get home from school because I could listen to six. I'd watch YouTube on my laptop with my headphones over one ear and my earphones in the other with Six on my phone

I didn't want to become obsessed with the cast or anything, I searched it on Tumblr once and saw that someone's pfp was Millie and thought 'that must be one of the cast members' but I didn't want to be obsessed.

the night after I listened to it I watched the one show performance. I fell in love with Millie.

the Monday I listened to it was the Monday after west end live. I also watched those. and the one from 2018. yeah I was obsessed with the cast. oops ig

I watched megasixes before getting up in the morning. it was the first musical where I felt genuinely upset that I wouldn't be able to see it. it felt so supportive, especially when I found out Aimie and genesis were dating

the day of London pride, on Aimie and Courtneys takeover, I saw that Courtney was dating a girl. my heart was so full. it was almost an extra reminder that as a lesbian I could be happy with a girl in the future.

I'd fallen in love with the entire cast, I thought they were so incredible, and although I was so excited to see new actresses taking on the roles (and I still am I cannot wait to see Courtney and Danielle and all the new alts) I thought I wouldn't be able to see it before the cast change and see the cast who I loved so much

then when I was given some holiday money, my first thought was that I'd be able to afford six tickets. my friend agreed that if I got her a boyfriend she'd come and see it in London with me. she has a boyfriend (not by my doing though) and I've seen Six on the west end. win win.

I bought tickets in mid july and I was ill when I booked it, for the 4pm show on the 12th of October, bc they were essentially the only tickets before the cast change. I couldn't jump around but I swear I would have if I could.

I was so excited and it was still all I listened to. I had a countdown which was about 63 days from when I booked it.

by this point I proper loved Courtney and I really hoped she was going to be on when I went. the Thursday after I went back to school, on a fan accounts story I saw a tweet. I was seeing Courtney's last show.

I'd seen the megasixes from graces last show and cried. I cried for 45 minutes when I found out I was seeing courtneys last show.

yesterday, my dreams finally came true. I saw six the musical on West End. I saw Courtney's last show. I saw Millie O'Connell live. I met the cast I love so much. I hugged Courtney Stapleton. I sobbed through Heart of Stone. and Ex-wives. and Six. I got my own megasix.

today, the 2018-2019 cast reunited and sung together for the last time. I think what I'm trying to get at is what these girls have taught me is unexplainable. I know that somewhere, although I've never believed in the afterlife, that the six wives of Henry VIII are watching their stories being told, properly, for the first time. Six may not be 100% perfect, but it's given them a chance to reclaim their stories.

I love this show. I love these girls. and I know this may seem so over the top but I wanted to vent all this somewhere so at least I could ramble.