#izi maxwell

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@/leapintomagic, and @/its_just_kias_camera on Instagram, 30 June 2024

[thequeendomeffect-noah]

I KNEW the UK Tour being down an alt was gonna cause problems when they’re literally in the INTERNATIONAL leg of their tour, I just didn’t wanna manifest them into existence. They really should’ve gotten a temporary principle Boleyn instead of Izi (nothing against her, but they need the coverage) or a temporary swalt. 😭

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Six the musical costumes save me

Save me

some examples

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Thoughts on Inez's all-pink ponytail? I don't dislike it but it now looks very obviously fake

It’s not quite all-pink, just very little brown showing.

Like you said, there used to be more natural color at the top of the ponies. Starting with the 23-24 UK Tour cast the natural color got shortened with the ombre starting higher up the pony. Inez Budd's is a reflection of that higher ombre. On top of that, her hair is darker so it blends more with the crown and makes the natural hair color even less visible than on Lou Henry/Izi Maxwell.

(jainabrockpatel, louhenry, inezbudd, kokobasigara, izimaxwell, inezbudd)

[six-another-timeline]

Izi is gonna be temporary lead Cleves and then after the cast change permanent lead Parr!!!

[sixaltfan]

Calling all Six fans, which alt queens 2nd/3rd covers roles would you assign them as a lead. Here are your queen, choose Six queens and one of their 2nd/3rd covers and make a little Dreamcast reblog this and show me what dream cast with alts 2nd/3rd covers you would assign as a lead.

Natalie: 2nd: Cleves/Howard 3rd: Aragon/Boleyn

Leesa: 2nd: Aragon/Seymour 3rd: Cleves/Parr

Grace: 2nd:Boleyn/Parr

Izi: 2nd: Seymour/Cleves 3rd: Parr

Ellie: 2nd:Boleyn/Parr 3rd:Howard

Tamara: 2nd: Aragon/Howard

Danielle: 2nd: Aragon/Seymour 3rd: Cleves/Parr

Monique: 2nd:Boleyn/Parr 3rd: Seymour/Howard

Leah: 2nd: Cleves/Howard 3rd: Aragon/Boleyn

[janedances]

uk tour queens my beloved

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What is happening on the UK tour

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The History of Swingo, Part 12: Left On Read

This section will discuss the two alts that debuted 5/6 roles and juuuuuust missed out on Swingo.

(Roxanne Couch performing as Katherine Howard on the West End. Photographed by @sixbyamelia on Instagram.)

Roxanne Couch was alternate Seymour/Parr in the West End 2021-22 production, after which she was promoted to principal Parr in the 22-23 cast. She was the first American actress to be involved in the West End production. Roxanne performed her second cover roles Boleyn and Howard (in the pink alt costume) fairly early in her alternate contract, and performed one show as her third cover Aragon in June of 2022. However, she never had the chance to perform as Cleves before she transitioned to a principal performer. Roxanne is currently the standby for the female principal roles in Hamilton on the West End. 

(Izi Maxwell performing as Anna of Cleves. Photographed by @jo_haresx on Instagram.)

Izi Maxwell was the Boleyn/Howard alternate on the 2023-24 UK tour, including two months as temporary principal Boleyn when principal Laura Dawn Pyatt was out. She also performed Boleyn twice as an emergency cover on the West End. Izi very quickly debuted Seymour, her second cover, in the orange alt costume due to the cast’s Seymour/Parr alternate Tamara Morgan being out at the beginning of the run. While she performed several shows as her other second cover Cleves and her third cover Parr, she never debuted Aragon. Izi will very soon be seen on the West End as Sophie in Mamma Mia!. 

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Six UK tour 2023 costume breakdown

Guess who is doing the write-up this time. This will include the costumes that have been onstage so far: principal costumes, alternate principal costumes, silver swing and orange alt and will be updated with the rest of alternate costumes once we get good photos of those. Also a few general notes:

The entire cast has the numeral earrings and glitter IEMs.

The boots are custom made by LaDuca with rhinestones done by Crystalled by Jane who does all the UK boots and collaborated on the heel designs with Gabriella Slade. All boots minus Cleves have the single wide strap and alternates have silver heels and interchangeable straps. Ellie Jane grant gets a second pair of tigh high boots for Cleves.

Aragon: Nicole Louise Lewis (principal), Ellie Jane Grant (alternate)

The costumes follow the style of recent UK Aragon costumes with a wide front panel and skirt gap. The peplum has been switched from a single piece laying mostly flat against the skirt that 2022 WE and UKT have/had to a more US looking rised peplum made of different panels. Unlike most Aragon costumes the shoulder straps widen at the bottom and are not fully aligned with the bodice seams and the horizontal band at the collar is wider than usual. The necklaces have black trim weaved through the chains. The costume is likely made by White Star costume.

They both have full wigs styled with braids at the front following the hairline. Nicole's wig is black and reaches her upper back, Ellie's wig is auburn slightly shorter and has a little more volume as both are made following their hairtype.

Boleyn: Laura Dawn Pyatt (principal), Izi Maxwell (alternate)

This costumes have the darker green vinyl that was introduced to the UK in late 2022 and has become the standard since. Unlike most Boleyn costumes where the square cutouts start right at the waist or slightly higher (being partially cut on top) and are either cut before a third row of squares at the bottom starts or have the third row cut these skirts have solid black above and below the squares to complete the lenght. It is more visible on Izi as her skirt is longer. The costume is likely made by White Star costume.

Laura wears her hair mid back. Izi has worn hairpieces in a few different lenghts but it seems to have settled on a chin lenght hairpiece with the tips curved inward.

Seymour: Erin Caldwell (principal), Tamara Morgan (alternate)

The costumes are standard UK costume with a black trim weaved through the chain. The costumes are made by Kirsti Reid.

Erin has a full wig that reaches mid back. It is styled with a slight side part (that had only been used in the US and SK productions while UK did only mid parts), a styled front in line with the recent SK stylings, no beehive and soft curls towards the bottom. She wore a crown with a black base at the start of her run but switched to a white base, which had only been used in US productions and cruises at that point. Tamara wears her own hair styled with a side part and the sides pulled back, she also wears a hairpiece that reaches her mid back.

Cleves: Kenedy Small (principal), Ellie Jane Grant (alternate)

They both have standard UK costumes made by Paul Aspinall (who has made all UK Cleves in recent years) and reveal leotards by Queen of stretch.

Kenedy wears a full wig styled in the usual Cleves updo with braids on the sides and curls styled towards the front and over her forehead; Samuel James wigs who makes all the UK wigs and hairpieces posted a different wig for her that seems to be cut (Ellie has worn her hair styled on a simpler version of the updo in varying heights, but she might get a wig in the future.

Howard: Lou Henry (principal), Izi Maxwell (alternate)

They both have costumes made by Ella dancewear who is the primary UK Howard maker. The skirts seem to be slightly narrower than usual.

Right at the start Lou wore a base wig with styled bangs in the front and a separate ponytail attached to the wig; she had a different styling with a front poof instead of styled bangs during tech and wig fittings. Mid may she started wearing her own hair as base instead of the wig. Izi wears her hair pulled back into a bun with the ponytail on top in the usual Howard styling.

Parr: Aoife Haakenson (principal), Tamara Morgan (alternate)

Aoife has a standard UK Parr costume. Tamara´s costume mostly follows the UK style but her pants havea higher waist than usual and her peplum is narrower to accomodate her build. Both costumes are made by AshleighCherrycostumes who is the primary UK Parr maker.

Aoife wears a full wig styled in a version of the braid and ponytail hairstyle that seems to be the new standard for non black Parr actors. She has a french braid on top and the sides pulled back into a ponytail lightly curled on the tips. And a crown on both sides like Roxanne and the SK Parrs. Tamara wears her own hair styled in the curly side ponytail.

Swing: Shakira Simpson

Shakira has the silver swing costume made by Paul Aspinall. So far she has debuted Aragon, Seymour and Howard wearing the main silver skirt and Parr wearing pants, but from costume maker posts we know she has a Cleves costume. She has a K charm for Howard and likely a B charm for Boleyn. During rehearsals she posted boots with a new heel rhinestone design, but she got the usual silver design by the time she debuted.

She wears her own hair for all the queens she has debuted so far with hairpieces added for some of them. For Aragon she wears her hair pulled back on the sides with a short curled hairpiece and a silver version of the Aragon crown. For Seymour she wears her hair pulled back on the sides, and a mid back lenght hairpiece curled with soft waves. For howard she wears her hair pulled back into a bun and a waist long straight ponytail. For Parr she wears her hair styled in a simmilar way to Aoife with a braid at the front and a ponytail on the back. She wears different lipstick for each queen and regular silver hoop earrings.

Alternates: Ellie Jane Grant, Izi Maxwell

Ellie has the teal costume for her second and third covers. Her costume is the current standard teal variation with pants and a peplum and a darker blue vinyl. So far she has debuted Boleyn and Parr in this costume. She has interchangeable boot straps in the teal square design.

For Boleyn she wears her own hair styled into spacebuns and has a B charm choker. For Parr she wears her own hair styled to the curly side ponytail.

Izi has the orange costume for her second and third covers. She has debuted Seymour and Cleves in this costume. The costume is a standard UK orange with pants and peplum likely made by Camden costumes. It has a notable difference in the cutout panels on the front and back of her top being narrower than usual to accomodate for her build. She has interchangeable boot straps in the current orange style with black outlines.

For Seymout she wears her own hair pulled back with a long back hairpiece styled in a very small beehive. For Cleves she wears her hair in an updo with three buns that is the standard for UK alts with straight hair, the buns are likely a hairpiece as her hair is too short to create enough volume. For her promo photo she wore the orange costume and her Parr hairstyle which is the same combination of braid and ponytail Aoife and Tamara wear, in Izi's case it is her own hair styled at the front and a hairpiece for the ponytail in the back.

Note: we have seen tamara in her pink alt costume in promo photos and backstage but she hasn't debuted any queens in pink I didn't add that costume yet. All the alt costumes are likely made by Camden Costumes.

All photos come from the queen's personal instagram or tiktok accounts (@/nicolelouise_lewis, @/lauradawnpyatt_, @/erincaldwellxox, @/kenedysmall, @/louhenry, @/aoife_haakenson, @/s.simpson, @/elliejane.grant, @/izimaxwell, @/tamannemorgan) the six main accounts (@/sixthemusical), and promotional photos are by Pamela Raith (@/peachyraith)

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@/izimaxwell on Instagram, 25 March 2024

[thequeendomeffect-noah]

NEW BOBO HAIR FOR IZI!!!

[caysnotok]

with leesa tulley going on as boleyn on the west end today, all 3 orange alts from each uk tour cast will have done an emergency cover as boleyn for west end 22-23!

[unwrittenemmy]

Day three hundred and thirty three of posting every six queen

Izi Maxwell as Anna of Cleves

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Wig Changes: 2023-24 UK Tour

We’re only a few week into shows for the new UK Tour cast, but there’s already been several significant changes to the wig design. As always, here’s the breakdown.

Kenedy Small (Cleves) Samuel James, the wig maker, posted a photo of Kenedy’s wig around the time they would have finished it. It has some pretty significant departures from most Cleves wigs. The hair is braided back from the hairline to the crown and then left loose and curly. It’s very similar to Cassandra Lee’s Aragon look. By one of the late costume fittings, it had been loosely restyled with the same base style but with the loose hair pulled into the more typical faux-hawk style. By tech week, it was significantly restyled to the typical faux-hawk structure, with braids only on the sides. The curl pattern was also altered to create more defined curls. As shows started, the bulk of the curls were pulled forward and secured. This current look is fairly in line with most other Cleves wigs.

Lou Henry (Howard) Lou has very short hair, presumably too short to put up in a ponytail. To address this, they seem to have given her a front piece (pictured left). They've had this issue with a few Howards and usually solved it similarly; here's a post about how it works for Esme Rothero and Tsemaye Bob-Egbe. In a late fitting, her hair was pulled loosely back into the ponytail. By tech, it was pulled much more tightly back but with a bump in the front. By opening night, they had shifted it to a side part with a swooped bang style. In mid-May, they scrapped the hairpiece entirely and just slicked her hair back. The ponytail was also moved higher on her head, rather than sitting further back like it had before. I'm not sure what happened with her wig. It may be that her hair just grew out enough that they could style it that way, or they may have worked out a way to slick it back like they have for some prior actors' bangs.

Izi Maxwell (alt Boleyn) Izi's hair has mostly had length changes. The left photo is from tech and seems to be her own hair. The center photo is from her debut and she has a shorter back piece with a lighter tone. For her 2nd show, she’s worn a similar bob back piece. However, it has a slightly different color and cut than the one she initially wore in the left photo and seems to be either a different wig or an altered one.

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Today’s West End matinee was

Rachel!Aragon, Leah!Seymour, Monique!Cleves, and Esme!Howard

AKA 4/6 roles played by SWALTS.

If Izi Maxwell and Harriet Caplan-Dean are on for Boleyn and Parr…

dare I say, full alt massive?