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Performance Stats: 2022 (mainland edition)

Alright, it’s (no longer) that time of year again! Summary of all 2022 calendar year performances stats!! - This was a CRAZY year full of cross-production covers + emergency cover chaos so very fun to write up. It also made it a bit of a challenge with organization. If an actor was primarily with one production but served as an emergency cover for another, I listed them with their primary or initial production. - Yearly disclaimer that some errors and/or disparities could exist. - And as always, if you repost/use these stats anywhere, please credit me @sixcostumerefs (or six.costume.refs on Insta) And as always....a shoutout to Dionne Ward-Anderson, who featured in the largest number of performances this year, at a whopping 353 shows! Runner up is Andrea Macasaet at 327 shows, with Brittney Mack a very close third with 322! Most performing Aragon was Phoenix Jackson Mendoza (270), Seymour was Claudia Kariuki (293), Howard was Samantha Pauly (314.5), and Parr was Meesha Turner (267.5, but Alana Robinson was at 267). 2021-22 West End Amy di Bartolomeo: 242 performances Amanda Lindgren 255 performances Tsemaye Bob-Egbe: 233 performances Meesha Turner: 267.5 performances Paisley Billings: 114.5 performances (55 A, 44.5 C, 14 P) 2022-23 West End Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky: 81 performances Baylie Carson: 78 performances Koko Basigara: 65 performances Monique Ashe-Palmer: 14 performances (7 A, 1 B, 6 C) Leah Vassell: 40 performances (20 S, 1 C, 19 P) 2021-22 UK Tour Lauren Drew: 71 performances Maddison Bulleyment: 62 performances Caitlin Tipping: 68 performances Shekinah McFarlane: 60 performances Vicki Manser: 63 performances Elena Gyasi: 66 performances (61 regular prior to cast change + 5 emergency cover post-CC) Cassy Lee: 22 performances (8 A, 14 C) Cherelle Jay: 7 performances (1 B, 1 S, 2 C, 3 P) 2022-23 UK Tour Chloe Hart: 269 performances Casey Al-Shaqsy: 252 performances total (249 on UKT + 3 as E/C for WE) Aiesha Pease: 7 performances Jessica Niles: 237-245 performances total (19-27 performances with Breakaway 2.0, 218 performances with UKT) Jaina Brock-Patel: 110 performances Rebecca Wickes: 72 performances Alana M Robinson: 267 performances Harriet Caplan-Dean: 72 performances (10 A, 9 B, 13 S, 7 C, 18 H, 15 P) Grace Melville: 153 performances total w/ 151 performances on UKT (55 A, 4 B, 91 C with 60 of those performances as T/R, 1 P) + 2 as E/C for WE (2 C) Leesa Tulley: 186 performances (1 A, 35 B, 11 S, 137 H with 57 of those performances as T/R, 2 P) 2021-22 Broadway (+ Aug replacements) Adrianna Hicks: 202 performances Bre Jackson: 123 performances (two of these were half shows) Andrea Macasaet: 327 performances Abby Mueller: 117 performances Keri Rene Fuller: 183 performances (59 as T/R, 1 as early debut, the rest as principal) Brittney Mack: 322 performances Samantha Pauly: 314.5 performances Anna Uzele: 97 performances Joy Woods: 146 performances Brennyn Lark: 85 performances Mallory Maedke: 67.5 performances (16.5 A, 47 S, 4 H) Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert: 95 performances (39 A, 26 B, 30 C; two A were half-shows) Courtney Mack: 99.5 performances (25 B, 57.5 H, 17 P) Keirsten Hodgens: 107 performances total. 104 on Bway + 3 as emergency cover for Aragon Tour (Bway was 33 S, 25 C, 46 P; Tour was 3 C). Ayla Ciccone-Burton: 20 performances total. 12 pre-CC + 8 post-CC (pre-CC was 2 B, 3 C, 7 P; post-CC was 2 B, 3 C, 3 P) Holli’ Conway: 18 performances total. 9 pre-CC + 9 post-CC (pre-CC 3 C, 6 H; post-CC 5 A, 4 H) Hana Stewart: 2 performances (1 A, 1 P) 2022-23 Broadway Hailee Kaleem Wright: 27 performances Leandra Ellis-Gaston: 30 performances Bella Coppola: 30 performances Nasia Thomas: 29 performances Zoe Jensen: 19 performances Taylor Iman Jones: 29 performances Kristina Leopold: 2 performances (all as S) Aubrey Matalon: 9 performances (all as H) Aragon Tour Khaila Wilcoxon: 258 performances Storm Lever: 267 performances Jasmine Forsberg: 267 performances Olivia Donalson: 263 performances Didi Romero: 261 performances Gabriela Francesca Carrillo: 257 performances Cassie Silva: 41 performances total. 4 with Broadway + 37 with Aragon Tour (Broadway 3 B, 1 H; Aragon Tour 10 B, 13 C, 14 H) Kelly Denice Taylor: 29 performances total. 3 with Boy + 26 with Aragon Tour (Bway 3 S; Aragon Tour was 12 A, 7 S, 7 C) Kelsey Kimmel: 43 performances (16 A, 12 S, 15 P) Erin Ramirez: 34 performances (9 B, 11 H, 14 P) Boleyn Tour Gerianne Perez: 95 performances Zan Berube: 96 performances Amina Faye: 89 performances Terica Marie: 93 performances Aline Mayagoitia: 91 performances Sydney Parra: 96 performances Cecilia Snow: 18 performances (4 A, 11 S, 3 C) Tay Pearlstein: 13 performances (5 B, 7 H, 1 P) Jana Larell Glover: 20 performances (5 A, 8 C, 7 P) Aryn Bohannon: 13 performances (3 B, 4 S, 6 H) Australia Tour Phoenix Jackson Mendoza: 270 performances Kala Gare: 283 performances Loren Hunter: 291 performances Kiana Daniele: 269 performances Chelsea Dawson: 267 performances Video Makan: 254.5 performances Karis Oka: 137 performances (13 A, 28 B, 1 S, 26 C, 38 H, 31 P) Shannen Alyce Quan: 86 performances (9 A, 14 B, 30 S, 2 C, 6 H, 25 P) Chiara Assetta: 93 performances (29.5 A, 3 B, 3 S, 32 C, 18 H, 6.5 P) Cristina D’Agostino: 7 performances (all as P) Madeline Fansler: performances (with Breakaway 3.0: . 16 with Aus Tour: 7 A, 4 S, 5 P) Actors who primarily continued with their initial productions: Claudia Kariuki: 293 performances - 231 pre-CC - 62 post-CC Dionne Ward-Anderson: 353 performances - 269 pre-CC - 84 post-CC Roxanne Couch: 178 performances - Totalling 1 A, 5 B, 61 S, 13 H, 98 P - 122 pre-CC (1 A, 5 B, 61 S, 13 H, 42 P; two of the P were half performances) - 56 post-CC as principal Parr Rachel Rawlinson: 166 performances - Totalling 44 A, 13 B, 51 S, 29 C, 16 H, 13 P - 142 pre-CC (40 A, 12 B, 37 S, 29 C, 13 H, 11 P; 1 C + 1 S were mid-show swing-ons) - 24 post-CC (4 A, 1 B, 14 S, 3 H, 2 P) Esme Rothero: 153 performances - Totalling 19 A, 32 B, 19 S, 16 C, 27 H, 40 P - 129 pre-CC (17 A, 31 B, 19 S, 16 C, 19 H, 27 P) - 24 post-CC (2 A, 1 B, 8 H, 13 P) Danielle Rose: 192 performances - 152 pre-CC (6 A, 51 B, 4 S, 3 C, 87 H, 1 P) - 40 post-CC (15 B, 21 H, 4 P) Jennifer Caldwell: 289 performances total - Totalling 296 as B, 11 H, 3 P - 21 pre-CC as alt (7 B, 11 H, 3 P) - 287 post-CC as principal Boleyn - 2 as E/C Boleyn for West End Natalie Pilkington: 142 performances total - Totalling 8 A, 3 B, 65 S, 12 C, 2 H, 52 P - 130 performances with 22-23 UKT (2 A, 3 B, 64 S, 12 C, 1 H, 48 P) - 3 performances w 21-22 UKT (1 A, 1 H, 1 P) - 9 performances as E/C for WE (5 A, 1 S, 3 P) Standby swings: Harriet Watson: 78 performances total - Totalling 2 A, 19 B, 21 S, 14 C, 6 H, 14 P - 42 performances as alt for the 21-22 UKT (10 B, 11 S, 4 C, 5 H, 12 P) - 3 performances as E/C on the UKT (3 C) - 17 performances as E/C for the WE (6 B, 6 S, 2 C, 1 P) - 6 performances as standby swing for 21-22 WE (2 B, 3 S, 1 H) - 10 performances as standby swing for 22-23 WE (2 A, 1 B, 1 S, 5 C, 1 P) Marilyn Caserta: 5-7 performances total - all as Aragon - 2-4 Bliss 3.0 (all as A) - 3 Bway (all E/C as A) Emergency Covers Courtney Bowman: 1 performance (WE)

Day sixty-four of posting every six queen

DAY SIXTY-FOUR - MEESHA TURNER - CATHERINE PARR

@/snappy_six on Instagram, 7 August 2022

unpopular or controversial theatre/performer opinions ?

Six WE 3.0 was a really talented cast and deserved better. Altogether, I can certainly see where the negative opinions come in which is fine, but individually they each bring something new to the stage. Amy’s riffs and presence onstage as Aragon, Amanda Boleyn was beautiful to watch and grow in confidence, and was ideal for many fan-fic depictions of Boleyn. Claudia portrays a beautiful Seymour, Dionne is so chill and cool as Cleves, Tsemaye’s acting is out of this world and I really like the vibe of Meesha, she’s a really good actress and her voice is quite relaxing actually. The alternates too!!

Esme and Rachel embody the word super swing, and are so beyond versatile. Paisley brings a fun yet chill vibe and my god is she a good Parr, Danielle’s energy is out of this world and Roxanne’s riffs are parr-fection.

Also, IDNYL in a lower key >>>

Some thoughts on Six tonight:

Claudia Kariuki is amazing as Jane Seymour. Her performance got me liking Jane in a way I didn't (expect to) before. She makes Jane sympathetic and relatable, even when she's belitting Kat's situation.

Speaking of Kat, my goodness, Danielle Rose was so good at conveying Kat's increasing distress in her situation (the way she snarled, "his temper's short / and his mates are sleazy"... w o w) and bringing home the anger during Kat's post-song "acceptance" speech.

(Aside: yes, the man sitting next to me did laugh during That Part of "All You Wanna Do". How ever did you guess? -_-)

Apparently this was Roxanne Couch's Aragon debut?? wowza! She did an excellent job; the soft "no?" during the bridge of "No Way" was muy bien indeed.

I am so gay for Amanda Lindgren Amanda Lindgren's Boleyn was incredible! Her body language was so expressive, and the way she played the, "I'm pretty sure he means it...," bit was great.

Rachel Rawlinson's Cleves and Meesha Turner's Parr were both great. I don't have much to say on them right now, but they were wonderful.

I'll probably have more thoughts about the narrative and production later (the non-verbal communication! the relationships between the queens! the... sad lack of a Cleves outfit reveal), but those are my preliminary thoughts!!

"Five down, I'm the final wife I saw him to the end of his life I'm the survivor, Catherine Parr I bet you wanna know how I got this far I said I bet you wanna know how we got this far Hey!"

[Shimali de Silva; Izuka Hoyle; Maiya Quansah-Breed; Anna Uzele; Viquichele Cross; Danielle Steers; Athena Collins; Amelia Walker; Vidya Makan; Megan Leung; Elena Gyasi; Meghan Dawson; Meesha Turner; Alana Maria Robinson; Jarynn Whitney; Joy Woods; Gabriela Francesca Carillo; Aja Simone Baitey; Brennyn Lark; Elena Breschi; Sydney Parra; Roxanne Couch; Taylor Iman Jones; Yoo Ju-hye; Hong Ji-hee; Aoife Haakenson; Amanda Lee; Lauren Mariasoosay; Eloise Lord; Natalia Kujawa; Moniką Veres; Nikolett Gallusz; Janiq Charles; Adriana Scalice; Amelia Atherton]

Nettles Casting Speculation

Since HBO won’t announce the casting for Nettles(understandably), and because we are all going mad due to a lack of official news for her, I thought I would compose a list of all the actresses who could potentially be her.

(Shout out to @nettlesdefensesquad cause she found a lot of these actresses).

Take this whole list with a massive grain of salt because my criteria for this was Black(ish) British/Black(ish) actresses in British productions between the ages of 26-33 (according to some guy on Reddit, Nettles actress is 32, so I thought I’d be lenient with the age) who’s side profile sorta matches this picture of Nettles presumed actress in costume:

Keeping all that in mind, here’s our list:

1. Gabrielle Brooks

While her side profile does not really match the woman in the blurry photo, Gabrielle just turned 33, I believe she’s following/being followed by some of the HOTD cast, and she doesn’t appear to be working on any projects at the moment so we can’t rule her out 🤷🏽‍♀️

2. Yohanna Ephrem

Can’t find her exact age, but based on the side profiles it looks as if she could be a match and she appears not to be working on anything right now. She also doesn’t appear to have any social media so bonus points?

3. Marilyn Nnadebe

Marilyn is 32 and it appears like she is not working on any projects right now.

4. Jordan Loughran

People have been fan-casting her for years, but since she was used in a recent fancast, I decided to look her up, and lo and behold she’s 31! Jordan was already on a HBO show, Raised by Wolves, which also happens to be the same show Alyn’s actor(Abubakar Salim) was on so bonus points.

5. Lois Chimimba

The side profile isn’t that great of a match, but she is 31, about to be 32, and she doesn’t appear to be working on anything at the moment.

6. Tamaira Hesson

I can’t find a decent side profile pick and I can’t find Tamaira’s exact age, but under her playing age, it lists 20-30. She doesn’t appear to be working on any projects at the moment and besides LinkedIn, she doesn’t appear to have any social media.

7. Ronke Adekoluejo

Ronke is 31 and her side profile is kinda a match.

8. Meesha Turner

The side profiles aren’t that much of a match, but for the people who speculate that Nettles actress is tall, Meesha is 5’9.” She’s 32 and she’s not working on anything at the moment. (In fact back in October she left her role as Catherine Parr in the production Six the Musical).

9. Jasmine Rachelle

Can’t find her exact age, but she’s I don’t think she’s older than 25/26. Jasmine is 5’9.”

10. Sherelle Johnson

I can’t find her exact age(or a side profile pic), but her playing age range is between 18-28. I also don’t think she’s working on anything at the moment.

11. Crystal Clarke

Crystal’s last show Sanditon just ended and for the time being it does not look as if she has any other projects in the works. She is around 30.

(I would literally jump for joy if she was playing Nettles).

12. Gleanne Purcell-Brown

The profile isn’t dead on, but Glenne’s playing age is between 20-30. She doesn’t appear to be working on anything and she is 5’8.”

13. Lebogang Fisher

Her playing age is between 18-28. She doesn’t appear to be working on any projects at the moment.

14. Casey Al-Shaqsy

Casey’s playing age is between 19-25. She doesn’t appear to be working on any projects at the moment.

15. Lydia Fraser

Not a side profile picture, but Lydia’s playing age is between 20-35. She is currently working on a stage play though.

16. Yazzmin Newell

Her playing range is between 20-30. It doesn’t look as if she’s working on anything at the moment(her last series was canceled earlier this year). Steve Touissaint is also following her.

17. Madeleine Mantock

She was gearing up for a play back in June, but she’s 33 and 5’9.”

18. Tia Bannon

Not sure about her exact age, but she graduated with a BA back in 2015 so she fits the age range.

19. Danielle Vitalis

Honestly, this is another case of the side profile not really matching, but she fits the age range(play range is 16-30) so I’m adding her just to cover all our bases🤷🏽‍♀️

20. Karla Simone-Spence

Listen my behind knows she’s not going to play Nettles, but she follows Bethany on Instagram and she’s 27. Let me dream 😭

21. Natalie Simpson

Her playing age is 23-33(I think she’s in her early 30s).

22. Leah Haile

According to her Spotlight, she’s currently working on the Snow White movie that comes out next year, but I just thought I might include her. Her playing age is between 16-25.

23. Jessica Allain

Do the side profiles match? Probably not, but she’s 26 and pretty tall so I’m including her.

24. Thalissa Teixeira

Shes been fancasted as Nettles in the past and she’s in her early 30s and it doesn't look like she's really working on anything🤷🏽‍♀️

25. Shantol Jackson

Are the side profiles matching? Nope, but she is 31.

26. Sophia Brown

She's tall 5’ 8” and 31. I really couldn’t find a good side profile pic of Sophia, but I wouldn’t rule her out.

27. Zaraah Abrahams

She’s 36 so she’s a little out of the age range, but she looks young, again, we are covering all of our bases.

28. Razan Nassar

She’s on the young side(25), but she’s been in a show with Bethany Antonia(Get Even), hence the inclusion.

29. Simona Brown

She’s 29 and she doesn’t appear to be working on anything.

There are some actresses who are a bit too young so I didn’t include them, but in case Reddit guy was all the way off, Corinna Brown(who follows Bethany) and Coco Rebecca Edogamhe are good contenders.

This list is not extensive, so anyone with any suggestions feel free to add them 😊(please add them because your girl is desperate 😭).

Dreamcast: Moulin Rouge but make it all six

Also called I'm doing @sixcostumerefs thing and dreamcasting another show with six actors. I will fully admit I have spent a lot of time thinking about which six actors I would like to see in Moulin Rouge and was actually loosing my mind when six SK got two MR actresses. So here goes female presenting roles six dreamcast.

Also a quick note. When it comes to (most) principals there are many queens who would be great at them, some have been in auditions and I wouldn't be surprised to see more six alumni going into Moulin Rouge. But the ensemble gets a lot more complicated. Six casts great singers and actors who are solid dancers. Moulin Rouge casts great dancers who sing and its not rare to see former profesional ballet dancers in the cast. There isn't much overlap when it comes to who could get cast in either show, so I went with the ones that have the best dance technique and seem to have some degree of ballet background even if it is not at the level Moulin rouge looks for. Also full disclosure; Elisabeth did most of the research for this I just took advantage of her info.

Satine: Samantha Pauly

Satine alternate: Meesha Turner

Nini: Sophie-Rose Middleton

Arabia: Khaila Wilcoxon

La Chocolat: Keirsten Hodgens

Lady Marmalade stanby: Holli' Conway

Heels ensemble 1: Artemis Chrisoulakis

Heels Ensemble 2: Aja Simone Baitey

Heels Ensemble 3: Carly Dyer

Heels Ensemble 4: Koko Basigara

Heels Ensemble 5: Caitlyn De Kuyper

Heels Ensemble 6: Esme Rothero

Heels swing 1/dance captain: Cristina D'Agostino

Heels swing 2: Lauren Mariasoosay

Heels swing 3: Collette Guitart

Heels swing 4: Abigail Sparrow

Heels swing 5: Megan Leung

Vacation heels swing: Ayla Ciccone-Burton

Understudies:

Satine: Khaila Wilcoxon

Nini: Caitlyn De Kuyper, Cristina D'Agostino

Arabia: Koko Basigara, Lauren Mariasoosay

La Chocolat: Carly Dyer, Aja Simone Baitey

Babydoll: Esme Rothero

Note number 2. Heels is the the gender neutral way Moulin Rouge designates the can-can dancer tracks in the US and UK (flats for male presenting roles), some companies do use female/male and AUS uses skirts/tails. Heels is the one I am used to and the one that makes the most sense to me so thats what I'm going with.

Holbein duo!

the this morning performance of ex-wives/six!

Tallest and Shortest Possible Six Casts

I know I did this at some point a few years ago but I can’t find it and it’s definitely outdated now, so...remake time. As always its based on limited info since not everyone has their height listed online.

Shortest: Aragon: Nicole Louise Lewis (4’11”) Boleyn: Andrea Macasaet (4′11″) Seymour: Jasmine Forsberg (5′) Cleves: Brittney Mack (4′11″) Howard: Sophie Isaacs, Rebecca Wickes, or Nicole Lamb (all 5′1″) Parr: Viquichele Cross (5′) Alts: Zara MacIntosh as A/H (5′1″) Ayla Ciccone-Burton as B/C (5′2″) Shannen Alyce Quan or Tamara Anne Morgan as S/P (5′1″) Rehearsal alts:  Alize Ke’Aloha Cruz or Alyssa Gianetti as S/H (5′3″) Lois Ellise Reeves as A/P (5′3”) Sadie Hurst as B/C (5′3″)

Tallest: Aragon: Rae Davenport (5′9”) Boleyn: Kelly Sweeney or Liv Alexander (5′7″) Seymour: Amy Bridges or Shelby Griswold (5′8″) Cleves: Genesis Lynea (5′8″) Howard: Tsemaye Bob-Egbe (5′9″) Parr: Meesha Turner (5′9″) Alts: Cassandra Lee as A/C (5′9″) Abbi Hodgson as B/P (5′8″) Leah Vassell or Collette Guitart as S/P (5′7″) Rehearsal alts: Adrianna Glover as A/C (5′7″) Emily Harrigan as B/H (5′11″) Jasmine M Smith as S/P (5′7″)  and for most extreme differences: Aragon: Rae Davenport (5’9”) Boleyn: Andrea Macasaet (4′11″) Seymour: Amy Bridges or Shelby Griswold (5′8″) Cleves: Brittney Mack (4′11″) Howard: Tsemaye Bob-Egbe (5′9″) Parr: Viquichele Cross (5′) Alts: Cassandra Lee as A/C (5′9″) Collette Guitart (5′7″) OR Zara MacIntosh (5′1″) as B/H Shannen Alyce Quan as S/P (5′1″) Rehearsal alts: Emily Harrigan as B/C/H (5′11″) Adrianna Glovers as A/C/P (5′7″)  Sadie Hurst as B/S/H (5′3″)

lemme get this straight…jennifer caldwell, casey al-shaqsy and natalie pilkington (of the current uk tour) are joining the west end cast for tomorrow and saturday to cover amanda lindgren, claudia kariuki and meesha turner while they perform at this event? this is so six. six please never change, i love your antics so much.