Pimped-Out Dress: Among the queens' outfits, Catherine of Aragon's dress is the heaviest, shiniest, and most intricate, which indicates her status as The Paragon. Haus of Holbein" has the line "You bring the corsets, we'll bring the cinches / No one wants a waist over nine inches". During the 16th century, the corset was not actually used to cinch the waist—rather, it was used to mold the torso into a more cylindrical shape and raise the bustline. The extreme tight-lacing to create a tiny waist didn't become fashionable until the 19th century. Currently, the queens announce each lady-in-waiting and hype them up for their solos in the "Megasix". In an early iteration of the show, the queens are completely absent on stage when the band performs their solos — and when they enter, they perform choreography that is not in the current version of the show. You can watch it here .

Sexy Secretary: Katherine Howard says this word-for-word about Francis Dereham. Averted in that he's an ephebophile, which isn't exactly the stuff of erotica. The Tudor period, with its “soap opera”-esque political machinations and rich cast of female characters, offered the duo the opportunity to explore contemporary issues like feminism through a historical lens. Though Six prominently features the rhyme historically used to describe the fates of the Tudor king’s queens—“divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived”—the musical moves beyond these reductive one-word summaries to present its subjects as fully realized individuals. “With all of them,” says Moss, “there was so much of interest beyond the moment they got married or divorced.”

Henry tries to hide his infidelity by claiming that he was just "out with his ministers". Catherine of Aragon does not believe him. Catherine wears a royal blue jumpsuit because it’s more flexible, and she had to be more flexible to survive Henry. Her outfit is blue to represent her wisdom, intelligence and her sagacious personality. Her puffed sleeves are similar to Henry's since she inherited most of his belongings when he died. Instead of wearing a skirt Catherine, like Anna of Cleves, wears trousers since she outlived Henry. This could also be a reference to how Catherine Parr was a strong feminist who strived for female empowerment since women were expected to look and act a certain way due to patriarchal structures in society. It could also be a possible play on the phrase "wearing the trousers".

Mate, I don't care note just shut up / You're just being a little— note I wouldn't be such a b— / 'Cos you can't produce an heir! note If you could get it up! Paid for with my own pounds note riches / Where my dogs note hounds at, release the hounds note bitches." Green and Mean: Downplayed with Anne Boleyn. She's no villain, sure, but she does consistently litter dialogue with derisive quips and insults. One thing I CAN look at is how the costumes have changed over time. There are basically three distinct phases of costume development for Six. First, you’ve got the costumes from the casts Edinburgh and Cambridge, which appear to be made of existing ready-made clothing pieces. Next, you’ve got the costumes for the 2017 Arts Theatre cast off the West End in London, whose clothes appear to be a bit more costumey and made to the specific show. Finally, you’ve got the Gabriella Slade costume designs, which, for the most part, have only been tweaked a bit since they were originally made (the Cleves costume is the only costume that looks COMPLETELY different in its current form than it did in the original costume based off of Slade’s designs). Foreshadowing: During the queens' introduction, Parr says, "The winning contestant was the most protest-tant! ( Beat) Protestant." She would be the first to protest against the entire competition. However, it's revealed that the queens faked the competition in the first place, as a form of protest against the public version of their story and the patriarchal tendency to pit women against each other. That means, in a way, all of them were protestant contestants, and "all [became] the leading lady".Boyish Short Hair: Anna of Cleves, the most masculine of the six queens, always has the shortest hair. The first three people to portray the queen in particular wore either pixie cuts and buzz cuts during their time with Six.