#Rachel Rawlinson

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(l.eesa)

Six: Monochrome edition

#joke shamelessly stolen from @lightleckrereins #six the musical #claudia kariuki #esme rothero #leesa tulley #leah vassell #rachel rawlinson #monique ashe palmer

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@/charlottejones_17 and @/leapintomagic on Instagram, 16 October 2023

So how are we feeling today?

#six the musical #six west end 2022-23 #rhianne-louise mccaulsky #baylie carson #claudia kariuki #dionne ward-anderson #koko basigara #roxanne couch #rachel rawlinson #esme rothero #danielle rose #monique ashe-palmer #leah vassell

[unwrittenemmy]

Day three hundred and six of posting every six queen

Rachel Rawlinson as Anne Boleyn

#six the musical #six #six queens #six alternates #six west end #west end #rachel rawlinson

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Do you think they're going to give Esme a skirt for Seymour and Rachel a Bobo skirt now?

( @madrigalsandmaximoffs answering here. I swear I got another ask or two about this but for the life of me can’t find them in my inbox so hopefully y’all see this.)

It’s possible. There are two considerations: whether it’s logistically feasibly and whether they want to do it from a design perspective.

Let’s start with logistics and exactly why Esme likely got a new Boleyn. Costume makers are booked MONTHS in advance. West End recast was booked back in the spring. So they’re not always available to make a costume immediately if it’s not planned for quite a while in advance (which I talked about as being a likely factor in why Jessica Niles got her UKT costume so late and why Rebecca Wickes might have joined later too). That’s why I usually don’t expect we’ll get random variations significantly into the timeline of a show running. But in this scenario, those logistics actually might provide an argument for actors to get a new costume.

UK costume makers typically function like most other freelance contract-based jobs, where you’re booked in advance to spend a certain amount of time working on a project before a certain deadline. For instance, Six might contact the usual Boleyn maker and say “hey, we would like to book you to make two Boleyn costumes, ideally starting in August and finishing by October 1st,” and then would work out the details from there. But because costume makers can fill up quickly, you sometimes need to book significantly in advance. From what we know about the timeline, Six usually books the costume makers for the next cast change before the current actors are finalized as staying or leaving. But because it’s better to have costume slots booked with each of the needed makers than not and they might not know who all needs a costume, it’s easier to err on the side of caution and book costume makers for a full cast change (or very close to it). Depending on how many of the actors stay, that might mean there are unused costume slots that were booked but Six now doesn’t need. With this West End cast change, Claudia Kariuki stuck around as Seymour, Dionne Ward Anderson as Cleves, Roxanne Couch as Parr, Rachel Rawlinson as black alt, Esme Rothero as silver alt, Danielle Rose as B/H/orange alt. That means they had likely booked slots for a:

- Boleyn (alt)

- Seymour

- Cleves

- Howard (alt)

- Parr (principal)

- black alt

- silver alt

- potentially an orange alt or vague alt costume

that they now didn’t need for new West End actors. But those slots could also be used to replace any existing costumes that needed to be replaced, and that’s not necessarily constrained to purely West End. In fact, it seems like they used those slots to replace costumes for several actors in the UK Tour who needed new ones:

The Boleyn slot could have been used to make a new costume for Jennifer Caldwell, the Howard for Rebecca Wickes, and the Parr for Alana Robinson.

The silver alt slot was likely used to provide any needed updates to Esme’s costume. That obviously means they had the chance to make a new Boleyn skirt. It also could mean replacements for existing pieces or even another new variation.

That of course leaves Seymour, Cleves, black alt, and orange alt/vague alt unaccounted for. Those slots may have been cancelled, rescheduled for a different time,* and/or there could be costumes in progress that we just haven’t seen. With black alt specifically that would mean something like Esme’s silver, where Rachel might get any updates or replacements that is needed and maybe, just maybe, we could see a new variation.

And that brings me to a design perspective. Honestly, I’m not sure if they’d do either. Rachel has always had the full set of variations that Collette Guitart had before her - an open skirt for Aragon/Howard, a Seymour skirt, full Cleves with shorts used for Boleyn with the primary top, and Parr pants. This also means that Rachel and Esme now both have nearly a full set for one of their primary covers: an Aragon/Howard skirt, a Boleyn or Seymour (Boleyn for Esme likely as it’s her first cover, Seymour for Rachel as it’s hers), full Cleves, and Parr pants.

So….. though she doesn’t have a Boleyn skirt, black alt has used shorts for Boleyn long enough now that they might count that as a full set. But shorts for Boleyn doesn’t work for silver alt, so that may be why Esme got one but Rachel still might not.

With that in mind, I do think that Esme will only get a Seymour skirt if Rachel gets a Boleyn (and vise versa). I’m just not convinced that they’ll decide it’s definitely needed.

TL;DR: possible logistically, but they might not feel it’s necessary from a design perspective.

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*Claudia Kariuki and Jessica Niles both get some new costume pieces over this past summer. There’s a chance those were those slots but moved up.

Rachel’s Aragon skirt photo is by Pamela Raith. The rest are from the queens’ own Instagrams.

#six the musical #six west end #six costumes #esme rothero #rachel rawlinson #six alternates #six 22 23 uk tour #jennifer caldwell #rebecca wickes #alana robinson #black alt #silver alt #six musical #greatest hits

[janedances]

they don’t stop coming and they won’t stop coming

#six the musical #six #six musical #six alternates #jane takes #six west end #rachel rawlinson

[dxntloseurhead]

WAKE UP BABE NEW WEST END CAST JUST DROPPED

#six the musical #six west end #rhianne louise mccaulsky #baylie carson #claudia kariuki #dionne ward anderson #koko basigara #roxanne couch #monique ashe palmer #danielle rose #leah vassell #rachel rawlinson #esme rothero

[live-in-consort]

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?

#six the musical #six west end #six chaos #izi maxwell #harriet caplan dean #rachel rawlinson #leah vassell #monique ashe palmer #esme rothero

[paradise-bi-the-dashboard-lightt]

Six | West End | December 18, 2022 | Evening | NFT Until January 2, 2023

CAST: Rhianne Lousie McCaulsky (Catherine of Aragon, Rachel Rawlinson (s/w Anne Boleyn), Caludia Kariuki (Jane Seymour), Leah Vassell (u/s Anna of Cleves), Koko Basigara (Katherine Howard), Esme Rothero (s/w Catherine Parr)

NOTES: Its-all-green's master. NFT Until January 2, 2023. Leah's Cleves debut! A fantastic show! Leah is a wonderful cleves and Rhianne's No Way is wow.

Tracked

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#six #six the musical #Rhianne-Louise Mccaulsky #rachel rawlinson #claudia kariuki #leah vassell #Koko Basigara #esme rothero

[but-im-unbreakable]

rachel and monique haven't announced if theyre leaving yet which for sure means they've both been promoted to principal and just can't tell us yet

#six the musical #rachel rawlinson #monique ashe palmer #six west end #i do actually think it's just them not being active on instagram today #but i can dream right #but imagine #rachel aragon and monique cleves as principals

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the six west end queens being chaotic for 3 minutes✨

I don’t see enough content for these girls so I took matters into my own hands 😍

im obsessed w their Instagram takeovers if u cant already tell

anyways enjoy the vid lmao!

#i love them #six the musical #six west end #anna of cleves #anne boleyn #catherine of aragon #catherine parr #jane seymour #katherine howard #amy di bartolomeo #danielle rose #dionne ward anderson #meesha turner #roxanne couch #tsemaye bob egbe #amanda lindgren #claudia kariuki #paisley billings #esme rothero #rachel rawlinson #six meme #no way #don’t lose ur head #heart of stone #get down #all you wanna do #i don’t need your love #ex wives

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CAST FROM LAST NIGHT’S PERFORMANCE: aragon- Amy Di Bartolomeo boleyn- Amanda Lindgren seymour- Danielle Rose cleves- Paisley Billings howard- Tsemaye Bob-Egbe parr- Rachel Rawlinson

and here's the megasix i almost forgot to post🤠

#my own video #megasix #west end musicals #six the musical #six west end #six musical #amy di bartolomeo #amanda lindgren #danielle rose #paisley billings #tsemaye bob egbe #rachel rawlinson #third cover seymour #danielle rose seymour #paisley billings cleves #rachel rawlinson parr #musical videos

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8 Jan 2023, @/leahvassell

#six the musical #leah vassell #harriet watson #esme rothero #rachel rawlinson #monique ashe palmer #six 22 23 west end #anna of cleves six #jane seymour six #six alternates

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@/rachelrawlinson on Instagram, 28 October 2023

#six the musical #six west end 2023-25 #rachel rawlinson

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What roles I think the WE alts will be playing when they inevitably return:

Rachel: Seymour

Esme: Parr

Monique: Cleves

Danielle: Howard

Leah: Parr

#six the musical #six #six queens #six alternates #six west end #rachel rawlinson #esme rothero #monique ashe palmer #danielle rose #leah vassell

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Why did Grace Melville have the extra hair at the bottom for her Parr hairstyle, when Leesa didn't? It can't be her natural hair, Grace's hair wasn't *that* long.

It was Grace's Howard wig! They've done the same thing for a number of other swalts:

Rachel Rawlinson, Harriet Caplan-Dean, Grace Melville (rachelrawlinson, harrietdeany, l.eesa) They usually try to make two or three wigs for each swalt and reuse each for a few different roles. Howard ponytails are (relatively) quick and easy, so it's been standard for a long time now that every UK swalt gets one. The back ponytail has been a common enough Parr style for a while (in various configurations) and the guaranteed Howard ponytail adds some movement and volume to it, so it's a good fit. (Note: Collette Guitart isn’t included in this post but she also had some similar styles) Leesa Tulley didn't have that because her Howard is of course hot pink, haha. She did eventually get a ponytail though:

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Left is her Parr debut, where she wore a similar hairstyle to her Cleves. Both center and right are from later shows, where they switched her over to a loose ponytail. I’m not sure if it’s her hair or her Seymour back piece; they've used full wigs/backpiece similarly for other swalts like Danielle Rose (who of course also doesn't have a neutral Howard pony) and Esme Rothero/Harriet Watson who both have full wigs restyled for every role.

#six wigs #six the musical #grace melville #leesa tulley #rachel rawlinson #harriet caplan dean #parr wigs #six musical #six costumes #six alternates #six west end #six uk tour

[janedances]

West End Cast Change is Sunday 15th October, and so far the queens leaving are:

Rhianne Louise McCaulsky (Aragon)

Baylie Carson (Boleyn)

Claudia Kariuki (Seymour)

Dionne Ward Anderson (Cleves)

Koko Basigara (Howard)

Roxanne Couch (Parr)

Esme Rothero (Swing)

Rachel Rawlinson (Swing)

Danielle Rose (Alternate)

Leah Vassell (Alternate)

Monique Ashe Palmer (Alternate)

A full cast change :(

#six the musical #six #six musical #six alternates #six west end #koko basigara #dionne ward anderson #six chaos #jane takes #baylie carson #rhianne louise mccaulsky #rachel rawlinson #leah vassell #roxanne couch #danielle rose #claudia kariuki #monique ashe palmer #esme rothero