Six

The Lowdown

The premise is simple: Henry VIII’s six wives decide they are finished being historical footnotes. They trade their corsets for sequins and turn the English Reformation into a televised singing competition. It is essentially a Tudor-era girl group rivalry, fueled by enough autotune to make a sound engineer weep. The Ladies in Waiting provide a tight musical backing that actually justifies the ticket price, even when the script leans a bit too hard into the pop-star clichés. It is loud, it is fast, and it avoids the usual stuffy period-piece boredom. Go if you want to hear a catchy hook; stay home if you have an aversion to neon lights.

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