Anne Boleyn is a gremlin/goblin. Explanation Boleyn's divisive characterisation has been dubbed so by fans, to the point where multiple cast members and even the official cast list for Six's licencing rights page◊ have mentioned this.
Being protective over Katherine Howard. Explanation Howard's fandom status as The Woobie has resulted in protection brigades surrounding the character.
Jane Seymour being the ultimate mom friend. Explanation Though most of the queens (save for Katherine Howard) have also been moms, Jane in particular is usually characterised as THE mom.
Hating Henry VIII. Explanation Any mention of Henry VIII is sure to be met with immediate, overwhelming revulsion by fans — jokingly or not.
Courtney, Courtney, Courtney, and Courtney. Explanation "Courtney" is currently the name with the most Six actresses, which peoplehave keenlynoticed. The names "Lauren" and "Danielle" have also been memed about, but to a lesser extent.
Harriet and Harriet / Double Harriet. Explanation Harriet Watson was an alternate during the 2019-20/21-22 UK Tours, while Harriet Caplan-Dean was a super swing during the 2022-23 UK Tour. By normal convention the two would never share a stage, but as Watson kept coming back for emergencies and was eventually made an official standby for the new tour, fans preemptively braced themselves for a show with both Harriets on stage. It didn't happen for some time, and hope was lost when Watson's contract ended and seemingly left the show for good. Eventually a Double Harriet did happen — on the West End. By sheer chaos, Watson was brought in to play her first show in months after having supposedly left Six, while Harriet Caplan-Dean was plucked from the UK Tour while she was busy celebrating Hanukkah because too many people in the West End cast were out.
Henry VIII the vacuum cleaner. Explanation West End and UK Tour casts have a Henry-brand vacuum cleaner backstage. Cast members have joked that it's Henry finally "cleaning up his mistakes".
Natalie's hair salon. Explanation In an Instagram live on 19 February 2019, original cast members Natalie Paris and Aimie Atkinson roleplayed an Australian hair salon in a Six dressing room. This live has since become iconic within the queendom.
Millie from marketing. Explanation Later on in the live, Aimie refers to fellow castmate Millie O'Connell as "Millie from marketing", who plays along and puts on a questionable but hilarious Scottish accent.
"I'll think about it maybe... XO Baby. (Uh oh!) Here we go..." Explanation "Don't Lose Ur Head" is one of many songs that became popular through Tik Tok challenges.
"So yeah, that didn't work out, so I decided to take a break from boys..." Explanation "All You Wanna Do" as well, although refer to the YMMV section for why it has fallen into Misaimed Fandom.
"No one wants a waist over... *wince* ...9 inches." Explanation This verse from "Haus of Holbein" about corsets and poisonous makeup also became a TikTok trend, with users lip syncing to the lyrics as they squeeze their waists into corsets.
Mega___ Explanation Whenever a swing plays all six roles — dubbed "swingo" by fans — it is usually accompanied with a Megasix video posted to YouTube, edited so that said swing sings every part of the song. These videos are occasionally titled with the actress' name merged with the name Megasix, for titles such as "Megracesix", and "Megakaris".
Megasix, but... Explanation A common format title for Megasix edits and compilations.
Natalie Paris is Jane Seymour. Explanation Natalie Paris has a reputation for missing the least amount of shows among her fellow castmates, and for the longest time was the longest-running Six performer. She has played Seymour during the original 2017 Arts Theatre production, the studio cast recording, the 2018 UK Tour, the West End production from 2019 to 2021, and the US Aragon Tour from May 9 2023. She also once filled in for Lauren Byrne (2019-20 UK Tour Seymour) for a TV performance.
Six chaos. Explanation The amount of emergency returns, early debuts, rapid-fire swing debuts, cross-cast covers, long principal cast member absences and baffling costume decisions have not gone unnoticed by the fandom. Six chaos is so common that a lot of people are extremely willing to believe false claims and rumours.
Common reactions to "six chaos" include variations of "Six be normal challenge", "is Six okay", "how is the show still running", "SIX EXPLAIN" Explanation Based on the "America Explain" vine, and "GABRIELLA EXPLAIN" Explanation A reaction specifically for whenever costume-related chaos occurs, invoking the name of Six's costume designer Gabriella Slade.
Six, please communicate. Explanation A common sentiment among fans. Six rarely explains anything regarding production, costume, and cast decisions, leaving fans in utter confusion whenever "six chaos" happens. This has led to many, many speculation and theory posts — mostly on Tumblr.
Absolute classic. Explanation Vicki Manser, a swing during the original West End production, was known for using the phrase as improv during the show.
Megasix oopsies. Explanation A particular YouTube series with titles with the above format compile on-stage mistakes caught on film during the Megasix. "Oopsie" has since become a somewhat common term within the queendom.
Pulling a Lexi. Explanation Alexia "Lexi" McIntosh, who played Anna of Cleves in the original West End cast, has been caught on stage running forward a bit too early during the opening sequence of the "Megasix". Since then, any cast member who makes this mistake has been labelled as "pulling a Lexi".
Must be a Cleves thing. Explanation Performers in the Cleves role are apparently more likely to make this mistake.
Parr the phone snatcher. Explanation At the end of the "Megasix", Catherine Parr would (prior to the Covid-19 pandemic) take a phone from a filming front-row audience member and parade with it around the stage for the rest of the cast to greet before giving it back, as part of the show's marketing. This was dubbed "the phone snatch", due to the fact the West End and UK Tour Parrs tended to take phones without warning (as opposed to North American Tour Parr, who tended to politely ask first). Fans clamoured to have this happen to them, to the point where Megasix videos advertise that their phone got snatched.
The Aragon/Cleves curse. Explanation A strange phenomenon that happens every time an alternate is casted as having Catherine of Aragon and Anna of Cleves as first covers. Anyone casted as alternate Aragon/Cleves is always the person who finishes debuting their covers last or is prevented from debuting any role beyond their first covers entirely. This has happened to Shekinah McFarlane (who was originally going to have second and third covers but time constraints disallowed her from performing as anything other than Aragon/Cleves), Cassandra Lee (who is the only alternate on the second UK Tour to never play a second or third cover despite having been with the show for three years), Ella Burns (who technically isn't an an alternate but had only played Aragon/Cleves before leaving the show), Paisley Billings (who only got to play 3 roles despite every other alternate having played at least 5), Grace Melville (who was stuck playing Anna of Cleves on the 2022-23 UK Tour for a long time because its principal left and similarly to Paisley Billings still has only played 3 roles despite all her castmates hitting swingo), and Monique Ashe-Palmer (who consistently debuts her roles much later than fellow alternate Leah Vassell despite both of them joining at the same time), who is the only survivor of this curse. Additionally, Kelly Denice Taylor never performed on Broadway when her covers were Aragon/Cleves; it was only once Seymour was added to her covers that she finally made her debut in that production.
One-person Megasix. Explanation Any true Six fan has attempted to sing every part in the Megasix at least once. There are also plenty of videos of Six cast members filming themselves attempting to do this, which someone made a playlist for.
Australia's confusing cover system. Explanation The Australian production of Six is notorious for its cover system... or rather, lack thereof. All three swings apparently cover all six roles equally, which is confusing because the swings have very specific costume variations that would suggest some sort of ordering system. Whenever asked about it, Six cast members tend to coyly shrug about it.
Filming US Megasixes. Explanation Despite filming the Megasix on Broadway and US Tours being illegal due to union rules, many fans and cast members don't seem to heed this very much. You can find quite a few megasix bootlegs where the actresses directly look at, smile at, and play for the camera. This was amped up to 11 when Lucy Moss herself posted a short bootleg clip of the Broadway Megasix on her Instagram story.
Once a queen, always a queen. / You cannot escape Six. / She'll come back. / "Last show". Explanation Former Six performers come back to the show as emergency covers on a frequent enough basis that even cast members joke about it.
Harriet Watson is eternal. Explanation Harriet Watson, an alternate from the second UK Tour, is in particular the most mentioned alongside the above statements. After leaving the Tour, she popped up sporadically at the West End and subsequent Tour as an emergency cover before being promoted to official Universal Standby status a few months later. Since performing her "final-final show" and officially leaving Six, she still makes emergency covers on the West End on an infrequent basis.
Six is a queer dating show. / Six is playing matchmaker. Explanation Refer to the rather long Romance on the Set entry on Six's Trivia section.
So when are they gonna update? Explanation Six tends to reuse old promotional pictures and videos for newer productions, which is extremely jarring since all of the costumes from these old promos are very different from the show's current ones. Even more so whenever old materials are used alongside new materials, as is the case for the Broadway production.
Peplum invasion. Explanation Back in 2019 with the original West End cast, none of the costumes in Six had peplums. As time went on, we saw peplums get added to half of the main cast (Aragon, Seymour, Parr), as well as three different alternate costumes. This, coupled with the fact that peplums are a very divisive clothing piece within the queendom, caused fans to start joking that peplums were taking over.
Long peplum. Explanation Some people have posted edits of peplums elongated to form oversized skirts. The term "long peplum" is also considered by some as a cursed phrase and a threat.
Howardcopter. Explanation Didi Romero, who plays Katherine Howard in the US "Aragon" Tour, is known for spinning her ponytail around like a helicopter on stage. The move became so popular that it became memorialised in an official Six Instagram gif.
Historically-accurate Six. Explanation A humurous, derisive term used to refer to an all-white Six cast. This gained traction when the Australian production had its first all-white show, and when the licensed Polish production revealed its all-white cast.
Poor Jade. Explanation Jade Marvin, who played Catherine of Aragon in four separate cruise productions, used to get stuck with a skirt that doesn't fit her. Fans noted this and frequently bring this up whenever bad Six costuming decisions becomes a topic.
Millie's back! / Millie Broadway debut! Explanation Aubrey Matalon◊, an alternate for Anne Boleyn in the Broadway production of Six, bears a resemblance to original West End cast member Millie O'Connell◊, who also played Anne Boleyn. The comparisons ramped up in frequency once fans got to see what Aubrey looked like in a Boleyn costume.
Six fancams. Explanation Six: the Musical allowing you to film the Megasix and the advent of the Six Korean production intersected nicely with the idol fan culture tradition of focus-filming one member of the group.
