I’ve never saw Six but what is the controversy with Hannah getting a part In it? I thought she was a cover? Or perhaps my tik tok algorithm is making a drama out of nothing?
They’ve changed the whole alternate/understudy thing. It used to be if you are a parr/Howard cover you were covering on a weekly basis, as each queen would have a show per week where they didn’t perform (something like that) So, all Hannah’s fans have been asking for a list of when she’s performing and she didn’t have one. Six then came and said that they now only covered for illness etc, like a normal understudy, so aren’t alternates, as technically they might only perform 4 times in a year and they’d be sat back stage, doing nothing. So basically all the “understudy queens” might not perform often, especially as there’s no ensemble in Six. When she covered in Heathers, at least she was performing in some capacity, every show. It seems like a dream role for her, but she could spend the next 2 years, not on stage… I’d be gutted if that was me. So the controversy is more that, than Hannah.
She did do her first show last night and for me, Hannah wasn’t as strong as I was expecting. Could have been nerves, or she might have been unwell, but it seemed a bit of an amateurish performance. The clips I’ve seen of the mega mix (they encourage you to join in and record) she seemed a bit lost. I’m intrigued what she’s like during the actual show when she has her solo bit. When I’ve seen it ALL the queens have stunning, strong voices. Her voice didn’t seem strong enough, and it was a bit like she was doing karaoke, rather than performing as Parr on the West End…