Talk this week may have been all about a certain President's visit to Belfast, but the best show in town involves six powerful Queens taking the mic and reclaiming the narrative.
It's barely six months since I last saw Six the Musical at the Grand Opera House but when I heard the show was back, there was no way I was missing it.
With songs you will be singing for weeks, and could happily sit in the charts, you'll be dancing and cheering from your seat while getting your 'herstory' lesson.
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We all know about Henry VIII and his six wives from school but apart from the rhyme - Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived - how much do you really know about the women who made Henry so well known?
This show gives those women a voice and has a bit of fun telling us things from their point of view with a host of catchy tongue-in-cheek songs.
The show starts with the six seeming to form somewhat of an ultimate girl band before it becomes a singing contest to see which of the six wives had it the hardest.
By the end the show the women come together instead of competing for a powerful statement when they tell the King they don't need his love and reimagine their lives if they could have told him where to go.
The cast was almost the same as last year, with Rebecca Wickes taking on Katherine Howard this time, and those six women are unbelievable. The vocals were all incredible and even better than last time I saw the show.
Each performer gets to take centre stage and I genuinely struggle to pick a favourite performance. They also all bounce so well off each other and the banter on stage is brilliant.
I definitely have a bit of a soft spot for Jennifer Caldwell as Anne Boleyn as I do think she steals the show at times but there's not a single weak link in that chain.
It all kicks off with Chloe Hart as Catherine of Aragon and her sassy No Way number which shows off her vocal range perfectly. The dynamic between her and Caldwell as Boleyn was as on point as ever. Their back and forth will have you giggling away.
Caldwell's number Don't Lose Your Head is sharp, funny and very reminiscent of hit songs of the last decade. The hook is still stuck in my head.
Things slow down for Casey Al-Shaqsy's ballad as Jane Seymour, the only one he truly loved (rude chorus the other wives). She has a truly beautiful voice and although some of the wives may argue she did not get it as hard as them, she may sway you with the emotion in her performance.
The temp is brought back up again by Jessica Niles as Anna of Cleves with Haus of Holbein and Get Down which had everyone keen to get up dancing. Niles gave a stand out performance which I felt had been elevated from last year and she certainly won the audience over with her stage presence. I loved it.
She also could rival Caldwell for her one liners and witty banter on stage.
Another impressive performance came from Rebecca Wickes as Katherine Howard with a powerful vocal to match. She was fun and silly but her song All You Wanna Do also had a darker side which she handled perfectly.
Then enter Alana M Robinson as Catherine Parr, closing the show in style. She calls out the other Queens telling them she doesn't want Henry to define the story she has to tell.
I Don't Need Your Love finally unites all the women and is an empowering call for women not to lose themselves to someone else's story and to stand up and be heard.
I loved this show even more the second time round but it really is a treat for those who go along not knowing what to expect. I know I'll be listening to the soundtrack for weeks and I'll not hesitate to see the show for a third time.
It is the perfect show to see with the important women in your life and there's no doubt you will have a great night out and leave the theatre buzzing.
Six the Musical is running at the Grand Opera House in Belfast until April 15, so if you can get tickets make sure you do.
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