Harriet Watson is an English actor, singer, and dancer. She was an alternate and the dance captain in the 2021-22 UK Tour of Six the Musical, from 8 June 2021 to 9 March 2022. She played the same role in the 2019-20 UK Tour, from 24 October 2019 to 16 March 2020. She was later a universal swing in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 West End Productions and the 2022-23 UK Tour, from 29 July 2022 to 8 January 2023.
Harriet was also a temporary swing in the 2023-25 West End Production from 27 August 2024 to 8 September 2024, and in the 2025-26 UK & International Tour from 26 to 28 June 2025. She has additionally emergency covered in the West End Production and the UK Tour throughout 2022 to 2024.
Roles[]
Timeline[]
| Production | Timespan | First Covers | Second Covers | Third Covers |
| 2019-20 UK Tour | 24 October 2019 – 16 March 2020 | Jane Seymour | Anne Boleyn | Catherine of Aragon |
| Catherine Parr | Anna of Cleves | Katherine Howard | ||
| 2021-22 UK Tour | 8 June 2021 – 9 March 2022 | Jane Seymour | Anne Boleyn | Catherine of Aragon |
| Catherine Parr | Anna of Cleves | Katherine Howard | ||
| 2021-22/2022-23 West End Productions & 2022-23 UK Tour | 29 July 2022 – 8 January 2023 | All Queens |
Short-Term Roles[]
| Production | Timespan | First Covers | Emergency Cover |
| 2021-22 West End Production | • 5 March 2022 • 8 March 2022 • 9 – 10 June 2022 |
Jane Seymour | |
| 6 March 2022 | Anna of Cleves | ||
| • 8 June 2022 • 11 – 12 June 2022 • 24 June 2022 |
Anne Boleyn | ||
| 16 June 2022 | Catherine Parr | ||
| 2022-23 UK Tour | • 19 March 2022 • 2 April 2022 |
Anna of Cleves | |
| 2022-23 West End Production | 6 April 2023 | Anne Boleyn | |
| 2023-24 UK Tour | 28 June 2024 | Anna of Cleves | |
| 29 June 2024 | Anne Boleyn | ||
| Catherine Parr | |||
| 2023-25 West End Production | 27 August - 8 September 2024 | All Queens | |
| 2025-26 UK & International Tour | 26 - 28 June 2025 |
All Roles Covered[]
| Role | Debut Performance | Final Performance | Emergency Performances |
| UK Tour 2.0: 31 January 2020[1] West End 4.0: 30 October 2022[2] |
UK Tour 2.0: 11 March 2020 West End 4.0: 15 December 2022 |
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| UK Tour 2.0: 17 December 2019[3] UK Tour 3.0: 10 July 2021[4] West End 3.0: 2 October 2022 West End 4.0: 20 December 2022 |
UK Tour 2.0: 14 March 2020 UK Tour 3.0: 3 March 2022[5] West End 3.0: 2 October 2022 West End 4.0: 8 January 2023 |
West End 3.0: 8 June 2022 11 June 2022 12 June 2022 24 July 2022 West End 4.0: 6 April 2023 UK Tour 5.0: 29 June 2024 West End 5.0: 26 January 2025 | |
| UK Tour 2.0: 20 November 2019[6] UK Tour 3.0: 18 June 2021[7] West End 3.0: 21 August 2022 West End 4.0: 2 November 2022 |
UK Tour 2.0: 7 March 2020 UK Tour 3.0: 25 February 2022[8] West End 3.0: 16 September 2022 West End 4.0: 8 January 2023 |
West End 3.0: 5 March 2022[9] 9 June 2022 10 June 2022 26 June 2022 | |
| UK Tour 2.0: 13 December 2019[10] UK Tour 3.0: 22 September 2021[11] West End 4.0: 22 October 2022 |
UK Tour 2.0: 6 February 2020 UK Tour 3.0: 23 February 2022[12] West End 4.0: 6 November 2022 |
West End 3.0: 6 March 2022[13] UK Tour 4.0: 19 March 2022[14] 2 April 2022 UK Tour 5.0: 28 June 2024 West End 5.0: 19 January 2025 | |
| UK Tour 3.0: 30 January 2022[15] West End 3.0: 1 October 2022 |
UK Tour 3.0: 9 March 2022[16] West End 3.0: 1 October 2022 |
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| UK Tour 2.0: 15 November 2019[17] UK Tour 3.0: 10 June 2021[18] West End 4.0: 20 December 2022 |
UK Tour 2.0: 13 March 2020 UK Tour 3.0: 26 February 2022[19] West End 4.0: 20 December 2022 |
West End 3.0: 16 June 2022 UK Tour 5.0: 29 June 2024 West End 5.0: 30 August 2024 6 September 2024 |
Personal Life[]
Harriet openly identifies as a lesbian.[20] She is engaged to Gemma MacAfee.[1] She was previously married to Gem Johnstone, who is part of the sound team for the UK Tour production of Six.[21]
Stage Credits[]
| Stage Credits | |||
| Year | Production | Role | Theatre |
| 2016 | Mismatched | Tracey | Old Red Lion Theatre |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Beauty | Lion and the Unicorn Theatre |
| 2017 | Mismatched | Dawn | Old Red Lion Theatre |
| 2018 | The Jungle Book | Baloo | Teatro Sala Umberto, The Tabard Theatre |
| 2018 | Early Birds | Pauline Quirke | Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
| 2019-22 | Six | Alternate Seymour/Parr/Dance Captain | UK Tour |
| 2022-23 | Universal Swing | Vaudeville Theatre, UK Tour | |
| 2023 | Rock Follies | Ensemble | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 2024 | A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum | Vibrata | The Lido Paris |
Trivia[]
- Harriet co-owns a company with Lauren Byrne called IN3, which provides musical theatre training for young performers.
- Harriet has the same birthday as Candace Furbert.
- Harriet was in the same production of Rock Follies as Collette Guitart.
- Harriet initially was being considered to play Catherine of Aragon or Anne Boleyn, although Lauren Drew and Maddison Bulleyment, who played Catherine and Anne respectively, "beat her out".
- Apparently, when Harriet was offered the job, she was asked, "what queen do you want to be?". However, she later clarified that she didn't actually get to choose which queens were her first covers.
- Harriet was originally cast as first cover Anna of Cleves, but the role went to Cassandra Lee instead.
- Harriet did not specifically audition to be the dance captain, but it was offered in her contract.
- Harriet's favourite queen to play is Anne Boleyn.
- Harriet's favourite tour venue was Glasgow.
- Harriet's favourite dance number is Get Down.
- According to Harriet, All You Wanna Do is the hardest song choreography-wise because "you have to stay centred and balanced and it's so long".
- Harriet's personal 'queenspirations' for some of the queens are Beyoncé for Catherine of Aragon, Madonna for Jane Seymour, Britney Spears for Katherine Howard, and Alicia Keys for Catherine Parr.
- Most of these singers are cited as official 'queenspirations' for the respective queens within the show's program; however, Madonna is not.
- Harriet sang as Jane Seymour in the Worldwide Six video.
- Harriet performed as Catherine Parr at West End Live 2021.
- On the BBC One channel during a fundraiser for Children In Need on 13 November 2020, Harriet filled in for Carly Mercedes Dyer as Jane Seymour.
- Harriet is the first and only alternate to perform her final scheduled show as one of her third covers.
- Harriet has played the most amount of roles as an emergency cover, performing as Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, and Catherine Parr.
- Harriet was featured in the 28 February 2020 episode of York Theatre Royal's Adlib podcast.
- She was also featured in the 30th episode of The Queendom Podcast – A SIX: The Musical Podcast.
- She was also featured in the 5th episode of the Three's Not A Crowd podcast as well as their Christmas special.
- In 2022, Harriet was nominated for the Best Performance by an Understudy/Alternate in Any Play or Musical award at the BroadwayWorld UK/West End Awards for her role in Six.
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1223252534292287488
- ↑ https://twitter.com/westendcovers/status/1586698605364224004
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1207016892331888642
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1413844623131295744
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Hazza_Watson/status/1499404093508538368
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjmyO3r5rao
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1405897123535671301
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1497236255083356161
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1500105279396057091
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1205552311122223104
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1440618868448260104
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Hazza_Watson/status/1496097499307823116
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1500438604954353669
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1505171816909836290
- ↑ https://weknowthend.tumblr.com/post/674167563710808064/it-is-swingo-season-because-harriet-is-debuting-as
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1501549088613019655
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1195425915154714624
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1403014863471906822
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1497530074362482689
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/C7w5ISCovDo/?img_index=1
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/tv/CL-T0pFnFnB/
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| Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Productions |
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