Evita

Welcome home to Evita, the Lloyd-Webber and Rice musical whose iconic lyrics and lovely tunes will be thrilling audiences in the capital all over again, this time in collaboration with Jamie Lloyd, who in 2019 directed an award-winning outdoor production of the musical staged at the Regent Park Open Air Theatre. We're expecting a fresh new version of the classic musical that reveals the life and times of Eva Perón, who rose from obscurity to become the most powerful woman in Latin America in her role as the second wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón.

Evita's ambition, charisma and tragic early death turned her into a legend, a beloved cultural icon whose legacy remains to this day. Jamie Lloyd’s visionary direction is set to breathe exciting new life into a story that never grows old. Don’t Cry for Me Argentina, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, the Oscar-winning You Must Love Me and Oh What A Circus, are just a few of the show tunes you'll probably recognise. The musical actually began life as a rock opera concept album in 1976, scored a huge critical hit when it was first staged in 1978, was made into a five-Academy-Award-winning movie starring Madonna in 1996, and is still regarded as one of Webber and Rice's best collaborations.