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The day lastly got here and I bought to go and see Jamie Lloyd‘s model new manufacturing of Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s musical, Evita. And I solely paid £20! Keep studying to learn how.
When I say I spent all the 2 hours 20 minutes of the present with my mouth vast open in wonderment, I truly imply it. It could be tough to say if that is the perfect present I’ve ever seen dwell on stage however it’s definitely up there. Let’s simply say it’s completely the perfect present I’ve seen up to now this 12 months – and it’ll take quite a bit to high it.
Rachel Zegler is sensational as Eva Perón however it’s Diego Andres Rodriguez‘s Che that really holds the show together as the narrator of the story. Quite why he ends up in his underwear, covered in multicoloured paint at the end i’m undecided (however nobody within the auditorium complained). The complete ensemble is tight and each particular person is phenomenal to look at.
Fabian Aloise‘s Choreography is highly effective and Soutra Gilmour‘s Set and Costume Design is glossy.
Fuelled by ambition and fervour, Eva Perón rose from poverty to develop into probably the most highly effective lady in Latin America. An emblem of hope to many Argentines, her star shone brightly as she captured the nation’s coronary heart and divided its soul.
Featuring an iconic rating together with Buenos Aires, A New Argentina, Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, Oh What A Circus, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Rainbow High and You Must Love Me, Evita has so many nice songs and Jamie Lloyd’s stripped again route brings this historic story in to the fashionable day world of electrical dance pop.
I’ve to say the enduring ‘balcony scene’ which opens act 2. This is the place the story does come to life. The second when Eva sings Don’t Cry For Me Argentina on a balcony, wanting down on ‘the people’ couldn’t have extra naturally manifested itself. Looking out of the window of the theatre throughout the interval, there should have been a minimum of 300 individuals ready outdoors to catch a glimpse of this iconic second. There had been individuals ready earlier than the present even started.
As a sung-through piece, I’ve all the time struggled to comply with the story of Evita on stage and taking away the set and costumes that we normally see which assist us to information our manner is a daring transfer. However, it’s 2025 and on this world of social media, a fast google tells you all the pieces it’s essential know (I first realised this after I noticed Hadestown and needed to Google the story within the interval to determine WTF was taking place).
Theatre ought to pull you in to the story, have interaction you and go away you speaking about it and asking questions. Theatre could be a nice historical past lesson and a springboard for additional finding out (after seeing Get Up, Stand Up The Bob Marley Musical, it led me to look at a number of documentaries about him to search out out extra). Does this manufacturing of Evita try this? Yes!
Evita’s tagline is “the truth is I never left you” – and this present goes to stick with me for a very long time.
★★★★★
West End Wilma
How I bought to see the West End manufacturing of Jamie Lloyd’s Evita for simply £20
Book prematurely and maintain checking the official web site as you by no means know when seats could randomly seem!
When I first checked out reserving tickets for Evita in London, all the pieces was out of my worth vary (in the event you look now you gained’t discover a tickets for lower than £100 for any efficiency) however I held my nerve and each day, I went again to the official ticketing web site simply to see if the rest had been launched. And low and behold this entrance row, restricted facet view seat all of a sudden appeared – and I purchased it for simply £20!
Sometimes chances are you’ll discovering cheaper ‘standing tickets’ will seem within the run as much as the date of the present and so there are a number of the reason why tickets could seem out of nowhere.
How was the view from my £20 ticket to Evita?
You can see from the image that sure, it’s a restricted view however I might say I solely missed 10% of the present as a result of the motion was going down out of my view. For probably the most half, the performers are on the entrance on the steps and the large dance numbers have all of them throughout the stage, so you possibly can see what is occurring.