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Rachel Zegler (Eva Peron).
JAMIE LLOYD’S PRODUCTION OF
EVITA AT LONDON PALLADIUM
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's
legendary Evita returns to the West End on
1 July, reimagined by the visionary awardwinning director Jamie Lloyd.
Featuring an iconic score including
Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, Oh What A
Circus, Another Suitcase in Another Hall,
and the Oscar-winning You Must Love
Me. James Olivas will play Juan Perón
opposite Rachel Zegler (Eva Perón)
and Diego Andres Rodriguez (Che).
Fuelled by ambition and passion,
Eva Perón rose from poverty to
become the most powerful woman in
Latin America. A symbol of hope to
many Argentines, her star shone brightly
as she captured the nation’s heart and
divided its soul.
Evita is produced by Michael
Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison
Musicals and Jamie Lloyd for The Jamie
Lloyd Company by arrangement
with The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Jamie Lloyd originally
directed Evita at Regent’s Park Open Air
Theatre as part of their 2019 season. The
production is at The London Palladium
until 6 September.
For tickets, visit the website at
www.evitathemusical.com
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PRIDE PARADE DAY BIG GAY
BRUNCH
For the first time, the Pride parade day
will kick off with the ‘The Big Gay Brunch’
in London’s West End. The free event will
run from 11.00 on Saturday,
5 July, at the world-famous Actors’
Church, which will throw open its gates to
welcome visitors to the campest and
funnest ‘village fete’ ever, complete with
food, drink, and entertainment. The star
attraction is drag cabaret artist Le Gateau
Chocolat, who will be performing and
mingling throughout the day. Adding to
the entertainment, a musical theatre choir
will perform a lively selection of camp
classics and beloved show tunes.
JETTE PARKER ARTISTS ANNUAL
SUMMER PERFORMANCE
The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Artists
close the 2024/25 Season on Sunday
20 July, performing an exciting and varied
repertoire of operatic vignettes on the
Main Stage accompanied by the Orchestra
of the Royal Opera House.
The afternoon is a chance for the
outgoing artists, comprised of singers,
repetiteurs, conductors and directors, to
celebrate their time on the highly
prestigious programme, and for those
continuing into the 2025/26 Season to
showcase their professional growth.
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THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES
The story of Mischief Theatre company
began in 2008, when the company was
formed by former students of Lamda
Drama School. Their first performances at
Edinburgh Fringe were sparsely attended
– for one performance, the cast
outnumbered the audience by quite some
distance. A lot of hard work followed and
their first big break came when Mischief
opened The Play That Goes Wrong at the
Duchess Theatre following a sell-out tour.
It became a long running show in the
West End, collecting the Olivier Award for
Best New Comedy and the Broadway
World Award for best new play.
There have since been many iterations
of the ‘Goes Wrong’ genre, the latest of
which being ‘The Comedy About Spies’
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which is currently playing at the Noel
Coward Theatre. It’s a heady mix of
quickfire gags and groanworthy Dad
jokes, there is something for everyone.
When a rogue British agent pilfers
plans for a top-secret weapon, CIA and
GB spies converge on London’s Piccadilly
Hotel in pursuit of the elusive file. What
follows is the story of a clueless young
couple, a hapless actor angling for an
exciting spy movie role, and enough
double agents to confuse even the
sharpest operative, and you’ve got a
mission that’s hilariously out of control.
It’s a masterclass in comedic timing,
perfectly executed linguistic
misunderstandings and pure silliness.
Such fun.
Lucie Henry
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