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Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Photo: David Jensen.
SUMMER SEASON FOR EVITA AT
REGENT’S PARK THEATRE
Opening at Regent’s Park Theatre on
2 August, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s Evita is the fastest selling
production in the theatre’s history. Two
additional matinee performances have
been added, due to demand, on
Wednesday 21 August and Wednesday
28 August.
Evita is produced by William Village
and Timothy Sheader by arrangement
with The Really Useful Group Limited.
Samantha Pauly plays Eva Perón,
Ektor Rivera is Juan Perón, Trent
Saunders, Che, and Frances Mayli
McCann, The Mistress.
Evita premiered in the West End in
1978, and features a chart-topping score
including Don’t Cry For Me Argentina,
Oh! What A Circus, Another Suitcase in
Another Hall, and the Academy Awardwinning
You Must Love Me, originally
performed by Madonna in the motion
picture.
Chicago-based Samantha Pauly
makes her UK debut in the role of Eva
Perón, direct from her performance in
SIX (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre) and
as Valkyrie in Bat Out Of Hell (US Tour).
She appears alongside Ektor Rivera, also
making his UK debut, having recently
played Emilio Estefan in On Your Feet!
on Broadway and US Tour. In addition to
lead roles in Rent, Hairspray and High
School Musical, Ektor was selected by
Jennifer López to be one of the lead
singers in the US Television and Live
show Q’Viva! The Chosen, which was
seen by over 30 million television viewers.
An original Broadway cast member of
Disney's Aladdin, Trent Saunders returns
to the UK in the role of Che following
his appearance as St. Jimmy in Green
Day's American Idiot. Nominated for an
Olivier Award for her role as Kylah in
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour,
Frances Mayli McCann plays the role of
The Mistress.
Evita is directed by Jamie Lloyd.
Tickets from the Box Office telephone
0333 400 3562.
MISCHIEF THEATRE’S NEW
COMEDY GROAN UPS
Mischief Theatre, the
Olivier award-winning
company behind The Play
That Goes Wrong, are to
present a brand-new comedy
Groan Ups, performing from
Friday 20 September until
Sunday 1 December at the
Vaudeville Theatre.
From the parents of
The Play That Goes Wrong
comes this brand-new
comedy all about growing
up. Are we the same people at 30 as we
were at 13? Does school life determine
our future? Do we ever grow out of our
school crush? Playing an unruly
classroom of kids and anarchic high
school teenagers, through to the aches
and pains of adulthood, the original
Mischief company are back in the West
End with their first new play since 2016.
The cast includes Bryony Corrigan,
Dave Hearn, Henry Lewis, Charlie
Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields,
and Nancy Zamit.
Groan Ups will launch Mischief
Theatre’s residency at the Vaudeville
Theatre and their programme of new
work. The second production, Magic
Goes Wrong, created with magic legends
Penn & Teller, will preview from
14 December.
Mischief Theatre was founded in
2008 by a group of graduates of The
London Academy of Music and Dramatic
Art (LAMDA) and began as an
improvised comedy group. They perform
across the UK and internationally with
improvised and original scripted work.
Their current London productions are
The Play That Goes Wrong at the
Duchess Theatre and The Comedy About
A Bank Robbery at the Criterion Theatre.
The company is led by Artistic
Director Henry Lewis and Company
Director Jonathan Sayer.
Groan Ups will be produced in the
West End by Kenny Wax Ltd and Stage
Presence Ltd.
Box office telephone: 0330 333 4814.
Groan Ups.
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