Cast announced for Evita at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Performances on 31 July and 1 August.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Time Rice’s musical classic Evita is returning to West End for the first time since 2017. Due to the demand, an evening performance has been added on 1st August.

As announced earlier, Auli’i Cravalho, the voice of Disney’s Moana, will lead the performance as Eva and Matt Rawle (Martin Guerre, Miss Saigon, Zorro) will return to the role of Che. Jeremy Secomb (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera) will return as Peron, and Nathan Amzi (Heathers the Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar) will appear as Magaldi. Playing Mistress is Emily Lane, who is currently performing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane as Anna in Disney’s Frozen the Musical.

Completing the cast is Lloyd Davies, Robin Kent, Emily Langham, Jasmine Leung, Amonik Melaco, Joseph Poulton, Agnes Pure and Sophie Sass.

Evita is directed by Bill Deamer, with musical supervision by Simon Lee, musical direction by Ben Ferguson, sound design by Adam Fisher, lighting design by Tim Deiling, set and costume design by Rebecca Brower, and casting by Sarah-Jane Price.

The concert is accompanied by the London Musical Theatre Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Ben Ferguson.