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Evita to return to the West End for 12 week Phoenix Theatre run this summer

Back in the West End: Emma Hatton stars in Evita
Back in the West End: Emma Hatton stars in Evita

Musical fans can stop crying for Argentina thanks to the news that Evita is returning to the West End.

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s much-loved musical about Eva Peron, wife of Argentine dictator Juan Peron, will have a 12 week run at the Phoenix Theatre this summer after Gary Barlow’s The Girls closes.

Emma Hatton will star as Peron, who died of cancer at the age of 33. Her death was met with intense grief by the public, three million of whom attended her funeral in Buenos Aires.

Hatton played Peron when the musical was on tour earlier this year, and has also performed as Elphaba in Wicked and starred in We Will Rock You and Dreamboats and Petticoats.

Evita first opened in the West End in 1978, and was made into a film starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas in 1996.

Evita will run at the Phoenix Theatre from July 28 to October 14