Evita starring Rachel Zegler opens in the West End – watch the full highlights

Last night was truly a night of a thousand stars, as Jamie Lloyd‘s much-anticipated revival of Evita celebrated its official opening.

A host of VIPs – from Pedro Pascal to Keanu Reeves – flocked to The London Palladium to experience the new production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice classic and WhatsOnStage was on hand to capture all the highlights.

After the curtain call, we caught up with the leading lady Rachel Zegler, castmates Diego Andres Rodriguez (who plays Che), James Olivas (Juan Perón) and Aaron Lee Lambert (Agustín Magaldi), as well as Lloyd, choreographer Fabian Aloise, Lloyd Webber, Rice and producer Michael Harrison, to get their thoughts on the show that “gleams with diamond-sharp brilliance”, as described in our five-star review.

You can watch the full opening night video below:

The London cast also includes Bella Brown (as The Mistress/Alternate Eva), Carl Au, Gabriela Benedetti, Shakara Brown, Damian Buhagiar, Kyeirah D’Marni, Sally Frith, DeAngelo Jones, Lucas Koch, Natasha Leaver, Michael Lin, Dianté Lodge, Louis Mackrodt, Mireia Mambo, Mia Mullarkey, Perry O’Dea, Alysha Sontae, Monica Swayne, Jon Tsouras and Harrison Wilde, with Myla Carmen, Barney Hudson, Nathan Louis-Fernand, Kirsty Anne Shaw, Ricardo Spriggs and Regan Bailey Walker as Swings. Auora Breslin, Lois Haidar, Siena Merilind-Wu and Ffion Rosalie Williams share the role of The Child.

The creative team features Soutra Gilmour (set and costume designer), Alan Williams (music supervisor and musical director), Jon Clark (lighting designer), Adam Fisher (sound designer), Will Burton CDG (casting director), Jim Carnahan (US casting director), Carole Hancock (wigs, hair and make up designer), Harry Blumenau (children’s casting/children’s administration), Kate Waters (fight director), Lily Mollgaard (props supervisor), Ingrid Mackinnon (intimacy coordinator), Rupert Hands (associate director), Amy Thornton (associate choreographer), Cory Hippolyte (resident director), Paris Green (resident choreographer), Rachel Wingate (associate set designer), Kelsh B-D (associate sound designer), Lucía Sánchez Roldán (associate lighting designer), Rachel Woodhouse (costume supervisor), Harry Barker (assistant sound designer), Andy Barnwell and Rich Weedon for BW Musicians (orchestral management).

Evita plays at The London Palladium until 6 September, with tickets on sale below.