Evita welcomes Bella Brown in lead role – take a first look

Bella Brown will play her first public performance as the Alternate Eva Perón in the West End tonight – and a photo of her has been released.

Rachel Zegler primarily plays the role in the Jamie Lloyd-directed revival of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. 

Also leading the cast are Diego Andres Rodriguez as Che, and James Olivas as Juan Perón, with Aaron Lee Lambert as Agustín Magaldi. Brown ordinarily plays The Mistress, as well as being the Alternate Eva. Alysha Sontae (pictured below) will be playing The Mistress during Brown’s scheduled performances in the title role: Monday 14 July, Monday 28 July, Monday 11 August, Monday 25 August.

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Writing on Instagram yesterday, Zegler posted: “The greatest to grace your stage is your Eva tomorrow! (I’m fine – pre-scheduled day off)  She is the loveliest, most talented person I know and I cannot wait for the world to see her shine as Eva. My only regret is that I won’t be in attendance to witness this huge touch of star quality. I love you @bellaelupiabrown – she could not be in better hands.”

The ensemble features 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.

You can read the WhatsOnStage review here.

Across the run, there are 5,000 tickets available at £25 exclusively for under 30s, key workers, and those receiving government benefits. These tickets will be available across all levels of the theatre.

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The creative team also includes 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.