May 2009
BROS returns from Cornwall after a hugely successful sell-out run of Evita at the Minack Theatre. The weather just about held for most of the performances, but ultimately the whole week was a huge success.
The story begins with Eva Perón’s early life, touches on her acting career, and then it takes the viewer through her rise to power and eventual death. It describes the October 17, 1945 protests and rallies that freed Juan Perón from prison (portraying them as having been organized by Evita during the beginnings of Peronism, which some historians now dispute), Perón’s rise to the office of President, Evita’s political partnership with Perón, her domestic and foreign policy, charity work, feminist involvement, and eventual ascent to the position of “Spiritual Leader of the Nation”.
BROS Theatre Company would like to thank Cadence Partnership for their generous support of Evita at the Minack Theatre.