Salve Regina, Santa Evita!!

Cumbrian’s aren’t easily pleased.  So it was thrilling to witness “the people” deliver a standing ovation following the recent production of Evita at the Carlisle Sands Centre. With a superb musical score, there’s a sound base on which to build a great live performance but at the end, it’s down to the principal characters to deliver the story. And deliver it they did. Marti Pellow showed his musical theatre experience as a convincing Che with American, Mark Heenehan filling Peron’s boots with aplomb.  But it was Madalena Alberto who stole the show with her moving and compelling performance as Evita.