Current show
Auditions Saturday 18 May, 9am-3pm
3rd Osterley Sea Scout Hut, Richmond Road, Isleworth TW7 7BU
Our auditions for Evita will be on Saturday 18 May at the 3rd Osterley Sea Scout Hut (where we often hold Saturday rehearsals). See map above. The scout hut has a car park and the H37 bus stops nearby.
Principal roles and audition pieces
Role | Voice | Playing age | Audition piece |
Eva Perón | Mezzo-soprano | 20-35 | No. 16 Rainbow High (whole song) |
Che | Tenor | 20-35 | No. 3 Oh, What a Circus (up to bar 163) |
Juan Perón | Baritone | 40-65 | No. 23 She’s a Diamond (bar 20 to end) |
Agustin Magaldi | Tenor | 25-35 | No. 4 On This Night of a Thousand Stars (up to bar 44) |
Perón’s Mistress | Mezzo-soprano | 20s | No. 10 Another Suitcase in Another Hall (bar 24 to end) |
Auditioning for smaller roles
There are lots of smaller roles including family, friends, generals, officials and lovers. If you’d like to audition for any of these, please choose one of the audition pieces above that suits your voice range and say which roles you’re interested in on your audition form. The list of musical numbers below the audition forms includes the smaller roles.
You can download an audition form in Word or pdf using the buttons below. Please return your audition forms to Gareth Bevan on gareth_bevan@hotmail.com by Wednesday 15 May 2024.
List of musical numbers
Act 1
No. 1 Cinema in Buenos Aires
No. 2 Requiem – Chorus
No. 3 Oh What a Circus – Che + Chorus
Snippet Don’t Cry For Me Argentina – Eva + 4 girls
No. 4 On This Night of a Thousand Stars – Magaldi
Eva Beware of the City – Magaldi + Chorus
No. 5 Buenos Aires – Eva
No. 6 Goodnight and Thank You – Che/Eva + 2 Lovers
No. 7 The Art of the Possible – President/Peron + 4 Officers
No. 8 Charity Concert – Magaldi/Eva/Peron + Chorus
No. 9 I’d Be Surprisingly Good For You – Eva/Peron
No. 10 Another Suitcase in Another Hall – Mistress + Boys or Che
No. 11 Peron’s Latest Flame – Aristocrats/Army/Heavies
No. 12 A New Argentina – Peron /Eva/ Officials/Male Workers/Female Workers
Act 2
No. 13 Entr’acte
No. 14 Balcony of the Casa Rosada – Che/Peron (speaks)/Chorus (chant)
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – Eva +Chorus (hum)
Officer chant
Evita chant – Sop/Alto
No. 15 High Flying Adored – Che/Eva
No. 16 Rainbow High – Eva + Men’s Chorus
No. 17 Rainbow Tour – Peron /Che/Eva/Officers + 1 Officer solo/Chorus
No. 18 The Chorus Girl Hasn’t Learned the Lines – Aristocrats/Eva + Che
No. 19 And the Money Kept Rolling In – Che + Chorus
No. 20 Santa Evita – Che + Workers
No. 21 Waltz for Eva and Che – Eva/Che
No. 22 You Must Love Me – Eva
No. 23 She is a Diamond – Officers + Peron
No. 24 Dice are Rolling – Peron + Eva
No. 25 Eva’s Final Broadcast – Che/Eva
No. 26 Montage Chorus/Che/Magaldi/Eva
No. 27 Lament – Eva/Che/Mourners
Creative team
As director we welcome back Gareth Bevan, who directed our award-winning Pirates of Penzance in 2019.
Lee Dewsnap, HLO’s resident musical director, can do amazing things with an electronic organ – and this time he’ll have a band!
James Hall, musical supervisor, was musical director for HLO’s 2015 UK premiere of Boublil and Schoenberg’s The Pirate Queen.
Sian Bowles Bevan and Karen Gravestock will share choreography duties. Sian directed and choreographed BROS Musical Theatre’s 2022 Addams Family which swept the board at the 2022-23 artsrichmond Swan Awards. And Karen has choreographed more HLO shows than she’s had hot dinners, including our 2019 Pirates of Penzance.
Rehearsals
Rehearsals are Monday evenings, 7.30pm at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Parkside Road, Hounslow TW3 2BP. Over the next few Mondays we’ll be learning music – and there’s lots of it to learn.
Once the show is cast, principal rehearsals will be Thursday evenings starting approximately late May (and full company may be called on Thursdays later). Saturday rehearsals, 10am to 3pm, will start from Saturday 17 August. They’re usually at the 3rd Osterley Sea Scouts Hut, Richmond Road, Isleworth TW7 7BU, but that could change, so watch this space! All dates to be confirmed.