Kathryn Evans
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Kathryn Evans is a British stage actress. She trained at the Royal Ballet School and Arts Educational.
She is best known for taking over the lead role of Eva in Evita. She later appeared in many West End Theatre
shows including Anything Goes
, Aspects of Love
, Mack & Mabel
and The Fix
.
Most recently she was seen playing Norma Desmond in the West End revival of Sunset Boulevard
. She was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for this role.
Currently Kathryn is appearing at the Chichester Festival Theatre
as Dorothy Brook in 42nd Street.
She is best known for taking over the lead role of Eva in Evita. She later appeared in many West End Theatre
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
shows including Anything Goes
Anything Goes
Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London...
, Aspects of Love
Aspects of Love
Aspects of Love is a musical/chamber opera with a book and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart. It is famous for the song "Love Changes Everything."...
, Mack & Mabel
Mack & Mabel
Mack & Mabel is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. The plot involves the tumultuous romantic relationship between Hollywood director Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand , who became one of his biggest stars...
and The Fix
The Fix (musical)
The Fix is a musical with book and lyrics by John Dempsey and music by Dana P. Rowe. It concerns the career of a fictional U.S. politician who gets mixed up with the Mafia.It premiered at London's Donmar Warehouse in 1997.-Production history:...
.
Most recently she was seen playing Norma Desmond in the West End revival of Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard (musical)
Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on the 1950 film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the...
. She was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for this role.
Currently Kathryn is appearing at the Chichester Festival Theatre
Chichester Festival Theatre
Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, England, was designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, and opened by its founder Leslie Evershed-Martin in 1962. Subsequently the smaller and more intimate Minerva Theatre was built nearby in 1989....
as Dorothy Brook in 42nd Street.