“It’s about power, women, and the strange ways history remembers – or forgets – them.”
The face-painted duo and Fringe favourites behind some of the UK’s most chaotic theatre are back with their trademark blend of research trips, political engagement, humour and comedy. Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole have transformed their fact-finding mission to Argentina into a barmy celebration of history’s most forgotten female leader.
They said, “We found Isabel Perón during a late-night Wikipedia binge – the world’s first female president who went from nightclub dancer to running Argentina, kept Evita’s corpse hanging in her dining room, survived coups and literal wizards… then somehow got completely erased from history. We became obsessed with her story, travelled to Argentina to investigate, failed miserably, and turned the whole disaster into a mega-musical sequel no one asked for.”
Sh!t Theatre return to the first ever two-woman performance art mega musical about the first ever female president of a country in the history of the world, and her name is…?
Join disco dictators Becca and Louise for the wild story of Isabel Peron, Gogo dancer turned president, who led Argentina for 18 disastrous months before being overthrown in a military coup.
During the reign of the first ever female president of a country in the history of the world, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice were writing their first blockbuster musical about President Isabel Peron’s dead husband’s even deader ex-wife. And now, nobody remembers Isabel.
Evita Too tells Isabel’s shocking story and the story of Sh!t Theatre who, discovering she is still alive, travel across Argentina and Spain in search of the mysterious recluse who is living in Madrid.
Becca and Louise save the footage they’ve taken on their trip, delve into some archives and make a musical to match Tim and Andrew’s, while finding that their lives and Isabel’s life surprisingly and tragically intertwine.
Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX from 9th – 31st December. Tuesday to Saturday, 7:45pm; Sunday 6:00pm; Wednesday 31 December 2:30pm. Age Guidance: 15+
Booking: 020 3879 9555 / https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/
