Evita’s Letter

Alone-en-scene successful for Cristina Ormani who portrays us an endearing Evita and passionately sincere in her fights.

The actress has slipped into the look of the 50s: blonde hair braided in a puffy bun, jacket with black satin peplings, slit skirt, fishnet stockings and vertiginous pumps.

She traces us, by small touches, the prodigious rise to the top of power, of Maria Eva Duarte, « Evita », she, the poor little girl of the streets who became the wife of Juan Peron, first president of the Argentine nation to be elected by universal suffrage.

Thanks to the radio, a major means of communication at the time, as well as the meetings she hosted, Evita embodied the passionate attachment of the Argentine people to the ideals of democracy represented by her husband Juan Peron.

Power, she did not want it for herself, but for the poor, the descamisados ​​(the shirtless), who were then the forgotten people of an unequal society.

She created her Foundation which carried out a wide social activity. She distributed, for example, « dentures » (have you ever looked for a job when you lost your teeth?), Sewing machines so families could get dressed, and bicycles to get to work. .

At the end of her life, when she knows the tragic outcome of the devastating cancer that will take her away, she delivers us a form of will.

Charming and pretty woman as Evita was, Cristina Ormani succeeded in a breathtaking performance in the form of moving monologues, twirling dances and songs, perhaps sometimes a little too long, the only downside for this beautiful performance.

To see without hesitation at the Théâtre de l’Archipel, 25bis rue du Rempart de l’Oulle at 7 p.m.
Next dates: July 22, 24, 26, 29 and 31

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