• A film version of Evita directed by Alan Parker and starring Madonna opened to great acclaim and won Sir Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber a Golden Globe award and an Oscar for Best Original Song from the movie soundtrack - You Must Love Me.

• A new version of the show, directed by Michael Grandage and starring Elena Roger, opened at the Adelphi Theatre on June 21st 2006. It was the first time the stage show had featured the new song You Must Love Me. This production closed on 26th May 2007.

• The original production of Evita, based on the life of Eva Peron, opened at the Prince Edward Theatre on 21 June 1978.

• Elaine Paige created the role of Eva, the Argentine girl who charmed and scratched her way up to share the power and the bed of her country's leader General Juan Peron.

• Evita was conceived as a sung-through dramatic piece and Don't Cry For Me Argentina proved to be the most popular single number from a show in many years. However, it was eighteen months after the release of the record before the Evita arrived on stage. The original production was directed by Hal Prince.

• Don't Cry For Me Argentina sung by Julie Covington, was Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's first UK No 1 - selling over 2 million copies.

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