“Our lives are rivers that flow in the sea…”

Jorge Manrique said these words with the arrival of Reinassance in Spain (15^th century). The director José Luis Matienzo (Don Quijote y Dulcinea, Don Gil de las Calzas Verdes, Don Juan Tenorio, Los Locos de Valencia) endorses these words and, in this staging, focuses attention on the ability of a girl to fight for changing the flow of her own river (her own life) and make it flow into a different sea from the one that destiny had predicted for her.  All this in a society where poverty and submission restrict the social and personal development of women. The audience is left with the freedom to judge the ethics of the means used by Eva to create a “new groove” accessible by “young waters” in search of a fairer, more social and more human future. Since this is a musical inspired by historical characters and events, the costumes are true to the style of the 30s  and 40s and, most of all, they reflect Eva’s path and  her social rise: from the simplicity of the clothes of a young girl to the lavish costumes of first lady and, finally, the sober elegancy of rigorous dresses. Simultaneously, male costumes follow the fashion of the period and identify the social status of the characters and their role or profession. The entire musical is full with the culture of tango, hailing from the seediest parts of Argentinian metropolis, thanks to the character of the famous singer Magaldi and the different songs performed live that underline the most important passages of the story, such as La Muchacha del Circo, Canción de Buenos Aires, Cóntame una Historia, and Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre). To enhance the actors’ interpretation, that in this production is particularly strong and realistic, the set design is essential and trenchant: the different locations are characterised by objects and moving elements that refer to the historical context, while video projections and archive film footage enrich it, thus making the show suggestive and engaging.