Kate Middleton looks chic in a black Eponine tweed dress and her recycled £525 silver Jimmy Choos as she joins Prince William at the Noël Coward Theatre in London to watch a play about mental health
- Kate Middleton looked fashionable as she arrived at the Noël Coward Theatre
- The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the Covent Garden theatre tonight
- Attending special performance of Dear Evan Hansen, for The Royal Foundation
- The play focuses on mental health, a cause close to the charity’s heart
Kate Middleton cut a fashionable figure as she arrived at the Noël Coward Theatre alongside Prince William in Covent Garden this evening.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge looked smart for their attendance of the special performance of Dear Evan Hansen, which is being held in aid of The Royal Foundation.
Kate opted for a black custom Eponine dress tweed dress with embellished buttons, which she teamed with her £525 silver Jimmy Choos and a matching clutch, worn at the BAFTA awards and the Addiction Awareness Week charity gala last week.
William, 37, and Kate, 38, will watch the show and meet members of the cast before the Duke will make short remarks at the end of the performance.
Kate Middleton cut a fashionable figure as she arrived at the Noël Coward Theatre alongside Prince William in Covent Garden this evening
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge looked smart for their attendance of the special performance of Dear Evan Hansen, which is being held in aid of The Royal Foundation
The Award-winning musical spans generations and has been credited with helping to start important conversations about mental health between parents and teenagers, a priority for the Cambridges’ foundation.
Dear Evan Hansen tells the timely and timeless story of Evan, a boy who is struggling to connect in our hyperconnected world.
The issue of mental health is a key priority for The Royal Foundation which works to tackle the stigma and encourage more people to talk openly about their mental health.
Shout 85258, a free and confidential 24/7 UK text messaging helpline that supports people in crisis and was developed by The Royal Foundation, is one of four not-for-profit partners of the show which provide mental health resources to audiences and beyond.
Kate opted for a black Eponine dress tweed dress with embellished buttons, which she teamed with her £525 silver Jimmy Choos and a matching clutch, worn at the BAFTA awards and the Addiction Awareness Week charity gala last week
The Duke of Cambridge is currently spearheading Heads Up, a season-long campaign which uses the influence and popularity of football to show the nation that mental health is just as important as physical health.
It follows on from the Heads Together campaign which convened eight charity partners with one voice, encouraged more people in Britain to talk openly about mental health than ever before, and led to more people accessing services as a result.
William, 37, and Kate, 38, will watch the show and meet members of the cast before the Duke will make short remarks at the end of the performance
The Royal Foundation is also supporting efforts to provide children with the best possible start in life, recognising that with greater focus on the early years, we can better provide solid social and emotional platforms for children to make them healthier and more resilient later in life.
In January, The Duchess of Cambridge launched a nationwide survey on the early years – ‘5 big questions on the under 5s’.
Conducted by Ipsos MORI, it aims to spark the biggest ever conversation on early childhood that will ultimately help bring about lasting change for generations to come.
The survey follows eight years of work by The Duchess of Cambridge in which she has explored how experiences in early childhood often lie at the root of the hardest social challenges the country faces today.
Dear Evan Hansen features a book by Tony Award-winner Steven Levenson, a score by Academy Award, and Tony and Grammy Award-winning composers Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman) and direction by four-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (Rent; Next to Normal).
The musical opened at the Noël Coward Theatre in the West End in November 2019; the show is also playing on Broadway, where it opened in 2016 and won 6 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.