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Performance times:
- MON
- 19:30
- TUE
- 19:30
- WED
- 14:30 19:30
- THU
- 19:30
- FRI
- 19:30
- SAT
- 14:30 19:30
- SUN
- No show
Show starts:
8th October 2009
Show ends:
30th January 2010
Run time:
2:30
Venue:
Vaudeville Theatre
Rise and Fall of Little Voice
The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice is a savage black comedy-drama about painfully shy, diminutive Little Voice (LV), who lives in the north of England with her mother, Mari. Mari s drunken, overbearing personality has driven LV into seclusion in her bedroom, where she listens to her late father s records and has perfected faultless impersonations of the greatest divas, including Judy Garland and Dame Shirley Bassey. When Mari s latest boyfriend, small-time working men s club impresario Ray Say overhears LV singing, he puts in place a tragic sequence of events as he pushes her towards stardom she doesn t want and of which she is literally terrified.
The play tells the story of Laura, also known as Little Voice, a young agoraphobe terrified of the outside world. At home, she is psychologically abused by her drunken and overpowering mother, and finds solace in listening to her dead father’s vintage record collection. Alone, she precisely and painstakingly imitates performances of such legendary singers as Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey and Edith Piaf. However, her private world is turned upside down when her mother’s sleazy boyfriend wants her to perform in his seedy nightclub.
Jim Cartwright’s play was a huge success at the National in 1992, making a star of Ab Fab’s Jane Horrocks in the title role. In 1998, Jane Horrocks reprised the role of Laura in the successful 1998 film adaptation Little Voice, alongside Brenda Blethyn and Michael Caine. This production marks the play’s first London revival and stars X Factor finalist Diana Vickers as Laura.
Jim Cartwright’s play was a huge success at the National in 1992, making a star of Ab Fab’s Jane Horrocks in the title role. In 1998, Jane Horrocks reprised the role of Laura in the successful 1998 film adaptation Little Voice, alongside Brenda Blethyn and Michael Caine. This production marks the play’s first London revival and stars X Factor finalist Diana Vickers as Laura.
Little Voice Opens to Big Publicity
After a week and a half of previews The Rise and Fall of Little Voice finally opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on Tuesday night. Newspaper scribes had their pens poised as 18 year old X-Factor finalist Diana Vickers took to the stage......
Posted by Ben on Wednesday 21st October 2009 at 4:59PM
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