The Rise and Fall of Little Voice has recently just started previews at the Vaudeville Theatre starring Lesley Sharp, Marc Warren and introducing Diana Vickers as Little Voice...

Has anyone seen it yet?? I want to book tickets soon to see it Can someone please give us a review

Must admit I expected to see some reviews by now ??

http://forum.theinternetforum.net/index.ph...005576.html#new

Well that's at least one positive review. I'm keen for this to get good write-ups as I want to see Lesley Sharp on stage for the first time.
It said on the Twitter for this show that the first preview got an 8 minute standing ovation. Really? 8 minutes? How can that be? Are they counting the time it takes for the audience to leave the theatre when of course they have to be on their feet?

I went to the matinee on 10 October and I thought it was superb. It was wonderfully acted all round, and Diana Vickers is a revelation. What a talent. When she sang at the end in her own voice, I was moved.

It's also very funny, Mari gets some great comic line but her overweight friend Sadie who says very little at all, steals the laughs.

Go, go, go....

I saw this last night and on the whole was impressed. I've only ever seen the movie before, so wasn't sure what to expect from the play. The set is fantastic and they've obviously spent a fair bit of money on it. Lesley Sharp is amazing as LV's Mum. Her over the top physicality was perfect imo. Likewise Marc Warren was perfectly cast and gave a great performance.

Diana Vicker's was ok, but I had no idea who half the people she was impersonating were supposed to be. Was just someone singing in funny voices. Cilla Black and Shirley Bassey sounded nothing like them. She also didn't really add any depth to the character, like Jane Horrock's does in the movie. She just looked like a sulky teenager who could sing a bit.

The ending was awful too. Why it didn't end with the Mum collapsing outside the house I don't know. That seemed like the perfect ending for the show. But they tack on this stupid rubbish in the club so LV can sing some badly written pop song that has nothing to do with the show at all. Totaly wrong I thought after so much good before.

Probably nothing as Press night isn't until the 20th October - I am seeing it tonight ao will give you an update!!

The WOS review is not that inspiring !!!

It is GREAT!!!!!

Best "Drama" I have seen since I moved to London in September (out of 9!)

It got great reviews from all the papers from the Telegraph to the Guardian via the Stage after its press night last monday . The only person who seemed not to like it was someone from the Independant who was a stranger to known logic. Reports are its getting standing ovations all over the place - it got another when I saw it on Saturday.

I thought it was sensational. Agree on the great set and the casting.

Diana Vickers I thought was brilliant. It would obviously help if you knew the people whose songs she was singing but people who did know the songs thought she got them amazingly well.They laughed with Monroe , clapped Dusty and cheered Piaf. Bassey just was Bassey and at full belt. If mine was typical I doubt if anyone in the West End is getting a louder and more positive reception from the audience during and after singing their main performance. It wasn't even as if the audience was packed with X factor watching teens - it was a predominantly middle aged one roaring with approval and giving a standing ovation at the end.

I thought she acted it really well. Totally in role and looked credible throughout - what there is of back story she added and she caught the role of a girl in retreat from the world. Not knowing more about her seems an inevitable and correct consequence of LV not giving anything away to me. It was a brilliant bit of casting to see the similarities between Diana and the character and I doubt if many actresses could act a bigger gap so convincingly.

The purpose of the last song is pretty clear to me too . Ending on a down with Mari in the gutter and leaving it with the future of LV unknown isn't a great ending. Showing Little Voice moving on from impersonation to using her own voice is the obvious place to end if you have someone who is a credible pop singer (Jane would have been acting something else she wasn't which defeats the point somewhat) - it resolves more but leaves unknown where she takes her talent. If you have a pop singer and you don't want her to keep on singing as other people from the past it would be perverse not to let her sing as herself as long as the words fitted the story.

Agree with Mark E - Diana Vickers as LV does a vocal performance that I think is really outstanding, there's a great cast, its full of laughs and there's lots of little gems of LV mimicry all around.

I loved the last song. Would be very surprised if it didn't make it onto Diana's debut album. What you said djp pretty much sums up all my thoughts too.

When im mentioning that it's Diana from X Factor whos in it to people they are kinda like "uggh...was she any good" to which I reply YES YES YES!!!

Im thinking of trying dayseats for this next time, want to take my mum. Anyone know what the front row is like?? Do you miss the top of the house?

I thnk it might be a bit overwhelming right forward (counting rows I think there was a row in front of A) You have Diana and the compere standing right over you and would be looking up her lengthwise as she stands well forward on the stage. As you say not sure either if you can see into the upstairs room from there either. You are also in danger of getting singed by the flames. I had row F centre stalls and the view was great from there - close but not too close and you can see everything upstairs.

my partner and I were in row AZ (2nd row) on Saturday night after buying from TKTS that morning. It certainly was a strain to see the bedroom stuff at times, and we couldn't see Miss Vickers when she was lying on the bed. That said, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Lesley Sharpe was simply wonderful (and I'm not just saying that because I've been madly in love with her for years!), and deserved every round of applause she got. Diana Vickers' singing was great - OK, the impersonations may not have been perfect, but I thought they were pretty damn good! Marc Warren put in a great turn too. All in all, we both had a brilliant time, and we're glad we chose this one to see!

Saw it last night and wow! Diana and Ms. Sharp both gave stunning performances. Diana's 10 minute impersonation act in Act 2 was astonishing - and who knew she was capable of belting out a big song?! The final song in her own voice was also beautiful. The set was wonderful and surprisingly lavish for a limited season of a play. My only complaint is that I think the second act began to drag a little - perhaps it should be shortened by 15 minutes or so. Really enjoyed it - go and see it!

My husband and I saw the show on Tuesday and we were really disappointed. I thought Diana Vickers was excellent, although I must admit I couldn't understand some of what she was saying. The low point for me was Lesley Sharp, completely over the top and trying to out act everybody else on stage. I had no empathy with her character and I cringed everytime she opened her (very loud) mouth. I just couldn't stand her and it ruined the whole play for me.

Too much boring, needless dialogue from Lesley Sharp who obviously thought she was so funny (we didn't ;o( )

Great set though and I would like to have heard some more of Diana Vickers singing.