The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

Synopsis

Quiet, private Little Voice sings as sweetly as the divas in her father's record collection - Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey, Billie Holiday...Little Voice can do them all. When her mother's flash new man Ray Say hears her sing he can't believe his luck thinking that he has finally found the meal ticket he has been looking for..but will Little Voice give in to his schemes? A poignant and funny love story The Rise and Fall of Little Voice was a huge hit in the West End and on Broadway and as a movie achieved worldwide acclaim and a number of Oscar nominations.

Our Review:

2 June 2012

Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is full of contradictions, as it mingles elements of classic fairy tale with stark social realism. Joyful wordplay is off-set by crude (but hilarious) jokes. At its core, however, is a group of people so desperate that they grasp at the faintest trace of hope. Oh, and it also features faithful recreations of some truly great torch songs.
 
Unlike Cinderella L.V (Katie Elin-Salt) does not want to go to the ball. She responds to her over-bearing and larger than life mother Mari (Sue Devaney) by isolating herself with the record collection of her late father. But LV’s ability to mimic the torch singers she adores brings her unwanted attention.  
 
Director Elizabeth Newman offers a world full of people at the end of their tether and hiding behind a shield self-delusion. Mary Horan’s gaudy costumes make clear that eve...

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Christine hardgrave - 29 June 2012:

Wonderful have not laughed and cried so much for ages...

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