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:

Max Cooter - 5 March 2013

As Amanda remarks in Private Lives, it’s strange how potent cheap music is. It’s a lesson that Jim Cartwright certainly took to heart for Little Voice. And so, 20 years after its National Theatre première, 15 years after the successful film and now after a recent West End revival, it’s being taken on the road again – this time in Cartwright’s own production.

Is it worth one more revival? Not really; it’s a piece that’s beginning to show its age. In truth, even in 1992, a world of vinyl records would have been old-fashioned so Mari wouldn’t have been seen dead playing a 45 and would a fiver to spend down the off licence really have seen like such a huge amount?

The play is an uncomfortable halfway point between a period piece and a contemporary drama. This wouldn’t matter if the performances were riveting but the cast can’t make us forget the holes in the plot....

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