The Rise and Fall of Little Voice continues at Liverpool Playhouse until 21 May 2022 and on tour until 16 July 2022. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Originally written 30 years ago very much as a showcase for the vocal dexterity of Jane Horrocks, Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little […]
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Full cast and creatives for The Rise and Fall of Little Voice UK tour
Full details of the cast and creative team for next year’s major new touring production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice have been confirmed. As previously announced the newest version of Jim Cartwright’s much-loved play will be directed by Bronagh Lagan and will star Off-Broadway and YouTube star Christina Bianco in the title […]
Christina Bianco and Shobna Gulati to play mother and daughter in new production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
Off-Broadway and YouTube star Christina Bianco will take on the title role in new UK touring production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice next year. Presented by Katy Lipson and Glass Half Full Productions, the newest version of Jim Cartwright’s much-loved play next month will also star Shobna Gulati and Ian Kelsey. Often […]
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – Park Theatre
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice continues at the Park Theatre, London until 15 September 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is a very funny show. It’s also deeply tragic. And director Tom Latter has made a remarkably good job of linking those elements so that it rarely feels disparate. Mari, […]
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – Barn Theatre, Cirencester
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice continues at the Barn Theatre, Cirencester until 4 August 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The striking inaugural season at Cirencester’s new £4.5 million Barn Theatre is ending with a gruelling, but at times also tender revival of Jim Cartwright’s 1992 work The Rise and Fall […]
Barn Theatre’s first season to close with The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
The Barn Theatre’s critically-acclaimed and audience pleasing inaugural season will conclude with a new production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. Following on from the Cirencester venue’s hit launch production of the Tony Award-winning musical The Secret Garden, director Michael Strassen will take the helm of The Barn’s version of Jim Cartwright’s much-loved […]
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at Theatr Clywd – cast revealed
Casting has been announced for Theatr Clwyd’s revival of Jim Cartwright’s award-winning The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. Directed by the co-artistic director of Out of Joint Theatre, Kate Wasserberg, the major new production will begin previewing at the Anthony Hopkins Theatre in Mold on Thursday 5 October ahead of an opening night on […]
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice continues at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough until 19 August (in rep). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Despite the disappointments of the all-star, 1998 film, the stage version of Jim Cartwright’s Little Voice continues to beguile the British public. The latest rendering, at the Stephen […]
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – Union Theatre
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice continues at the Union Theatre, London until 26 June. Rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Since it opened in 1998, Southwark’s Union Theatre has played to innumerable plays and musicals, gained awards for its theatrical space and significantly less praise for its toilet facilities. Now, this engaging […]
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is Union Theatre’s final show in current home
The final show at the Union Theatre before it ventures to its new home will be The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, the last production in its 20-year rich history of plays, operas and musicals. The Olivier Award-winning comedy tells the story of LV, a painfully shy girl who spends most of her time listening to her […]
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – Kings Arms, Salford
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice continues at the Kings Arms, Salford until 29 April. Star rating: 3 stars ★ ★ ★ The premise of Jim Cartwright’s 1992 bitter-sweet comedy drama – a play with songs rather than a true musical – alone makes it a strong contender for a modern northern classic. And the love its main character […]
