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The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 3m, 1any gender (adult)

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
by Jim Cartwright

"Entertainment at its best.... Original, hilarious and hauntingly sad." - London Daily Telegraph

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 3m, 1any gender (adult)
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy

    Winner! Olivier Awards for Best Comedy

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Summary
Blown fuses, real and metaphorical, punctuate the action with flashes of pent up energy in this acclaimed play. The diminutive heroine frequently plunges the dilapidated house she shares with her alcoholic mother into darkness by playing her dead father's records at a volume matched only by the soulful power of her vocal impressions. Little Voice has a hidden talent: she can emulate every chanteuse from Judy Garland to Edith Piaf. She hides in her room, crooning and dreaming of love, while her disheveled mother mistakes a seedy agent's interest as affection rather than enthusiasm for the gold mine buried in her daughter's throat. This is an engaging fairy tale of despair, love and finally hope as LV finds a voice of her own.
M3 (young, 40s, 50s) or 4 F3 (young, 40s)
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A living-room and club.

Media

"Utterly beguiling." - London Daily Mail

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Jim Cartwright

Jim Cartwright lives in Lancashire, where he was born. Road, his first play, opened at the Royal Court Theatre in 1986, was revived again at the Royal Court that same year, and again in 1987, before being taken on a nationwide tour. It won the Samuel Beckett Award, Drama ...
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