The Rise and Fall of Little Voice tour announces full cast

The upcoming tour of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice has announced its complete cast.

Jim Cartwright's piece tells the story of a reclusive daughter with a mega singing voice.

As previously announced  show will star Drama Desk nominee Christina Bianco as LV, Everybody's Talking About Jamie star Shobna Gulati as Mari Hoff and Ian Kelsey (Coronation Street, Emmerdale) as Ray Say.

Joining them are Akshay Gulati (The Family Way) as Billy, Anna Hale (London Road) as understudy LV and Sadie, William Ilkley (War Horse) as Mr Boo with Fiona Mulvaney (The Ferryman) as Sadie and James Robert Moore (All That) in the role of Phone Man. Moore is also resident director on the production.

Diana Vickers Adds Second London Concert Date

Diana Vickers, who is starring The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at the Vaudeville Theatre until the end of January, has confirmed a second London date on her first solo tour in March.  She has added the Borderline Soho to the London Water Rats venue. 

Tickets will be available via a pre-sale from Midday today before going on general release on January 26th.  The former X Factor contestant will release her debut single “Once” on 19th April.

You can find out her full tour dates at Diana Vickers Concerts.

Mark Owen from Take That writes finale song for Rise and Fall of Little Voice

Producers of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice currently previewing at the Vaudeville have revealed that a new finale song has been written by Take That singer Mark Owen.

The number called Sunlight is performed by former X-Factor finalist Diana Vickers who plays the lead of LV in the show.

The creator of the show, Jim Cartwright, said: “It had always been my intention to write an original song for the end of my play, when Little Voice finally sings in her own voice. However, when we first premiered it at the National Theatre in 1992 we ran out of time and a Judy Garland song was used. When I first heard Diana singing Sunlight, I was just thrilled. It was exactly what I wanted.”