The production which was first produced in 1992, was voted third best play of the decade and has been named as one of the top 50 best plays in the history of theatre. Directed by Michael Strassen and professionally debuting Sarah Louise Hughes, as Little Voice.
The play tells the heart-warming story of a reclusive Northern girl-next-door whose remarkable ability to impersonate the great singers provides her with an opportunity to transcend her tragically unappealing domestic life. But pushed by a foul-mouthed, hard-drinking mother and coaxed into the limelight by her mother’s latest talent agent boyfriend, timid ‘Little Voice’ will need to conquer more than just stage-fright if she is to find her own voice in the world.
“Little Voice is a modern British classic and it’s the perfect play to end our inaugural Season. Michael Strassen is one of theatre’s great directors and it’s very exciting to welcome such excellent and prolific creatives to our theatre to bring his radical interpretation of Little Voice to The Barn.” - Iwan Lewis – Artistic Director – Barn Theatre
“Strass takes something and he always finds the heart of something, and he always put a spin on things and a twist on things that make you see something completely with fresh eyes….It’s a fantastic place [The Barn Theatre]. And I hear that it’s becoming that venue that people come to do things before they want to move them somewhere.”- Ruthie Henshall at the Rise and Fall of Little Voice Opening Night.