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Promo trailer for Little Voice 2012

What the audiences said ....

 You  were all brilliant... fantastic show.. enjoyed every minute of it and I have to  say Lesley's and Sue's dancing had me in stitches.... I hope that word gets about  tonight and tomorrow and you sell out.. you should do...... Thank you so much  for making my day a better one!  (MT Letcombe Regis)

Brilliant show. Well done to all. We really enjoyed  it.  (DL Faringdon)

Well done, such a brilliant performance! Thoroughly  enjoyed it.  You are all stars.x  (FW Faringdon)

You  guys were all amazing. Fantastic show! Time to give up the day jobs and start  touring coz I want to see it again! (AT Wantage)

Well done all, the show was amazing and what a great  set! Absolutely loved it :-) xx (AT Wantage)

It was amazing! Well done everyone! x (EB Shellingford)

Fantastic show tonight! Well done everyone :)  x (SF Wantage)

Congratulations again on such a fab performance, I had  a really great time. I will admit that I've had quite a bit of Jackson 5 playing today as a result of coming along to watch! Wishing you the best of luck  with your final performances, not that you'll need it :-) xxx
(AR Wantage)


Thoroughly  enjoyed the show this evening. High quality production, well worth  seeing. (RL Faringdon)

That was brilliant guys, well done to everyone involved, we loved it! Good luck for the final performance... not that you need it! :) xxx  (CM Wantage)

 I had an absolutely great time - I thought you  all did the play immense justice and it was utterly superb. Well done and best of luck for your final performance! Xxx  (CM Cirencester)

I hoped I would see you today so I could let you know I thought  Friday evening was fantastic!  I will be honest and say I was blown away with how professional the whole production was, from your acting through to props, lighting and sound.  (DCC Wantage)

Just  wanted to say how  much I (in fact all my group) enjoyed ‘The Rise and Fall of  Little Voice’ on  Saturday.  You  did such a great  job to direct as well as act so brilliantly.  Your Daughter  Grace has such a  great voice she seemed made for the  part. (JC Wantage)

 Loved it all!  Well done – sorry I was not able to stop to say thank you in person. Please pass onto the rest of the brilliant cast. (BJ Wantage)

Really enjoyed the show tonight! Congratulations! You were particularly great,  it's a tough part and thought you were fab! (SB Wantage)

                                                            
The LV 2012 Team -

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Mari Hoff           Lesley Phillips
Little Voice        Grace Anderson
Sadie May         Suzanne Parrott
Phone Man        David Hunter
Billy                    Mike Dukes
Ray Say             Steve Rees
Mr Boo               Rob Thorpe

Directed by Lesley Phillips
Set Designed and Built by Rob Thorpe
Music by Steve Rees
Light and Sound by King Alfred's School Theatre Technical Team
Sound Effects and Soundtrack by Gary Bates
Stage Manager - Sarah Carter

Kindly supported by:
Hunter Marshall & Company Accountants
Best Western Sudbury House Hotel, Faringdon
King Alfred's Head, Wantage
Mel Taylor Photography
The Music Room, Wantage
LJ & CA Cannings

The Press ..

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Cherry picker makes sure the show goes on
 12:10pm Friday  31st August 2012 By Peter Unsworth

 
  THE latest production by an amateur dramatic society has been rescued by a  rather unusual saviour.
   The Wantage based The AmEgos group is staging The Rise and Fall of Little  Voice next month, based on the 1992 Michael Caine film.
   But problems arose when one particular scene required an unorthodox prop, a  cherry picker.
   Director Lesley Phillips wasn’t hopeful but thought she would ask plant and  tool hire firm LJ & CA Cannings of Challow if she could borrow one. To her  surprise, they said yes.
   Ms Phillips said: “It really was a shot in the dark, but we have no funding  and rely on the goodwill of local people and businesses to help us.
“We were so thrilled when they agreed, it means Little Voice can be rescued,  but I don’t want to spoil the plot.”

 The Rise and Fall of Little Voice was written by Jim Cartwright and was first  produced in 1992. It was adapted for screen in the film Little Voice that also  starred Jane Horrocks and Ewan McGregor.
   Les Canning, director of LJ & CA Cannings, said: “It’s not often we get  asked to save a theatrical production. As a local family business we do try to  help the community wherever we can and,  although it is a strange request, we  thought it would be fun to have one of our machines take a starring role in a  play.”
 
The next job is the small task of teaching Michael Dukes, who plays Billy in  the play, to operate it.   Mr Dukes, 22, said: “I am really excited to get in it – boy toys and all  that
“My training starts next week and I am looking forward to turning up on the  day and finding out what it’s all about.”
 All his training will hopefully pay off on the night when he pulls the levers  to gently lower his co-star Grace Anderson from a first-floor window back down  to earth.
   Miss Anderson, 22, is the real-life daughter of the director, and they will  be playing Little Voice and her mother on stage in the production.
   She said: “It is going fantastically – I am sure that will all change when  the technical rehearsals start. “I have been wobbling about up there a bit. “I don’t feel entirely safe, but there are some buttons up there that I can  play around with.”

  • The play runs from September 6 to 8 at King Alfred’s School
    theatre.

  • Tickets are available from The Vale and Downland Museum and
    wegottickets.com/ amegos

An am dram group are using a  cherry picker in their play.
Grace Anderson plays  Little Voice.
Lee Wise of  Cannings operates the   lift     

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