A THRILLING new production of Jim Cartwright’s much-loved The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice opens at Birmingham Repertory Theatre this month.

The Olivier award-winning play about the painfully shy but hugely talented Little Voice and her faultless impersonations of the greatest divas will be directed by James Brining and stars Coronation Street actors Vicky Entwistle and Chris Gascoyne and West End's talent Nancy Sullivan.

Director of the story of Little Voice, the girl who spends her days in her room with the records her father left behind after he died, James Brining said: "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is that rare kind of play that combines real humour and comedy with a heart breaking story as well as the power of music to transport an audience. It’s also got a political heart and we are loving finding all the ways that the play can speak to an audience today, almost 25 years after the original production.”

Nancy Sullivan stars as LV, a painfully shy girl with a bold and beautiful voice. Nancy’s theatre credits include The Wizard Of Oz (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Nikolai Foster’s recent production The Good Person Of Sichuan (Colchester Mercury Theatre). Other credits include the role of Eponine in Trevor Nunn’s Les Miserables in the West End from 2008 to 2010.

Playing LV’s mother, Mari, is Vicky Entwistle and taking on Ray Say, Mari's new partner, is Chris Gascoyne.

The cast is completed with Joanna Brookes (Sadie) and Brendan Charleson (Mr Boo).

The show will run at Birmingham Repertory Theatre from Friday to Saturday, May 15 to 30.

Tickets cost between £12.50 and £35 and can be booked by calling the Box Office on 0121 2364455 or by visiting birmingham-rep.co.uk.