Where: The Barn Theatre, Cirencester

When: until Saturday, August 11

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice has had its run at The Barn Theatre in Cirencester extended until Saturday, August 11.

Little Voice 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.

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright concludes The Barn Theatre's inaugural season and follows the huge critical success of its first two productions.

First produced in 1992, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice 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.

The play was nominated for six Oliviers, winning three of them as well as the prestigious Evening Standard Award.

Its film adaptation, Little Voice (1998) starring Jane Horrocks in the title role was also a huge hit receiving an Oscar nomination alongside numerous other awards for its screenplay and cast.

Iwan Lewis, artistic director of The Barn Theatre, said: "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."

For more details, visit barntheatre.org.uk