SUNLIGHT, the final song sung by Diana Vickers in the first major West End revival of Jim Cartwright’s multi award-winning play
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, was specially written for the play by Take That’s Mark Owen and fellow co-writers Jamie Norton and Ben Mark.
And the song has obviously delighted preview audiences who have been giving it standing ovations – eight minutes at the first preview on October 8.
Talking about
Sinlight, playwright 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
Sunlight with Diana Vickers singing it, tears came to my eyes. I was just thrilled. It was exactly what I wanted. Thank you to Mark, Jamie and Ben for helping me to realise my dream for the ending of the play. It has taken 17 years but with a song as perfect as this, it was worth the wait.”
Producer Nica Burns added: “When we first discussed the new West End production, Jim Cartwright immediately said he wanted an original song for the end of the play. Then, by one of those extraordinary coincidences, he happened to be at Granada studios when Take That were filming a special. He bumped into their manager, Jonathan Wild, and he asked him if they would consider writing a new song for the show. The result is
Sunlight.”
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