Nica Burns launches uplifiting new musical @sohoplace starring actor who uses a wheelchair

Since she opened her dream-come-true theatre @sohoplace, Nica Burns has produced a string of outstanding shows: Marvellous, As You Like It, Medea and Brokeback Mountain. And now she’s excited to launch the first musical. “The Little Big Things, our first musical and a world premiere, is our fifth and final production to open in our first year @sohoplace. A big thank you to brilliant musicals producer Michael Harrison for bringing us this exciting project, authored by a new British musical theatre writing team and with an actor who is a wheelchair user at its heart. Soho place is above all about possibilities.”

The Little Big Things is the story of Henry Fraser, avid sportsman and academy player with a premiership rugby club. His life changed forever in 2009 when he had a diving accident which left him a tetraplegic. He had to navigate a whole new way of living but his defiance and determination led to him wheeling himself out of hospital a whole year earlier than predicted. Today he is a successful artist, inspirational speaker and author.

Henry’s remarkable story which he told in his best-selling autobiography.inspired composer Nick Butcher to turn it  in to an uplifting, colourful musical. @sohoplace is the first West End theatre to open in 50 years and has unrivalled accessibility, making it the perfect venue for a show that is about and stars a wheelchair user.

Henry says: “There have been many things that have happened since my accident that I never thought about in life, never planned and really surprised me, in a great way. This musical is one of those moments. The guys have been great to work with and the moment they played me a couple of songs I was sold. I still can’t believe it’s actually happening and it makes me incredibly excited and nervous.”

Listen to the title track here. 

The Big Little Things is @sohoplace 2 September – 14 November. Book at sohoplace.org