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Jack Snell Productions Kinson Community Centre Pelhams, Kinson Bournemouth September 2005 In 50-odd minutes it told the audience all they needed to know of the Little Sparrow’s triumph over adversity, encompassing her parents’ rejection, temporary childhood blindness, upbringing in a brothel, the death of her baby, violent relationships, descent into drink and drugs and the cancer that finally killed her. The stage was bare, save for the occasional prop, yet one could have heard a pin drop in the auditorium, so powerful was the picture painted before us. The combination of Jack Snell’s fine direction and Lorraine Rowan’s total immersion in her character created a truly memorable theatrical experience. Not only is Lorraine a superb actress, able to convincingly portray every emotion from grief to joy and anything in between, but vocally she sounded uncannily like Piaf herself. Her plain black dress and the use of a low-class English accent, rather than pseudo-French, spoke reams, and songs, such as No Regrets and Milord, were just sheer bliss. A rare and glorious treat. Linda Kirkman Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo 
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