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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Arifa Akbar

The Little Big Things review – big-hearted musical is a true-story tearjerker

Ed Larkin and Jonny Amies as Henry Fraser in The Little Big Things.
Surprising emotional purchase … Ed Larkin (left) and Jonny Amies as Henry Fraser in The Little Big Things. Photograph: Pamela Raith

“When I was 17, I had an accident and it changed my life,” says Henry as he circles the stage in his wheelchair.

Based on a memoir by Henry Fraser, who dived into the sea on holiday in 2009 and hit his head on the seabed, this is a big-hearted musical that not only dramatises the impact of the accident on Henry but on his family, who are key to the emotional drama.

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