Jane Horrocks News

If the British film industry were in better shape, the words "Jane Horrocks IS Gracie Fields" would be appearing outside cinemas, the combination of star playing former beloved star being so perfectly aligned.

It would have been unthinkable to cast any actress other than Jane Horrocks as Rochdale's legendary Gracie Fields.

ROCHDALE'S most famous daughter will be back in the spotlight again next week. The spectacular life and career of Gracie Fields will be brought to life in the BBC4 film 'Gracie!', set to air at 9pm on Monday 23 November.

To celebrate The Corstorphine Road Nativity at The Festival Theatre we're giving away a pair of tickets for every show at the Festival and King's Theatres during 2010! From the writer of Calendar Girls - get ready for a sparkling festive family comedy.

What is the worst thing anyone's ever said to me? 'Bog off' a ' the response I received on proposing marriage to my partner Rosanna Greenstreet 'The worst thing anyone's said to me? amp;quot;Bog off!amp;quot; a ' the response I got on proposing marriage to my partner.

"The changing of the seasons brings wonder to the world. For ages has the magic of the fairies been unfurled, but nature's greatest changes come beneath the autumn sky and mysteries reveal themselves as harvest time draws nigh.

Plucked from The X Factor and given a starring role in the West End, Diana Vickers acquits herself well in this polished revival of Jim Cartwright's 1992 play.

Diana Vickers and Lesley Sharp perform in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. Photograph: Dave M Benett/Getty Images Inevitably, Jim Cartwright's play has lost some of the shock of its 1992 premiere.

A Young Vic presentation of a musical in two acts, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields, with additional dialogue by April de Angelis.

Nothing too terribly interesting at home to discuss... does it matter that the weather in London was surprisingly beautiful yesterday? Aside from that, the one surprise of the day was running into Rob Marshall at The Young Vic production of R&H's Annie Get Your Gun.

Her sheer youth will shine further light into the play: Diana Vickers and Jim Cartwright backstage at the Vaudeville Theatre Photo: PHILIP HOLLIS Diana Vickers and Jim Cartwright Photo: PHILIP HOLLIS Diana Vickers, who is appearing in Little Voice Photo: PHILIP HOLLIS Diana Vickers, who is appearing in Little Voice Photo: PHILIP HOLLIS It looks ...

Once mocked off The X Factor, Diana Vickers has landed a plum West End role in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Louise Cohen Remember the girl whom Simon Cowell described as the singing version of Marmite? With a voice some called soulful and others called strangled, 17-year-old Diana Vickers was last seen sobbing on stage at the X Factor ...

Diana Vickers' transformation from nervous, awkward X Factor wannabe to West End star is complete.

Jane Horrocks has admitted that she is shocked by the BBC's decision to drop Arlene Phillips from Strictly Come Dancing .

Jane Horrocks believes that Arlene Phillips was an integral part of Strictly Come Dancing.

DIANA Vickers has landed a leading role in a major West End musical. The 18-year-old X Factor star from Huncoat will take on the role that shot fellow East Lancashire star Jane Horrocks, who is originally from Rawtenstall to fame - " Laura in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.

Horrocks returns to the Young Vic to play Annie Oakley in the first major London revival for 17 years of Irving Berlin's 1946 Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun , which runs from October 16, 2009 to January 2, 2010.

Jane Horrocks in The Good Soul of Szechuan in 2008 and Bonnie Langford in Sweet Charity in 1998.

Jane Horrocks and Julian Ovenden will head the cast of a new production of the classic 1946 Irving Berlin musical Annie Get Your Gun , which will begin performances at London's Young Vic Theatre Oct.

Helena Bonham Carter, Jane Horrocks and Anne-Marie Duff will play the leading roles in three one-off films about the careers of British female icons Enid Blyton, Gracie Fields and Margot Fonteyn.