Editing Jane Horrocks (section)

===Stage===
Horrocks has appeared on stage in ''Ask for the Moon'' (Hampstead, 1986), ''A Collier's Friday Night'' (Greenwich, 1987), ''Valued Friends'' (Hampstead, 1989), and ''The Debutante Ball'' (Hampstead, 1989). She appeared in ''Our Own Kind'' (Bush, 1991); ''[[Deadly Advice]]'' (Fletcher, 1993); ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' ([[Donmar Warehouse]] 1994); ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Greenwich Theatre, 1995); and ''[[Absurd Person Singular]]'' (Garrick Theatre, 2007).

While working on ''[[Road (play)|Road]]'', a play directed by [[Jim Cartwright]], Horrocks warmed up by doing singing impressions of [[Judy Garland]], [[Shirley Bassey]] and [[Ethel Merman]]. Cartwright was so impressed with her mimicry he wrote ''[[The Rise and Fall of Little Voice]]'' for her.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} She was nominated for the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress]] at the [[1993 Laurence Olivier Awards]] for her performance in the 1992 [[West End theatre|West End]] production, directed by her then-boyfriend [[Sam Mendes]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

Her last West End appearance was in ''Sweet Panic'', the 2003 [[Stephen Poliakoff]] drama in which she portrayed a neurotic mother locked in a battle of wills with her disturbed son's psychologist.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} She starred in [[Richard Jones (opera director)|Richard Jones]]'s critically acclaimed production of ''[[The Good Person of Sezuan|The Good Soul of Szechuan]]'' at the [[Young Vic]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3939130.ece |title=The Good Soul of Szechuan at the Young Vic |newspaper=[[Times Online]] |first=Benedict |last=Nightingale |author-link=Benedict Nightingale |date=16 May 2008 |access-date=1 July 2019 |publisher=[[Times Newspapers Ltd.]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706062125/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3939130.ece |archive-date=6 July 2008}}</ref> She was reunited with Jones in a new musical production of ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'', which opened at the [[Young Vic]] in October 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youngvic.org/assets/attachments/press-releases/D5151D32-E081-4BDA-29FCC27EE2A036D3.pdf |title=Official Young Vic announcement |work=[[Young Vic]] |access-date=2 July 2019}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> At London's Young Vic, in 2016's ''If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me'', Horrocks revisited the songs of her youth to sing versions of tracks by the likes of [[Joy Division]], [[The Smiths]], [[Buzzcocks]], and [[The Human League]].<ref>{{cite web |work=bellaafrica |url=http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVyE4sOlWzq8A3X5XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByNXM5bzY5BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1458184377/RO=10/RU=http://www.bellaafrica.net/world/why-jane-horrocks-is-singing-the-smiths//RK=0/RS=hYMCHTsaVGUy0Zx3P0_i9cFJB8A- |title=why jane horrocks is singing the smiths |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |agency=[[Oath Inc.]] |access-date=1 July 2019}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

In October 2014, Horrocks played Ella Khan in the London revival of ''[[East Is East (play)|East Is East]]'' at [[Trafalgar Studios]] as part of [[Jamie Lloyd (director)|Jamie Lloyd]]'s Trafalgar Transformed season.<ref>{{cite news |title=East is East starring Jane Horrocks to run at Trafalgar Studios |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/production/2014/05/east-east-starring-jane-horrocks-run-trafalgar-studios/ |first=Nicola |last=Merrifield |date=9 May 2014 |access-date=1 July 2019 |newspaper=[[The Stage]]}}</ref> In 2024, Horrocks joined the cast of the British premiere production of play ''Nachtland'' at the [[Young Vic]] theatre, directed by [[Patrick Marber]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Millward |first1=Tom |title=Young Vic announces initial cast for Nachtland |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/young-vic-announces-initial-cast-for-nachtland_1556899/ |website=WhatsOnStage |date=7 December 2023 |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref>

In August 2024, Horrocks starred as Meg in [[Harold Pinter]]'s [[The Birthday Party (play)|''The Birthday Party'']] at the [[Ustinov Studio]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Clive |date=2024-08-09 |title=The Birthday Party review — Jane Horrocks gets the laughs in sinister revival |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/birthday-party-review-jane-horrocks-theatre-royal-bath-vwccwxnp8 |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>