The Space with Jane Horrocks & Sammy Sheldon Differ
Doors open 6.45pm, show starts 7.30pm Tickets £21
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JANE HORROCKS is a renowned and beloved actress known for a variety of roles onscreen and the stage. She gained fame for Absolutely Fabulous, as Bubble in over thirty episodes, and the film of Little Voice. Other TV appearances include the drama series’ COBRA and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, and the comedies Trollied and Bloods. She also had roles in episodes of Red Dwarf, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries and Jim Henson’s The Storyteller. Jane has appeared in films such as Sunshine on Leith, Mike Leigh’s Life is Sweet and The Witches, directed by Nicolas Roeg. For the lead in Little Voice, she gained acclaim and award nominations, such as for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. In 1993, she was Olivier Award-nominated for the title role in the play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, which became the film. It was written for her by Jim Cartwright, due to her ability at mimicking singers such as Judy Garland and Shirley Bassey. Jane made numerous other stage appearances, including more recently, The Birthday Party in the summer of 2024.In the 2009 BBC TV film, Gracie!, she played the singer Gracie Fields and also starred as Sally Bowles in a TV version of Cabaret, directed by Sam Mendes, broadcast in 1993. She has provided voices for children’s series’ such as The Rubbish World of Dave Spud, Teletubbies from 2015, Little Princess, as well as the 1999 Watership Down TV series and the animated comedy Crapston Villas. Jane also voiced Babs in the Chicken Run films and characters in Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
SAMMY SHELDON DIFFER is a three-time BAFTA-nominated costume designer. Her work includes cinema releases based on comic books, such as the Ant-Man and Kick-Ass films, V for Vendetta, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, X-Men: First Class and Kraven the Hunter, out in December 2024. She also worked on the acclaimed science fiction drama Ex Machina, The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Green Zone, directed by Paul Greengrass, Kenneth Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice and the 2007 popular fantasy Stardust. Others that Sammy was the costume designer for include Kinky Boots and the film of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, both released in 2005. She also designed the costumes for two Jurassic Park films, including 2025’s Rebirth,Her earliest film work includes Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down and she was the assistant costume designer on Gladiator. Before working in film, Sammy completed two national tours with the Royal Exchanges’ touring theatre and one with the Royal Shakespeare Company as their wardrobe mistress. She went on to design costumes for music videos featuring artists such as Pulp, Jamiroquai, Jamelia, Beverly Knight, Eternal and Franz Ferdinand. Sammy received BAFTA nominations for The Imitation Game, The Merchant of Venice, which starred Al Pacino, and a TV series of The Canterbury Tales.More on Sammy can be found at www.sammysheldondiffer.com