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JUNE
2009 NEWS:
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Tickets - Su Pollard, Queen of
stage and screen, on Annie
The
undisputed queen of alternative
fashion, Su Pollard, has a lot to
celebrate in 2009!
Star of stage and screen, Su
Pollard, most famous for her
roles in Hi-De-Hi and You Rang
M’Lord? is preparing a
radical dress down for her role
as the dastardly Miss Hannigan in
ANNIE which is coming to
Glasgow’s Theatre Royal from
4th – 8th August.
Having just completed a tour with
Claire Sweeney in the massively
popular Shout! which ended with a
transfer to the West End in the
spring, 2009 continues to be a
year of celebration for Su. Aside
from celebrating her 30th
anniversary of her very first
sitcom, Two Uo, Two Down with
Paul Nicolas in broadcast in
1979, Su is also getting ready
for a 30th Anniversary cast
reunion of Hi-de-Hi and more
importantly celebrating her 60th
birthday in November!
Speaking about playing the part
Su said: “Miss Hannigan,
although she’s obviously a
lover of the bottle - she adores
Jack Daniels and that’s the
basis of her existence -
she’s had a terrible life,
she wanted all sorts of things
that she was aspiring to be,
probably even a Broadway star,
but she’s ended up in an
orphanage looking after these
dreadful, snotty, terrible kids
that give her the run-around.
Joining Su is David McAlister
(Hollyoaks, EastEnders, Mike
Bassett TV and Brideshead
Revisited) as the billionaire
businessman, Oliver Warbucks.
Joining Su and David will be
pupils of Glasgow’s
Starstruck stage school who will
be taking on the roles of the
Orphans.
Annie’s adventures from Miss
Hannigan’s orphanage to the
luxurious home of Oliver
Warbucks, is a story that has
been told all over the world for
decades. First seen on stage in
1976, the show really does
deserve its reputation as one of
the best loved family musicals of
all time!
With a memorable score including
It’s A Hard Knock Life, Easy
Street and of course the
legendary Tomorrow along with
brilliantly visual choreography
and a side-splittingly funny
script, you will remember ANNIE
as warm and funny as the first
time you ever saw it!
.Snow White -
Christmas 2009
.Sunday
28th June, 2009 • Thanks to
Mark Whitney................................................Theatre
Just as the UK is
about to experience a week-long
heatwave, here at Su Online we
thought we would bring you an
update on Su's panto plans for
Christmas 2009 :)
In March we revealed brief info
on Su's activities during the
festive season and we now have
more details for you.
Su will be the Wicked Queen, her
sixth time playing the role, at
the Pavilion in Bournemouth this
Christmas in Snow White &
The Seven Dwarfs. The panto
will run from Saturday 5th
December 2009 through until
Sunday 3rd January 2010.
A
SPECTACULAR PANTOMIME FOR ALL THE
FAMILY!
The Bournemouth Pavilion released
the following information:
We are pleased to announce
that this year's fabulous family
pantomime will be the classic
tale of Snow White - directed by
and starring CBeebies favourite
Chris Jarvis as Muddles and
Hi-De-Hi's Su Pollard as the
Wicked Queen.
Expect magic, music and fun for
all ages in an enchanting
production that will make your
festive season one to remember!
Please click here to visit the
Bournemouth Pavilion website.
.The
Internet Glasses Company - Specs
Super Heroes!
Su Pollard
has been in the news in the last
couple of weeks, as attention has
been brought to her individual
clothes sense. We applaud those
who dare to be different –
and who wouldn’t wear red
lace tights and a denim ra ra
skirt if they had legs like Sus!
Well we always admired Su for her
stunning eyewear – she can
do funky plastic frames like no
other – well almost…..
Any glasses frame with a vaguely
upswept shape can be described as
a ‘Dame Edna’ another
Celeb famed for her outlandish
eyewear. Who could forget the
frames with the Sydney Opera
House across the top of them? Who
would want to remember them?!
Timmy Mallet returned to the
public eye last year thanks to
‘I’m a Celebrity’.
He used to rival Su for the
biggest, most colourful frames
around. Nothing was too
outlandish for Timmy – and
when we saw him in the jungle we
were pleased to see he
hadn’t changed…
The other iconic specs wearer we
could never forget was that
screen siren from Coronation
Street, delicious Deirdre. While
she was wowing Ken she was wowing
us with her eyewear. The glasses
got bigger as the plot got
hotter, and many of look back
fondly on our Deirdre days.
Nowadays things are positively
staid with the likes of Anne
Robinson sporting very stylish
specs, and even Dr Who
doesn’t wear anything out of
this world. Thank goodness Su is
back in the news!
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Doctor Beeching! - The Complete
Collection DVD - Artwork
The cover art for
the forthcoming Oh Doctor
Beeching! Complete
Collection DVD. Please click on
the picture for a larger version.
From Richard Spendlove, and David
Croft, writer of Dad's Army and
Hi-de-Hi!, Oh Doctor Beeching!
has been a firm favourite with
millions of British comedy fans.
Arriving in 1963, please alight
at the small branch railway
station of Hatley, threatened
with closure under the Beeching
Axe. Paul Shane stars as porter
Jack Skinner, married to the
café-managing May (Julia
Deakin), who was once in a close
relationship with new station
master Cecil Parkin (Jeffrey
Holland).
Also on the platform of this
quaint and quirky railway station
are May's daughter Gloria
(Lindsay Grimshaw), booking clerk
Ethel Schumann (Su Pollard) and
signalman and jack-of-all-trades
(all of them off the books) Harry
Lambert (Stephen Lewis).
Over 19 fun-filled episodes, Oh
Doctor Beeching! celebrates
everything that was great about
Britain and the British Railway,
back when the greatest challenge
in rail travel was getting a
decent cup of tea.
The four-disc set is available
from 20th July 2009.
She’s
without a doubt the star of 60s
musical Shout! She wears whatever
the hell she wants. She wants to
be reincarnated as a gay dog. We
give you the legendary Su Pollard
Hello is
that Su?
Ooh ello. [Comedy scream followed
by dial tone and my laughing] Yes
dear! Ooh it’s a dismal day,
I can’t wait for the show to
cheer us up. I know it sounds
camp, I’ve got the heating
on, such a wuss.
So, 60s musical… Loving the
frocks.
Ooh the costumes are fabulous, a
lot of them are vintage! You
think to yourself “they must
have been well made”, 40
years on and they’re still
in pristine condition. And the
megamix looks great because
it’s all Union Jacks and
fabulous knee-length PVC boots.
In fact when we were on tour this
bloke said “My wife’s
in for a good night tonight when
I get home”. I think he got
the hots for us in our boots.
And you’ve become quite
famous for your own choice in
clothes recently…
I know, I can’t believe
that, I were only going to the
shops. The great thing was it
couldn’t have come at a
better time, it was great
publicity for the show. Lets put
it this way, I’ve always
liked off-the-wall stuff. The 60s
for me, I absolutely adored all
the Mary Quant stuff. It was just
such a marvellous decade.
And there’s a
storyline about one of the girls
in the show falling in love with
a gay man...
It’s not just all about
clothes and fashion, there’s
lots of things. Women still
falling for blokes and not
knowing they were gay. It was as
relevant then as it is today. My
ex-husband was gay, for a start.
A lot of people might not know
that. But a lot of women have
done that, and will continue to
do so. She obviously doesn’t
marry him in the end. We’re
surround by gays in the audience.
They love it. They love Dusty and
all that. I’m going to see
Priscilla tonight, have you seen
it?
Yeah, it’s great.
Is it camp as arseholes? Ooh
fabulous, can’t wait! How
exciting. Ooh, I’ve got to
tell you, my greatest joy in life
is that last year I was voted the
campest woman in Britain! It was
even better than being voted Rear
of the Year! I’m a great
lover of the gay world. I’m
not Dora Dyke but I’m coming
back as a gay man’s dog,
I’ve decided because they
have the best life in the world,
gay men’s dogs. I’m
going to call myself Randolph.
Wouldn’t it be great!
One of those dogs that’s
completely dressed up?
Ooh yes! Oh darling, he’d be
covered in diamante and Vuiton
shoes. I’d be the most
fantastic gay man’s dog.
Outrageous
personality, Su Pollard, dropped
in to chat about her latest
project, a touring production of
Annie
A natural performer, Su Pollard
knew from the tender age of six
that she belonged on the stage,
after playing an angel in her
school nativity play, falling
through a box, and cracking the
entire audience up.
From that moment she was hooked
and it was clear her future lay
in performing.
Su tried to get her big break
with an appearance on the TV
show, Opportunity Knocks in 1974,
singing I Can’t Say No from
Oklahoma – but finished
second behind a singing Jack
Russell terrier.
But she didn’t let that stop
her from pursuing her dream,
going on to appear in shows
including Hi De Hi, You Rang
M’Lord? and Oh, Doctor
Beeching!, as well as a number on
stage roles.
Now she’s appearing in a new
production of Annie, which is
touring around the UK.
Speaking about playing the part
of the bullying, heavy-drinking
owner of the orphanage, Miss
Hannigan, Su said: “Miss
Hannigan, although she’s
obviously a lover of the bottle -
she adores Jack Daniels and
that’s the basis of her
existence – (it’s)
because she’s had a terrible
life, she wanted all sorts of
things that she was aspiring to
be, probably even a Broadway
star, but she’s ended up in
an orphanage looking after these
dreadful, snotty, terrible kids
that give her the run-around, so
that is her solace, in
drink.”
Su added: “She wears no
make-up, it’s fantastic for
me, she has a terrible wig with
an awful pink chiffon scarf,
she’s trying to make the
effort because she still flirts
but of course she never gets
anywhere because she smells! And
she’s got fleas…but I
like to think you can empathise
with her because so many people
aspire to things.”
Annie is showing at
Glasgow’s Theatre Royal from
August 4-8 and at the Eden Court
Theatre in Inverness from July
20-25.
Su appeared
on yesterday's The Hour
on STV. She was guesting to talk
about the forthcoming Annie
tour. The show can be viewed
online and is available here for the next month.
Little Robots,
with Su as 'Noisy', is currently
being aired across Europe and the
Middle East on BBC Prime.
The animated children's
series is centered on eleven Little
Robots, each with his own
distinct looks and personality.
It is distributed by BBC
Worldwide to over 60 countries.
As well as Su, other voices are
provided by Lenny Henry, Martin
Clunes, Morwenna Banks, Emma
Chambers, Mike Haley, Mel
Giedroy, Jimmy Hibbert, Sue
Perkins and Hayley Carmichael.
Little Robots : BBC
Prime - Saturday 13th June :
4.45am/6.20am
Fly Me to the Moon/Stripy's
Dancing Flowers
Little Robots : BBC Prime -
Sunday 14th June : 4.45am/6.20am
Stripy's Dancing Flowers/The Show
Must Go On
Little Robots : BBC Prime -
Monday 15th June : 4.45am/6.20am
The Show Must Go On/On Balance
Little Robots : BBC Prime -
Tuesday 16th June : 4.45am/6.20am
On Balance/Noisy Knows Noise
Little Robots : BBC
Prime - Wednesday 17th June :
4.45am/6.20am
Noisy Knows Noise/ Small, Shiny
Metal Things
BBC Prime is
the BBC's general entertainment
TV channel in Europe and the
Middle East. The channel
broadcasts drama, comedy and
lifestyle programmes via
satellite and cable. As it may
carry advertisements in some
world regions, it is not
available in the United Kingdom
as, under the terms of the BBC's
Charter, its domestic services
cannot show advertising.
Leapin' Lizards!
One of the best family musicals
of all time!
Su Pollard plays
Miss Hannigan in this show which
features a cast of over 40
talented artistes.
Annie has a
brilliantly memorable score
including “It’s A Hard
Knock Life”, “Easy
Street” and of course the
legendary “Tomorrow”,
fantastically visual
choreography, and a
side-splittingly funny
script…
… it really is
no surprise that Annie has become
one of the best loved family
musicals of all time.
"An evening
designed for pure
entertainment" BRISTOL
EVENING POST
"One of the
most enchanting musicals I have
ever seen" SUNDAY TIMES
The 2009 Tour Dates
are as follows:
Monday 20th July -
Saturday 25th July: Eden Court
Theatre, Inverness
www.eden-court.co.uk
[ Box Office: 01463 234 234 ]
Tuesday 28th July -
Saturday 1st August: The Lowry,
Manchester
www.thelowry.com
[ Box Office: 0870 787 5780 ]
Just as the UK is
about to experience a week-long
heatwave, here at Su Online we
thought we would bring you an
update on Su's panto plans for
Christmas 2009 :)
Leapin' Lizards!
One of the best family musicals
of all time! 
