• Wellington
Scoop: Does your dog
want to be a star? Dog auditions
for ‘Annie’ next month
- Continue
reading...
• The New Zealand
Herald: Want to be
Annie? The line starts here ...:
A new article on the auditions
for Annie 2014 - Continue
reading...
• Annie Official:
Visit the Official Website for Annie
in Australia 2014 here...
• Annie Ad:
The new promo commercial for Annie
in New Zealand.
.Su on
TV: Pointless Celebrities
Monday
24th February, 2014
The edition of Pointless
Celebrities Su filmed in
October 2012, alongside Jeffrey
Holland, which originally aired
in August 2013, is being repeated
next weekend on BBC1. The sitcom
special also features duos from Red
Dwarf, Mrs Brown's Boys and
Bread.
The programme will
be available to UK viewers online
at BBC iPlayer post broadcast.
Pointless Celebrities:
BBC1: Sunday 2nd March: 5.15pm
Alexander Armstrong and co-host
Richard Osman present a special
sitcom-themed edition of the quiz
that tests the depths of your
general knowledge, as celebrities
try to come up with the answers
that nobody else could think of.
Featuring Craig Charles and Danny
John-Jules, Brendan O'Carroll and
Jennifer Gibney, Su Pollard and
Jeffrey Holland and Jean Boht and
Nick Conway.
.Su on
TV: Little Robots
Tuesday
11th February, 2014
Little
Robots: CBeebies: Wednesday 19th
February: 8.00am Swings and Roundabouts.
Stop-frame animation about Tiny
and his Little Robot friends, who
create their own world from the
scrapheap on which they find
themselves abandoned. Scary wants
the other Little Robots to make
things fun for him for a change
but gets frustrated when they
build a fence round what they're
building so he can't see.
Starring: Emma Chambers, Martin
Clunes, Lenny Henry, Su Pollard.
.Su
Online News Archive: December
2013
Tuesday
11th February, 2014
Su news for
December/Christmas 2013 has now
been archived. Visit our News
Archive here.
.Su
Newsy Bits & Pieces!
Friday
17th January, 2014
• A
little present for Su Pollard!:
Charlotte Thomson Art &
Illustration posted this
wonderful Su/Peggy art at
Facebook at the beginning of the
year. It was also featured in
Leftlion. Please click here to
view at Facebook... (Thanks to
Charlotte Thomson Art &
Illustration and Ray Sears)
• Nottingham Post:
'It was a blast' – panto
star signs Hoff!: David
Hasselhoff said a fond farewell
to Nottingham yesterday with a
series of Twitter messages. The
star appeared in Peter Pan at the
city's Theatre Royal for the
final time yesterday after
starting the run on December 7.
In a series of messages,
Hasselhoff paid tribute to his
co-stars, Barney Harwood and
Nottingham's own Su Pollard,
saying: "Goodbye to Su.. It
was a blast ...you are one
fantastic thespian!" - Continue
reading...
• Burton Mail:
REVIEW: Peter Pan: A Musical
Adventure by Mellow Dramatics:
The programme carries a message
to Burton theatregoers from
Mellows’ president Su
Pollard, who appeared this panto
season at Theatre Royal,
Nottingham as Mimi the Magical
Mermaid in another version of
Peter Pan - Continue
reading...
• It's in Nottingham:
Festive displays give window into
shopping in Nottingham - Continue
reading...
• Su in Nottingham:
While in Nottingham for six weeks
with Peter Pan Su was
spotted and pictured on Twitter
numerous times. Here's is one of
Su Online's favourites: Su
Pollard has been bowled over by
our Superstars in Maid Marian - View here...
.Nottingham
Post: Theatre Honours Panto Stars
Saturday
11th January, 2014
To mark the Theatre
Royal's best-selling pantomime
ever, Peter Pan stars David
Hasselhoff and Barney Harwood
have been awarded seat
dedications in the auditorium
alongside their co-star,
Nottingham actress Su Pollard.
Su was awarded the theatre's very
first "name a seat"
plaque in June 2008.
Her seat, J17 in the stalls,
bears a brass plaque engraved
with the inscription "Su
Pollard Queen of the Midlands!.
She said: "I just think it's
the most beautiful thing because
at least it means that you're
going to be in the annals of time
for years and years. I was
greatly honoured, of course, with
it being my home town as well,
which is so lovely."
• Continue reading at the Nottingham
Post. There's also
further info on this at the
Theatre Royal's Facebook
page. (Thanks to Mark
Whitney)
.Peter
Pan 2013: Final Weekend
Saturday
11th January, 2014
It's the
final weekend of Peter Pan
at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham,
with the last performances taking
place today at 2.30pm and 7.15pm,
and tomorrow at 1.30pm and
6.00pm.
It's been the theatre's most
successful panto to date and an
incredibly busy and successful
time for Su. We hope you've
enjoyed all the panto related
news and updates posted here over
the last six weeks.Sending best
wishes to Su, David and Barney
for tomorrow's shows.
.Nottingham
Post: Review: 'Relaxed' Peter
Pan, Theatre Royal
Friday
10th January, 2014
The Theatre
Royal’s ‘relaxed’
panto has been dubbed as a great
success for people with
disabilities around Nottingham.
Stars of the show David
Hasselhoff and Su Pollard were
just two of the cast that
performed a special edited
version of this year’s Peter
Pan.
The performance was put on for
people with a range of
disabilities, including autism.
“The show went really well
and we’re really pleased
with how it all turned out,”
says Caroline Pope, the
theatre’s education officer.
A short
interview clip of Su chatting to
the Nottingham Post.
.Su
& Mark in Nottingham
Friday
10th January, 2014
Su with
Mark Whitney in Nottingham after
a performance of Peter Pan.
Please click on the photos to
view larger versions. (Thanks to
Mark for the photos)
.Su, Ben
& Luke in Nottingham
Friday
10th January, 2014
Ben and
Luke went to see Peter Pan
again and met Su. Please click on
the photos to view larger
versions. (Thanks to Ben for the
photos)
.BBC
Radio Nottingham: John Holmes /
Su Interview
Wednesday
8th January, 2014
Su guested on John
Holmes Show on 'BBC Radio
Nottingham' on Sunday morning,
choosing her favourite songs and
discussing her career and home
town in a pre-recorded interview
at the Theatre Royal.
Su's interview begins at
approximately 1hr 19m into the
show and is available to listen
to at BBC iPlayer until Sunday.
Listen here.
.Su
& The Hoff Party in
Nottingham
Wednesday
8th January, 2014 •
Thanks to Mark Whitney
Su's pre-Christmas
interview on the Andy Potter
Show on 'BBC Radio Derby' is
now available as a standalone
clip at BBC iPlayer.
Su chats panto, David Hasselhoff,
past Christmases, Shakespeare,
future plans and more. Listen here.
.Nottingham
Post: Everyone Calm Down For
'Relaxed' Hoff & Co
Wednesday
8th January, 2014
The words relaxed
and Su Pollard don't usually sit
together comfortably but the
hyperactive Nottingham actress
will be joining superstar David
Hasseloff and the rest of the
Peter Pan cast for a special
"calm" performance of
the Theatre Royal panto.
Tomorrow's Peter Pan: Relaxed
matinee is for people with a wide
range of disabilities, including
autism.
"Many of them will never
have been to the theatre before,
especially to a panto, because it
can be crazy and a little in your
face," says the theatre's
education officer, Caroline Pope.
Gimme
Gimme Gimme: GOLD: Friday 17th
January: 11.15pm
Gimme Gimme Gimme: GOLD: Saturday
18th January: 1.35am Singing in the Drain.
Series 3, episode 5. Kathy Burke
in the in-your-face comedy with
the hapless flatmates with every
personality flaw going. Linda
finally realises her ambition to
become a model. Starring: Kathy
Burke, James Dreyfus, Brian
Bovell, Beth Goddard, Su Pollard
and Jonathan Harvey. Also airing
on GOLD +1.
.The
Dominion Post: A Mean Mrs
Hannigan - And Loving It
Monday
6th January, 2014
Never work with
children or animals.
It's an old acting adage that Su
Pollard is acutely aware of, yet
more than happy to ignore despite
playing second- fiddle to both in
stage musical Annie.
She plays one of the villains of
the piece, Miss Hannigan, an
orphanage matron, who prefers
alcoholic beverages to the
children (like the eponymous
mop-haired poppet) she is charged
with.
And yet rather than being like
her character - bitter - Su
Pollard's enthusiasm is
infectious. It's certainly hard
not to be upbeat after speaking
to the still bubbly 64-year-old,
whether it is on the topic of
getting into character, her
beloved Nottingham Forest (who
she hopes will be celebrating
promotion to the Premier League
in 2014), or earlier visits to
New Zealand.
.Newark
Advertiser: Mermaid Role Marks
Su’s 40th Anniversary
Monday
6th January, 2014
Television and stage
favourite Su Pollard is marking
her 40th anniversary in
showbusiness by performing in the
panto, Peter Pan, in her home
city. Su, who was born in
Nottingham, plays Mimi The
Magical Mermaid at the Theatre
Royal, alongside David Hasselhoff
as Captain Hook and Barney
Harwood as Peter Pan until
January 12.
Su, pictured right, said: “I
could not have wished for a
better place to perform to mark
my milestone. Nottingham has a
special place in my heart because
this is where my career began.
“I started acting at the
Arts Theatre before making my
television debut on Opportunity
Knocks, coming second to a
singing Jack Russell dog.”
Su became a household name after
winning the role of chalet maid
Peggy Ollerenshaw in Hi-de-Hi!
She also starred in You Rang,
M’Lord? and Oh, Doctor
Beeching!
.Nottingham
Post: Nottingham Icon, Su
Pollard, Reflects On 40 Years In
Show Business
Monday
6th January, 2014
She's a national
treasure, our Su. Her career,
spanning 40 years, has embraced
TV comedy, Shakespeare, panto and
the West End and is as colourful
as the look she's rocking today
– a red floral headband and
fluorescent pink leg warmers. The
Nottingham-born entertainer was
just six when she first realised
she could make an audience laugh
at Berridge Infant School in
Hyson Green.
She might have been playing a
mere 'assistant' to Angel Gabriel
in the nativity but Su made a
lasting impression after falling
through the lid of a cardboard
box she was standing on.
"It hadn't been stuck down
properly and my feet went through
the box – I was a bit upset
but, of course, the audience were
killing themselves
laughing," she recalls.
Backstage
with David Hasselhoff and the
panto brigade
Booing and hissing
ex-soap stars and Eighties
musicians has become an integral,
if confusing, part of the
Christmas tradition in the UK. As
a kid, I remember pulling at my
mum's ski-pants to ask who
Sinitta was and why everyone was
so excited to see her perform
next to Cannon and Ball (it was
always Cannon and Ball).
It may seem – thanks to
certain castings – like an
anachronism, but pantomime is as
popular as ever before, with
market leaders Qdos (a pantomime
production company hosting 24
shows this year) anticipating 1.5
million people shouting
"He's behind you" this
season.
So why do we still love panto? Is
it to do with pulling up the
drawbridge on modernity, throwing
away the PC handbook and
stripping everything back to
bawdy basics? To find out, I went
along to the rehearsal of this
year's production of Peter Pan at
Nottingham's Theatre Royal,
starring David Hasselhoff as
Hook, Su Pollard as Mimi the
Magical Mermaid and CBeebies
presenter Barney Harwood as
Peter.
.Su on
TV: You Have Been Watching...
David Croft/Blackpool Big Night
Out
Monday
6th January, 2014
As well as Benidorm
and Gimme Gimme Gimme,
Su also popped up on TV over
Christmas in repeats of You
Have Been Watching... David Croft
and Blackpool Big Night Out.
The latter is available at 'BBC
iPlayer' until Sunday. Click
below to watch.
.Peter
Pan: Newsy Bits & Pieces!
Monday
6th January, 2014
• Scott
Bird Online: Peter Pan
Review: According to the Guinness
Book of World Records, David
Hasselhoff is the most-watched TV
personality of all time.
According to audiences at the
Theatre Royal, he's perhaps the
most popular panto star yet to
tread the boards! Qdos Pantomimes
present a sparkling production of
J.M. Barrie's much loved classic
- the non traditional pantomime
that in recent years has risen in
audience popularity and with
CBBC's Barney Harwood and TV
Goddess Su Pollard also on board,
what is there not to love? - Continue
reading...
• Retford
Times: Tree-mendous gift
for stars: Leading cast members
of this year's Nottingham Theatre
Royal pantomime have been touched
by the magic of Sherwood Forest!
Children's TV favourite Barney
Harwood (Peter Pan),
international icon David
Hasselhoff (Captain Hook) and
home-grown star Su Pollard (Mimi
the Magical Mermaid) are
headlining the production of
Peter Pan at The Theatre Royal in
Nottingham this festive and New
Year season - Continue
reading...
• Pam Reader:
Review of Peter Pan at the
Nottingham Theatre Royal: I love
Peter Pan by J M Barrie, it's one
of my favourite stories from
childhood. I have to admit that
when I saw the opening set of
Peter Pan at the Theatre Royal
Nottingham my heart did give a
little leap of joy. The moment
The children go to bed to sleep
is perfect, right down to the
dog, the arrival of Peter Pan (a
flying masterclass from Barney
Harwood) and the twinkling light
of Tinkerbell flickering in the
doll's house windows during a
game of hide and seek with Peter
- Continue
reading...
• Ripley &
Heanor News: Still
plenty of family fun to be
enjoyed: There is still time to
catch some of the professional
pantomime productions running in
the area... Last, by certainly
not least, is Peter Pan, which
features an all-star cast at
Nottingham’s Theatre Royal -
Continue
reading...
• Melton
Times: Try a Christmas
show cracker: The stars are out
at Nottingham Theatre Royal with
David Hasselhoff, Su Pollard and
Barney Harwood (Blue Peter) in
Peter Pan until January 12.
Tickets on (0115) 989 5555 or
www.trch.co.uk - Continue
reading...
.Happy
New Year
Monday
6th January, 2014
Happy New
Year to all our readers. Wishing
you a great 2014!
The edition of Pointless
Celebrities Su filmed in
October 2012, alongside Jeffrey
Holland, which originally aired
in August 2013, is being repeated
next weekend on BBC1. The sitcom
special also features duos from Red
Dwarf, Mrs Brown's Boys and
Bread.
