 Su was
interviewed in Stoke On Trent's newspaper
The Sentinel last week. Trying to get a word in edgeways
when talking to Su Pollard is like trying
to stop an avalanche with a small plastic
fork.
This
woman produces more words per second than
the rest of the world combined and you
feel sure that somewhere is a cable
plugging her into the National Grid.
But it
is an energy she certainly needs for her
current role as Ruth in Pirates Of
Penzance, which plays at Hanley's
Regent Theatre next week, with Gary
Wilmot as her co star.
"It's
a fabulous part in a fabulous show",
she says. "I get a great cossie -
big boots, big belt. The director said to
me, 'are you sure it's not going home
with you?'. I love it to bits. Look out
for me wearing it."
One
thing's for sure, this is not your
traditional representation of Gilbert and
Sullivan.
"The
show's all tongue-in-cheek. Much more
sexy than D'Oyly Carte. They're all
gagging for it. The girls, the pirates,
me. It's such a laugh. Real rollicking
entertainment. But the music is as
Sullivan wrote it. We're all good singers."
It
sounds the perfect manic role for Su who
made her name as the ever-eager but
forever-disappointed Peggy in Hi De Hi,
but whose first TV experience was as a
runner up to a singing dog on Opportunity
Knocks.
But Su's
still rabbiting about The Pirates Of
Penzance.
"You
should see Gary Wilmot. He's got these
great leather trousers. It's down to them
that he's got his own fanclub. And they're
not all nubile young girls. There's mums
and matrons and grannies. And lots of
kids. The kids love the show. It's like
panto."
Su has
lost a stone during the run of Pirates
Of Penzance - quite handy since she
recently made a video called 'Sensible
Slimming'.
"It's
so energetic", she says "But I
just love it. And I love touring. I get
to stay in nice hotels and I have a
really good time. I like to talk to the
other guests."
I can
well believe it.
John
Woodhouse
|
On Friday 7th
December BBC 1 (9.30pm rest of UK - 10.35pm
in Scotland) viewer's will perhaps think
they are seeing double if they happen to
be watching episode five of the third
series of Gimme Gimme Gimme. 
Su continues to
play Ruth the pirate maid around Britain
in the hugely successful musical The
Pirates Of Penzance. This week Su and
company are in Leicester, at the De
Monfort Hall and from next Monday (3rd
December) they will be appearing at the
Milton Keynes Theatre. 
Stuck for a
festive treat for the Su fan in your life?
Why not brighten up their Christmas by
giving them one of these Su related items: 
Jackanory :
Raging Robots And Unruly Uncles 
Hi-De-Hi! :
UK Gold 
Don't forget Su
will very soon (well, the 13th December
actually) be heading for the North Wales
Theatre, Llandudno to star in Dick
Whittington. Alongside Su will be Paul
Danan alias "Sol Patrick" from
Hollyoaks as the Captain's Mate. 
Su has been in
Glasgow all this week, continuing with
her starring role in The Pirates Of
Penzance. The Theatre Royal in
Glasgow City Centre is the venue, and on
Saturday (3rd November) two performances
will close the Glasgow run. 
The Stage
newspaper has reviewed Pirates Of
Penzance at the Regent's Park Open Air
Theatre. 