Hi-de-Hi star Su Pollard will be showing her very wicked side in panto this year.

The star of the classic BBC show, will play the Wicked Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – and she plans to be as wicked as possible.

“I’m never scared to be evil,” she said. “I love the Wicked Queen. I love the ‘evility’ – it is the fun element. But my character is wicked with a twinkle.”

“But I am absolutely acting. I’m very mean to Snow White. I love it when the children cry – I think I have done my job.

“When they see me afterwards, they don’t know whether to be excited or scared..”

“I do panto every year and I love it. I did my first when I was about 18. You’ve got to have the longevity before you can be a Wicked Queen – you can’t look as if you’re 17.”

Su played loveable Maplins chalet maid Peggy Ollerenshaw in Hi-de-Hi back in the 1980s, and still keeps up with her pals from the cast.

“I see my friends from Hi-de-Hi regularly, especially Ruth Madoc. We all get on so well. We were very lucky that we had a great time with Hi-de-Hi.”

Despite being in her 60s, Su has no intention of taking off her acting hat any day soon.
“It isn’t just a job for me. I have got a passion for it. If you haven’t got the enthusiasm you’ve got to give up, but I still have,” she said.

The show is produced by UK Productions, whicho produced last year’s last year’s show Cinderella in Tunbridge Wells.

Martin Dodd from the company said: “Su’s a whirlwind on stage. She’s full of energy.”

Su will be joined by Jamie Rickers, a familiar face to young viewers of CiTV and Nickelodeon, and Jamie Steen as the over-the-top Nursie with Millie Booth as Snow White and Chris Warner Drake as Prince Charming.

DETAILS

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will be at the Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells, from Friday, December 9, to Monday, January 2. Tickets cost £18 on opening night, with other performances from £23 and, children from £13.

For details, visit assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk or call 01892 530613.