Sherrie Hewson Interview: Nottingham Audiences
Title
Sherrie Hewson Interview: Nottingham Audiences
Date
11 January 2018
Description
Oral history interview with Sherrie Hewson, star of 2017 Pantomime 'Beauty and the Beast' and Nottingham born and bred.
What's the story?
Sherrie Hewson is one of our most well-known actors and presenters. Her TV work includes roles on Coronation Street, Crossroads, Emmerdale and Benidorm.
She has been a panellist on lunchtime chat show Loose Women and in 2015, she came sixth place in Celebrity Big Brother.
Sherrie was born in Nottingham growing up in Burton Joyce in a show-business family. Her father was a singer and her mother was a model. She began performing at the age of six, touring the UK's theatres in revues and later was granted a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
In this interview she describes Nottingham audiences:
Nottingham audiences are supposed to be very tough, really tough. I think the toughest is Glasgow, that’s the one that’s known and I think there’s another one and it might be Up North somewhere. But Nottingham is supposed to be the toughest, so if they’re going to react badly, they will react badly. They will not suffer fools.
So anything where you get a good reaction, you know it’s good because they’ll tell you it’s good. And if it’s not, they’ll tell you. They’re very up front here. If you’re in a panto, say, a bit further South, to get them to join in is really hard, you know, to shout back. But here, I’ve only got to say “right, come on Nottingham, my home town”, and they go mad! Which is fabulous, but they are tough. They won’t suffer fools and therefore, you’ll never get away with a bad show, mediocre show: you’ve got to be tiptop to work in Nottingham.
She has been a panellist on lunchtime chat show Loose Women and in 2015, she came sixth place in Celebrity Big Brother.
Sherrie was born in Nottingham growing up in Burton Joyce in a show-business family. Her father was a singer and her mother was a model. She began performing at the age of six, touring the UK's theatres in revues and later was granted a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
In this interview she describes Nottingham audiences:
Nottingham audiences are supposed to be very tough, really tough. I think the toughest is Glasgow, that’s the one that’s known and I think there’s another one and it might be Up North somewhere. But Nottingham is supposed to be the toughest, so if they’re going to react badly, they will react badly. They will not suffer fools.
So anything where you get a good reaction, you know it’s good because they’ll tell you it’s good. And if it’s not, they’ll tell you. They’re very up front here. If you’re in a panto, say, a bit further South, to get them to join in is really hard, you know, to shout back. But here, I’ve only got to say “right, come on Nottingham, my home town”, and they go mad! Which is fabulous, but they are tough. They won’t suffer fools and therefore, you’ll never get away with a bad show, mediocre show: you’ve got to be tiptop to work in Nottingham.
Type
Oral interview
Location of item
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall
Rights
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall
Contributor
Interviewers: Jennifer Sherwood & Diane Jones
Transcriber: David Chilton
Transcriber: David Chilton
