Barbara pollard biography
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Career Bio
Barbara has a long and varied career, starting at a very early age and working with some of the finest talent in the world .
Barbara has just finished her first draft of a new play Mothering Son (working title) and has participated in the Wet Ink Collective writing workshops.
Most recently Barbara played Mrs. Higgins in the RCMT production of My Fair Lady: April 2015. Earlier in the year, she was Ouiser Boudreax in Peninsula Productions Steel Magnolias.
Barbara has only recently started doing musicals again. The Music Man (Widdow Paroo) with TUTS, The Spitfire Grill (Hannah Fergusson) at Pacific Theatre, Yente in Fiddler on the Roof at Gateway Theatre; all in the past four years.
Her first professional performance was in Theatre Calgary’s production of Taming of the Shrew (with Frances Hyland -and Michel Ball)
Co-author/creator/actor: Mom’s the Word, Mom’s the Word II: Unhinged, Mom’s the Word: For Crying Out Loud, (Remixed) three original plays which enjoyed years of sold out houses in Canada, and proved immensely popular around the world most notably at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Just for Laughs Comedy Festival Montreal 2001/2009. Productions of the show have been mounted in Mexico, Israel, France, S
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Bio
Barbara is a 30 year veteran who divides her time equally between film and theatre: the classics and contemporary works; writing and performing; musicals and plays. This past year she starred in two Hallmark MOVs: Harvest Moon and My Better Half; filmed the web series Mom and Me with her brilliant daughter directing; is working on the TV series Super-natural, and is about to head into rehearsals for Billy Elliot. Recent musical theatre credits include My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, and The Spitfire Grill. She was part of the Bard on the Beach company as Gertrude in their sold-out production of Hamlet and, conversely, in Jeeves Intervenes on Vancouver Island.
She is busy working on her own scripts, living by the beach and enjoying all life has to offer. Her two adult children provide her with great pride, constant entertainment and are an endless source of material. She salutes all moms, especially the hardy souls around the world who run naked after her infant son in front of thousands of laughing fans. Storytelling, laughter sharing mums : I salute you!