Dolly Parton Holly Dolly Christmas Sweatshirt

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Dolly Parton Holly Dolly Christmas Sweatshirt

Dolly Parton Holly Dolly Christmas Sweatshirt

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It isn’t just the star Bathurst who has a solid stage pedigree. Olivier award-winner George Maguire (Sunny Afternoon, in which he played Dave Davies of the Kinks) is also involved, appearing as both Cratchit and Marley, while The Bodyguard and The Lion King’s Carole Stennett is the Ghost of Christmas Past. “They’re an extraordinary bunch of West End actors – and they just all wanted to be in a Dolly show,” says Pollard, who is also keen to sing the praises of the six young actors who share the role of Tiny Tim. Not everyone has supported LadBaby’s chart success as they’ve been met with a host of criticism over the years, with some feeling that other charity singles or classic Christmas songs also deserved the number one. A one-night-only introductory appearance at the 2019 world premiere in Boston, replete in a red-and-white Mrs Claus-style outfit, might lead some to hope for a surprise cameo from Parton during the show’s month-long London run. Pollard is giddy at the thought of a one-on-one with the boss she has still never met. “Touch wood it might happen, but I’m sure I’d actually just be speechless if it did,” she says. I think my kids are just really excited about Santa coming,’ Rox laughed, while Mark added: ‘I don’t think our kids have ever cared.’

Rox also said: ‘That’s why it’s good to go for a charity because the amount of eyes they get on them – we meet the people whose lives it changes and it’s really important for charities to do that.’ Since securing the role, Bathurst has become fascinated with Parton, recently writing an article on her achievements for the Oldie. “I was always aware of the big hits, but I didn’t really know her story,” he says. Cue a near-obsessive period of research and a newfound respect for the country hitmaker and her seven-decade showbiz career. Bathurst took particular interest in her early work, namely Parton’s debut album, 1967’s Hello, I’m Dolly. It featured her first successful single, Dumb Blonde, but Bathurst found himself much more taken with the vindictive I Don’t Want to Throw Rice. “It has some incredibly violent lyrics,” he says gleefully of the song, which sees Parton cheerfully threatening her love rival, who is marrying the object of her affections. The tunes in the show are gorgeous. They gave me goosebumps when I first heard them Alison Pollard, director He added: ‘There are so many charities that deserve that spotlight. That level of exposure for a charity is unmatched.’ Bathurst has a string of theatre roles to his name, but he is the first to admit that Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol is a new challenge. “It’s unlike anything I’ve ever done before, and I really liked the idea of that,” he says of his first-ever musical role. So how much on-stage dance experience does Bathurst actually have? “Precisely nil,” he admits. “But that’s what I love about the whole project. It’s a completely left-field, exciting and odd thing for me to do.” It marks Bathurst’s first festive acting gig since the late 1970s, when he was studying law at Cambridge’s Pembroke College and appeared as Widow Twankey in a Footlights production of Aladdin. “I was also a shepherd at my convent school nativity in Ireland,” he adds. “But I remember feeling rather underemployed in that role”. Recalling the extraordinary memory, Mark quipped: ‘It’s quite a moment when you’ve just come out of Sainsbury’s doing your Christmas shopping and you get a phone call from Elton John. It’s a beautiful moment and it’s moments like that we’ll remember for the rest of our lives because it’s not every day those things happen.’The biggest misconception the couple want to set the record straight on (aside from Mark’s height – he’s a staggering 6ft8in) is that they were in it for the money all along. Rox then dished: ‘Elton rang Mark’s phone when he was in the car park once. That was amazing. He’s lovely and was like, “Amazing what you’ve done, congratulations”. That was really lovely, they’re good people.’

She’s going to be on The One Show dialling in on Zoom,” reveals Bathurst. “But if she turns up, it would be a great treat. Of course, we’d love to see her.” We’re always in touch with Ed, he invited us to his show last year. I’m always messaging him asking, “Are you doing a Christmas song this year? Let me hear it!”’ Mark revealed. Scrooge rules that mine with an iron fist, as well as the general store – vividly rendered in Scott Davis’s timber-framed set. A moustachioed Robert Bathurst supplies a brusque capitalist-fanatic who considers charity to be “un-American”. Parton’s lyrics contain an accusatory line comparing his cold heart to an incoming blizzard, but otherwise she’s in devout mode, her gospel-tinged country songs (most written for the show) proclaiming Christmas a time for faith and family. That, in itself, feels like a radical act.

A couple of years ago when we were in the studio doing one of our other songs, we were all talking about Mariah Carey and we rewrote All I Want For Christmas to All I Want For Christmas Is Sausage Rolls and we wrote the whole thing in 10 minutes which was the funniest thing ever. Our youngest son Kobe just refuses to eat sausage rolls – we’ve done all these songs about sausage rolls and he doesn’t like them which is very funny! You’ll always see him trying to eat one and then turning it down.’ LadBaby may not be releasing a single this year but they are still working with the Trussell Trust, having just released their latest Greg the Sausage Roll children’s book 12 Days of Christmas, while they have also teamed up with Pukka to release a Christmas Dinner Pie which, quite frankly, sounds like a dream. Of course, proceeds go towards the charity they have worked with for five years. What I think is very funny is, before we started doing the Christmas number ones, the number ones before us were mainly what popular songs were in the charts at the time. I think what’s lovely about part of the journey we’ve done is, if we can get the Christmas number one, then anyone can,’ Mark explained.

So, not this year but Mariah, if you ever want a LadBaby All I Want For Christmas Is Sausage Rolls, we’re ready and welcome.’ It’s fair to say one of the highlights of LadBaby’s career was collaborating with Sir Elton and Sheeran on Sausage Rolls For Everyone in 2021. Not only did they get a song out of the music icons, but Rox and Mark have managed to stay friends with the pair. There’s always this false narrative that goes around that we’ve somehow taken this money from charity and it’s just not true,’ Mark stated.Mark and Rox haven’t shut the door on returning to music one day and, if they do, there’s only one person who they’re interested in collaborating with next.



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