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It's a jolly holiday with Verity
We caught up with Australia’s own Mary Poppins, Verity Hunt-Ballard, after a successful Melbourne season and ahead of tonight’s opening in Sydney’s Capitol Theatre.
Verity, how helpful was it to you in playing this role that you had previous nannying experience?
As an actor all of your life experience contributes to a role you portray! I’ve always been a lover of children, and that experience certainly taught me an incredible lesson in patience when you are looking after children, and taught me about the fragility and the influence you can have on children. It’s an incredible privilege to be welcomed in to somebody else’s home like that.
So basically you’re method acting.
[Laughs] I approach all my roles in some sort of truthful way. I always take a part of myself and try and express it on stage. The audience really shouldn’t tell the difference between the character and the actor.
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