Verity Hunt-Ballard
Verity graduated from WAAPA in 2003. Her theatrical credits include:
Jersey Boys,
The Rocky Horror Show,
Virgins (The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Malthouse Theatre),
After the Beep,
Oklahoma, South Pacific, Eureka, and
Metro Street, (The State Theatre Company of South Australia). Verity performed alongside Andrew Lippa in his Masterclass at The Adelaide Cabaret Festival, with improvisation spectacular -
Spontaneous Broadway, and in sell-out cabaret Moments Of Breathtaking Stupidity. Verity is featured on Eddie Perfect's recording
Drink Pepsi Bitch. Her screen credits include:
Comedy Inc.,
G.M.A.,
Mornings With Kerri-Anne,
Countdown and
The Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala. In 2009 Verity won a Theatre Critics Award for Best Female Performance for her role in Metro Street and this year received the Green Room Award for Female Artist - Leading Role and the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical for her performance of Mary Poppins.
Matt Lee
Matt Lee is an Australian dance personality who first began his dance career at the age of five, training in every aspect of the performing arts. He has since gone on to star in some of Australia's favourite stage shows and become a respected choreographer. Matt's stage credits include major roles in Miss Saigon, We Will Rock You, Hugh Jackman's The Boy from Oz, Rent, The Witches Of Eastwick, Oh' What A Night, Grease, Dein Perry's Steel City, Hot Shoe Shuffle and the Australian Opera production of Rags. Matt is the motion capture principal in the Oscar-winning animated feature Happy Feet. Matt was a permanent member of the judging panel, as well as choreographer, of the Logie Award winning series So You Think You Can Dance for Network Ten, which earned him a 2009 Logie Nomination for Most Popular New Talent. His other screen credits include the major role of Jonno in the multiple AFI winning feature film Bootmen and a guest role in the Channel 7 series Home & Away.
Matt is widely recognised as a choreographer for his work with Hilary Duff, Human Nature, Guy Sebastian, Marcia Hines, and Christine Anu. In 2000, working as Choreographer with Australian pop group sister2sister, Matt toured worldwide supporting Pop Princess Britney Spears on her Oops I Did It Again tour. Matt choreographed the opening of the 2010 Logie Awards with six time ARIA award winner Gabriella Cilmi. Matt won the 2011 Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Musical for his performance of Bert in Mary Poppins, a role he is thrilled to be playing in such an iconic production.
Simon Burke
One of Australia's most accomplished, respected and versatile performers, Simon began his career at the age of 13 when he starred in Fred Schepisi's acclaimed feature film
The Devil's Playground for which he won the AFI Award for Best Actor. Since then he has enjoyed great success both in Australia and the UK in film, television, stage, concert appearances and cabaret. In 2007 Simon travelled to the UK to star as Captain von Trapp opposite Connie Fisher in Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of
The Sound of Music at the London Palladium. He went on to appear as Joe in
When The Rain Stops Falling at the Almeida Theatre, starred as Georges opposite John Barrowman's Albin in
La Cage Aux Folles at the Playhouse Theatre, London, and in the West End premiere of
Holding The Man at the Trafalgar Studios as well as reprising his role in
The Sound of Music at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre. Earlier UK theatre credits include Carl-Magnus in
A Little Night Music at the (Royal National Theatre, Raoul in
Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty's Theatre), Leonardo in
Leonardo -
A Portrait of Love (Old Fire Station Oxford) Cliff in
Cabaret (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield) Steve in
Jeffrey (Greenwich Theatre) and
The Life of the World to Come (Almeida Theatre).
Australian musical theatre credits include Marius in the original Australian cast of
Les Miserables, Vernon in
They're Playing Our Song, Harry in
Company, Billy Flynn in
Chicago, Whizzer in
Falsettos (nominated Best Musical Performance Sydney Theatre Critics' Circle Awards), Dexter in
High Society, Burrs in
The Wild Party, George Puttnam in
Take Flight and Billy Crocker in
Anything Goes for which he received the Green Room Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Sydney Theatre Company productions include
Jonah Jones,
The Herbal Bed,
She Stoops to Conquer,
Mr Kolpert and the world premiere of
Up For Grabs. Simon played Mason Marzac in the Australian premiere of
Take Me Out for the Melbourne Theatre Company and starred in the world premieres of
October and
Satango for Griffin Theatre Company. He created the role of Francis Bacon in Stephen Sewell's acclaimed
Three Furies directed by Jim Sharman for 2005 Sydney Festival, 2006 Perth and Adelaide Festivals (nominated Best Actor Sydney Theatre Awards 2006). Simon's many television credits include
Hustle, Rescue: Special Ops, The Alice, All Saints, Small Claims III, Thank God You're Here, South Pacific, Brides of Christ, Scales of Justice, Water Rats, Danielle Steele's The Ring, The One That Got Away, Heroes Mountain, After the Deluge, Grass Roots, Preservation and Postcard Bandit, and his 23-year stint as one of the most popular presenters on ABC TV's
Play School. In 2006 he hosted his own television variety series
Studio A With Simon Burke on Australia's FOXTEL network. Feature films include
Passion, Pitch Black, and
Travelling Light. From their inauguration in 2001 until 2006 Simon hosted and co-wrote the
Helpmann Awards - honouring excellence in live performance in Australia. In January 2009 Simon was thrilled to make his debut at Carnegie Hall, where he hosted and performed in a gala concert
AUSTRALIA PLAYS BROADWAY. His first solo album
Something About Always, which he co-produced with Musical Director Daniel Edmonds, was released in 2009. His new solo show, also titled Something About Always, had its world premiere at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival June 2011. Current Federal President of Actors Equity. Proud Member since 1974.
Pippa Grandison
Featuring on Channel Nine's Underbelly Razor, Pippa's other recent career highlights include Small Time Gangster for Boiler Maker Burburry Entertainment and the role of Elphaba for the Sydney season of Broadway smash hit Wicked, for Gordon Frost Organisation.
In music theatre Pippa has also starred in Kookaburra's production of Company, Michael Coppel's We Will Rock You, The Production Company's The Pajama Game, Jacobsen Entertainment's The Witches of Eastwick, The Ensemble's production of Mary Bryant, Sydney Theatre Company's Into the Woods, and A Little Night Music. Other theatre credits include Bell Shakespeare's Just Macbeth, which played at Sydney Opera House and Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010, STC's Waikiki Hip and Black Rock, Company B's The Threepenny Opera, Company B and Hair of the Dog's production of The Misanthrope and The Vagina Monologues by BCHM.
Her television credits include: Magical Tales, All Saints, Balmain Boys, South Pacific, Twisted Tales, Water Rats, E Street, GP, Brides of Christ, Golden Fiddles, A Country Practice, and Come in Spinner. Pippa has also appeared in features films such as: Mr Accident, A Change of Heart, Hotel de Love, Dating the Enemy, Muriel's Wedding, and Over the Hill.
JOLLY HOLIDAY FAMILY PICNIC BASKETÂ Â |Â Â $45
Perfect for four, your family will love the beautiful wicker picnic basket filled with mouth-watering goodies including gourmet chicken pieces, a scrumptious selection of salads and crusty bread rolls. Topped off with goodies such as chocolate brownies, mini cupcakes and fresh summer fruit, happiness will be bloomin' all around.
Enjoy a splendid summer lunch or dinner before your performance with your Jolly Holiday Family Picnic Basket.
PRACTICALLY PERFECT PICNIC BASKETÂ Â |Â Â $33
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Relax before your performance and enjoy lunch or dinner with your Practically Perfect Picnic Basket.Â
Numbers are limited, so sweep in quickly and order your picnic today! If you are purchasing tickets to Mary Poppins, you can add a Picnic Basket to your booking after you've selected your seats. You can also order picnic baskets here.
- Drinks available for separate purchase include Emma & Toms Juice, Mineral h2o, Soft Drinks, Wine and Beer
- Price includes the hire of your picnic basket and blanket