Why I . . . perform

Maria Waters enjoys building connections with people. As a GP partner at Elthorne Park Surgery, a busy urban practice in Ealing, London, she says, “I love being able to connect with patients, and to be of service to them. It’s a real privilege.”She feels that same connection with people when she performs on stage. “I love that moment when you know you’ve connected with the audience.“Whether it’s a complicated monologue or a tricky Sondheim song, when an audience recognises something in your performance that relates to their own lives, that’s when you know you’ve connected with them. And that moment is magic—the ‘sweet spot’ of performing. There’s nothing like it,” she says.Over the years, Waters has had many of these magical moments, with leading roles in musicals such as West Side Story, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, and in classic plays like Abigail’s Party and Lady Windermere’s Fan. She has been the…
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