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4. Lockdown learnings with Laura Patch: a light-hearted look at acting and home-schooling in the pandemic

4. Lockdown learnings with Laura Patch: a light-hearted look at acting and home-schooling in the pandemic

Update: 2021-03-22

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Laura Patch

Helen Prince talks to Laura Patch about who and what inspired her to pursue a career in acting. Laura discusses how a broad vocabulary range helps her develop the characters she plays. They also chat about some of the challenges faced by parents during home schooling (peppered with amusing anecdotes from the village WhatsApp group!).

Laura Patch is a British comedy actor and mum to three young boys.

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4. Lockdown learnings with Laura Patch: a light-hearted look at acting and home-schooling in the pandemic

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