COACHING SERVICES

Photo: Kurt Sneddon

"Come to the edge" he said
They said "We are afraid"
"Come to the edge" he said
They came
He pushed them
And they flew.

~ Guillaume Apollinaire
French philosopher

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ACTING: 
Physical, vocal & emotional characterisation; Actions & objectives; 
Character & text analysis; Audition & performance techniques; Text 
interpretation; Shakespeare

DIALECTS:
* AUSTRALIAN: 
Standard, Educated, Broad, Aboriginal Australian, Greek Australian
* UNITED KINGDOM: 
Standard British (RP), Cockney & London Estuary, West Country 
(Gloucester & Somerset), North Country (Liverpool, Manchester, 
Yorkshire & Lancashire), Northeast (Geordie), Irish (Dublin & 
Belfast), Scottish (Glasgow)
* UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 
Standard/General American, New York variants (Brooklyn, Bronx, 
Manhattan, Jewish, Latino), Midwest (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois), New 
England (Boston, New Hampshire), Southern variants (Georgia, 
Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia, Texas), West Coast (California)
* EUROPE AND OTHERS: 
French, German, Italian, Spanish, Puerto Rican, Russian, Polish, 
Indian, South African

VOICE: 
Body & posture work; Breath support & capacity; Sound, resonance 
& vowels; Articulation & consonants; Vocal characterisation; Text 
interpretation; Microphone techniques; Vocal health & stamina
** Voice coaching is available for professional productions & drama 
schools only


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SHAKESPEARE: 
Iambic pentametre; Verse & prose; Sonnets; Speeches & soliloquies; Character & language work; Audition & performance preparation

CORPORATE VOICE & PRESENTATION SKILLS: 
Posture & body language; Confident presence & communication; Vocal colour & motivation; Pace, pitch and passion; Text interpretation & performance; Microphone techniques; Script writing & editing; Ad-libbing during live telecast; Crowd motivation for major events; Voice-overs; Vocal health & stamina; Voice maintenance for interstate or overseas presentations

LANGUAGES: 
Foreign languages coaching is predominantly offered for contracted work on a professional production. Actors, singers and dancers have been coached to speak in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Hungarian and Yiddish for productions including West Side Story, Chicago, Tuesdays with Morrie, Brooklyn Boy, Navigating Flinders, Altar Boyz and the Clint Eastwood film J. Edgar. 
* Performers preparing an audition, callback or specific role that requires you to speak in a foreign language are welcome to enquire about assistance through the Contact Form. This service is subject to availability, the language required and amount of text to be spoken.