WAR MACHINE: Lionsgate Films, dir. Patrick Hughes - Pre-production Dialect Coach (US accents) MORTAL KOMBAT 2: Warner Bros, dir. Simon McQuoid - ADR Dialogue Coach (English language clarity) SMASHING: Zoic Films, dir. Juliet Darling - Dialogue Coaching (English language clarity) DIRTY BOY: DB Films, dir. Doug Rao - Dialect Coach to Susie Porter (US accent) BALI 2002: Stan, dir. Peter Andrikidis & Katrina Irawati Graham - Dialect Coach to Rachel Griffiths (Dr Fiona Wood's real voice & mixed Australian/Yorkshire accent) WHEN LOVE SPRINGS: Hallmark TV movie, dir. Jo-Anne Brenchin - Dialect Coach to Callan Colley (US accent) CARMEN: Goalpost Pictures, dir. Benjamin Millepied - Dialect Coach (Melissa Barrera: Mexican / varying cast: US accents & Spanish language) STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS: CBS - Pre-production Dialect Coach to Jess Bush (US accent) PIECES OF HER: Netflix - Dialect Coach to David Wenham, Nicholas Burton & Ewen Leslie (US accents) SERIOUSLY RED: Dollhouse Pictures, dir. Gracie Otto - Dialect Coach to Krew Boylan (Dolly Parton's real voice & Tennessee accent) JOE VS. CAROLE: Stan - Dialect Coach to David Wenham (Don Lewis' real Florida accent) GOLD: Rogue Star, dir. Anthony Hayes - ADR Dialect Coach to Anthony Hayes (US accent) MORTAL KOMBAT: Warner Bros, dir. Simon McQuoid - ADR Voice & Dialect Coach (Tadanobu Asano: English clarity / varying cast: US accents) STATELESS: Dirty Films/Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton/Matchbox Pictures, dir. Emma Freeman & Jocelyn Moorhouse - Dialect Coach (Yvonne Strahovski: German mix / varying cast: German accents) I AM WOMAN: Goalpost Pictures, dir. Unjoo Moon - Pre-production & On Set Dialect Coach (Danielle MacDonald: Lillian Roxon's real voice & accent / all supporting cast: US accents) STANDING UP FOR SUNNY: dir. Steve Vidler - Voice Coach to Philippa Northeast WONDER PARK: Paramount Pictures, animation - ADR Dialect Coach, Australia (Coaching radio stars Fitzy & Wippa to revoice US characters into Australian accents) TOP END WEDDING: Goalpost Pictures, dir. Wayne Blair - Dialect Coach to Huw Higginson (Australian accent for British actor) A PLACE TO CALL HOME (Season 6): dir. Jeremy Sims - Dialect Coach to Maya Stange (1950s RP/British) MR INBETWEEN: dir. Nash Edgerton - Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman (Italian/Australian) THE NIGHTINGALE: dir. Jennifer Kent - Pre-production Dialect Coach to Michael Sheasby (Irish) OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN: HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU: Dialect Coach to Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (John Easterling's real voice & North Carolina accent) PETER RABBIT: Sony Pictures, dir. Will Gluck - Pre-production & On Set Dialect Coach (Rose Byrne & Domhnall Gleeson: Modern London / Sam Neill: Scottish / Elizabeth Debicki: British accent & animation voice / Damon Herriman: Cockney accent & animation voice / all supporting cast: regional UK accents) CARGO: Causeway Films, dir. Ben Howling & Yolanda Ramke - ADR Dialogue Coach (English clarity) JUNGLE: dir. Greg McLean, Dialect Coach to Angie Milliken (Polish) PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES: Dialect Coach to Travis Jeffery (British) HOUSE OF BOND: CJZ Productions & Channel 9 - Dialect Coach to Anne Looby (London accent) IRON FIST: Marvel Television - Dialect Coach to David Wenham (US accent) JASPER JONES: Porchlight Films, dir. Rachel Perkins - ADR Dialogue Coach (English clarity) GHOST (Short film): Dialect Coach to Travis Jeffery (Cheshire, Northwest England) JOE CINQUE'S CONSOLATION: Consolation Productions, dir. Sotiris Dounoukos - Dialogue Coach MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS: dir. Paul Duddridge & Nigel Levy, Dialect Coach to Luke Mitchell (London) HOUSE OF HANCOCK: CJZ Productions & Channel 9 - Dialect Coach to David Campbell (Canadian) THE WATER DIVINER: dir. Russell Crowe - Dialect Coach (Damon Herriman: Southern Irish / Benedict Hardie: New Zealand accent) IT'S A DATE: ABC TV, dir. Peter Helliar - Dialect Coach to Amber Clayton (Swedish accent) UNBROKEN: dir. Angelina Jolie - Pre-production Dialect Coach to Travis Jeffery (Scottish accent) THE OUTLAW MICHAEL HOWE: Cordell Jigsaw Productions, dir. Brendan Cowell - Dialect Coach (Damon Herriman: Yorkshire accent / Darren Gilshenan: Devonshire accent) WE ARE MEN: CBS Television - Dialect Coach to Rebecca Breeds (US accent) PACKED TO THE RAFTERS (Season 5): Seven Network - Dialect Coach to Lauren Clair (Modern London accent) J. EDGAR: dir. Clint Eastwood, Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman (Bruno Hauptmann's real mixed German-American accent) MENTAL: dir. PJ Hogan - Pre-production Dialect Coach to Caroline Goodall (Australian accent for British actor) BIKIE WARS: Screentime/Channel 10, dir. Peter Andrikidis - Dialect Coach to Matt Nable (Scottish accent) THE HUNTER: Porchlight Films, dir. Daniel Nettheim - ADR Dialect Coach UNDERBELLY: AFFC/Nine Network - Dialect Coach to Lieschen Pogue (Russian accent) DARWIN'S BRAVE NEW WORLD: Ferns Productions/ABC TV - Dialect Coach to Socratis Otto as Charles Darwin (Received Pronunciation/British accent) PACKED TO THE RAFTERS (Pilot): Seven Network - On Set Dialect Coach to Zoe Ventoura (London accent)
RBG: OF MANY, ONE: Australian tour of one-woman play (2022-2024), dir. Priscilla Jackman - Dialect & Voice Coach for Heather Mitchell in 30 roles (all real people):
Voices/accents/physicality coached: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (from 13-87 years old); former Presidents Clinton, Obama and Trump; five Supreme Court Justices including Nino Scalia and Sandra O'Connor; 1950s Harvard students & professors; and more. All accents were of real people from America including New York Brooklyn Jewish, New Jersey Italian, Arkansas and Texas.
Coaching included: replicating voices of real people, ageing the voice up/down, gender voice shifts, character physicalities & body language, fast voice/accent/body shifts between characters, and training the tour understudy Lucy Bell for 6 months.
JULIA: Australian tour (2023-2024), dir. Sarah Goodes - Dialect & Voice Coach for Justine Clarke in over 15 roles (all real people):
Voices/accents/physicality coached: former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (from 8-51 years old), her Welsh parents, Australian & Welsh neighbours, multiple journalists' voices, politicians, radio hosts and coaching Julia Gillard's verbatim 15 minute 'misogyny speech'.
Coaching included: phonetically transcribing Gillard's dialect and full 'misogyny speech', replicating voices of real people, ageing voice up/down, gender voice shifts, character physicalities & body language, fast voice/accent/body shifts between characters, and training the tour understudy Caroline Craig for 5 months.
ON THE BEACH: dir. Kip Williams - Dialect, Voice & Text Coach (US & Australian accents)
STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE: Australian tour, dir. Kip Williams - Dialect, Voice & Text Coach (support for casts' return seasons - varying regional British accents)
A RAISIN IN THE SUN: dir. Wesley Enoch - Voice Coach (vocal technique & clarity support)
THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL: dir. Jessica Arthur - Voice & Text Coach
TOP COAT: dir. Courtney Stewart - Voice & Dialect Coach (UK & Australian accents)
ALL MY SONS: dir. Kip Williams - Voice & Dialect Coach (support for cast - varying US accents)
TOT MOM: dir. Steven Soderbergh - Dialect Coach (50 varying regional US accents & voices - all real people)
TRUE WEST: dir. Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Pre-production Dialect Coach (Midwest US accent)
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY: co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, dir. Anna D. Shapiro - Dialect & Voice Coach to Understudies (Oklahoma/US Great Plains accent & affected speech due to substances)
THE WHARF REVUE (2014): Dialect coach to Phil Scott (as Anthony Albanese/George Brandis)
MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY
SOLOMON AND MARION: dir. Pamela Rabe - Dialect Coach (Gillian Jones: South African accent)
GHOSTS: dir. Gale Edwards - Pre-production Dialect Coach to Pip Edwards (French accent & language)
BELVOIR STREET THEATRE
THE DROVER'S WIFE: dir. Leticia Cáceres - Dialect, Voice & Text Coach (1890s Australian, London, Scottish & Irish accents)
MORTIDO: dir. Leticia Cáceres - Dialect Coach (Educated & Broad Australian, Greek-Australian, Serbian, German accent, German language & affected speech due to substances)
MY BRILLIANT CAREER: dir. Kate Champion - Dialect Coach (Irish & British accents)
THE WOLVES: dir. Jessica Arthur - Dialect Coach (US accent)
BACK AT THE DOJO: dir. Chris Kohn - Dialect Coach (General American & New Jersey accents and male-to-female transgender voice)
STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
GIRLS & BOYS: dir. Mitchell Butel (Adelaide seasons & Sydney Festival season) - Dialect Coach (Justine Clarke: Modern London)
GRIFFIN THEATRE COMPANY
RICE: co-production with Queensland Theatre, dir. Lee Lewis - Dialect Coach (Indian & Russian)
THE SEA PROJECT: dir. Paige Rattray - Dialect & Voice Coach (Polish accent & language)
BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE
WARU - JOURNEY OF THE SMALL TURTLE: dir. Stephen Page - Voice Consultant
ENSEMBLE THEATRE
Over 19 plays coached including DEATH OF A SALESMAN starring Jacki Weaver; THE QUEEN'S NANNY; TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE; RAIN MAN; LADIES IN LAVENDER; THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED; NAVIGATING FLINDERS; LITTLE NELL; THE RUBY SUNRISE; THE SUNSET LIMITED; ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR; LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS; MY WONDERFUL DAY; BROOKLYN BOY; ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER
Dialects coached include: Received Pronunciation/Standard British, Royal Family's accent, Modern London, Estuary, Cockney, Cornwall, Scottish, General American, Californian, New York, New York Jewish, Bronx, Midwest, Chicago, Southern American, African-American, French, Polish, Russian and more
Languages coached include: French, Yiddish, Polish, Russian
REDLINE PRODUCTIONS/OLD FITZ THEATRE
THE WOLVES: dir. Jessica Arthur - Dialect Coach (US accents)
THE JUDAS KISS: dir. Iain Sinclair - Dialect Coach (1890s RP/British, Cockney & Italian accents and Italian language)
STALKING THE BOGEYMAN: dir. Neil Gooding - Dialect Coach (US accent)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART (NIDA)
Over 20 plays coached including CLOUD NINE dir. Kip Williams; PUNK ROCK dir. Imara Savage; ANOTHER COUNTRY dir. John Bashford; THE WINTER'S TALE dir. Lee Lewis; PERFECT STRANGER dir. Kate Champion; MR BURNS: A POST ELECTRIC PLAY dir. Alexander Berlage; GHOST LIGHTS dir. Katy Alexander (including text from Shakespeare's Hamlet and Puck)
Dialects coached include: Received Pronunciation/Standard British, Modern London, Estuary, Manchester, General American, Southern American, New York, Chicago, Ukraine
SEYMOUR THEATRE CENTRE
STAINLESS STEEL RAT: dir./prod. Wayne Harrison - Dialect Coach (Julian Assange's real voice, General American, Standard British, Swedish and more)
STEEL MAGNOLIAS: Matthew Mgt, dir. Darren Yap - Dialect Coach (varying Southern US accents)
RESIDENT ALIEN: Australian tour - Dialect, Voice & Text Coach (Paul Capsis: Quentin Crisp's real voice & distinct British accent)
VIRAL VENTURES
THE GREAT GATSBY (Immersive Theatre): Aaron Robuck Prod., dir. Beth Daly - Dialect Coach (New England, Chicago & New York accents)
ACTING TRUE, TASMANIA
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE: dir. Lisa Gormley - Dialect Coach (New York & Italian accents)
Musical Theatre Credits
OPERA AUSTRALIA
WEST SIDE STORY (2019 & 2024 casts): Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, dir. Francesca Zambello - Dialect Coach (full casts: New York & Puerto Rican accents and Spanish language)
WEST SIDE STORY (2019-20): touring cast (Australia/New Zealand/Germany), dir. Joey McKneely - Dialect Coach (full cast: New York & Puerto Rican accents and Spanish language)
MY FAIR LADY: dir. Dame Julie Andrews - Dialect Coach (final 'Eliza Doolittle' callbacks: Cockney)
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
IN THE HEIGHTS: Concert Hall, dir. Luke Joslin – Dialect Coach (Manhattan Latin accent)
MIRACLE CITY: Studio Theatre, dir. Darren Yap – Dialect Coach (Tennessee accent)
CAPITOL THEATRE, SYDNEY
CHICAGO (2023): Crossroads Live/Edward Prod., associate dir. Tânia Nardini - Dialect Coach (New York & British accents & Hungarian language)
9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL: Gordon Frost - Private Dialect Coach (Erin Clare as Doralee: Dolly Parton's Tennessee accent / varying cast: US accent)
CHICAGO (2019): Edward Productions, associate dir. Tânia Nardini - Dialect Coach (New York & British accents & Hungarian language)
WIZARD OF OZ: John Frost - Pre-Production Dialect Coach (Samantha Dodemaide as Dorothy: US accent)
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG: TML Entreprises (Australian tour), dir. Roger Hodgman - Dialect Coach (full cast: Advanced RP, Standard British, Cockney, Liverpool, German)
CHICAGO (2009): GFO (Australian tour), res. dir. Karen Johnson Mortimer - Dialect Coach (New York & British accents & Hungarian language)
LYRIC THEATRE, SYDNEY
DREAM LOVER: THE BOBBY DARIN MUSICAL: GFO, dir. Simon Phillips - Dialect Coach (David Campbell: Bobby Darin's real New York accent / full cast: varying US accents)
WEST SIDE STORY (2010): Ambassador Theatre Group/David Atkins (Australian tour), dir. Joey McKneely - Dialect Coach (full cast: New York & Puerto Rican accents and Spanish language)
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW: New Theatricals (Australian tour), dir. Gale Edwards - Dialect Coach (full cast: US, German & 'Transylvanian' accents)
THEATRE ROYAL, SYDNEY
SIX THE MUSICAL (2024): Louise Withers & Associates (Australian tour) - Dialect Coach (German)
GHOST THE MUSICAL: Ambassador Theatre Group, dir. Matthew Warchus – Voice Consultant (heightened voice use & safe screaming)
COMPANY: Kookaburra, dir. Gale Edwards - Dialect Coach (full cast: varying US accents)
TITANIC: Seabiscuit Prod., dir. John Diedrich - Dialect Coach (full cast: 14 regional accents from USA, UK & France)
HAYES THEATRE COMPANY
LITTLE WOMEN: Josh Robson Prod., dir. Amy Campbell - Dialect Consultant (period US accents)
BONNIE & CLYDE: Josh Robson Prod., dir. Sam Hooper - Dialect Consultant (US accents)
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY: Matthew Mgt & Neil Gooding Prod., dir. Neil Gooding - Dialect Coach (Midwest US & Italian accents)
SHE LOVES ME: dir. Erin James - Dialect Coach (varying US accents)
ASSASSINS: dir. Dean Bryant - Dialect Coach (David Campbell as John Wilkes Booth: Southern US)
DOGFIGHT: dir. Neil Gooding - Dialect Coach (varying US accents)
MIRACLE CITY: dir. Darren Yap – Dialect Coach (Tennessee accent)
SWEET CHARITY: dir. Dean Bryant - Dialect Coach (US accents & British)
NEIL GOODING PRODUCTIONS
Over 15 musicals coached including WICKED, MARY POPPINS, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, KINKY BOOTS, THE WIZARD OF OZ, MISS SAIGON, SHREK, WEST SIDE STORY, ANNIE, HAIRSPRAY, MAMMA MIA, LEGALLY BLONDE, OLIVER, GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! and ASSASSINS
Dialects coached include: Received Pronunciation, London, Cockney, Northampton, Scottish, General American, New York, Californian, Kansas, French, Polish, Puerto Rican, Vietnamese and more
RBG: OF MANY, ONE: Australian tour of one-woman play (2022-2024), dir. Priscilla Jackman - Dialect & Voice Coach for Heather Mitchell in 30 roles (all real people):
Voices/accents/physicality coached: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (from 13-87 years old); former Presidents Clinton, Obama and Trump; five Supreme Court Justices including Nino Scalia and Sandra O'Connor; 1950s Harvard students & professors; and more. All accents were of real people from America including New York Brooklyn Jewish, New Jersey Italian, Arkansas and Texas.
Coaching included: replicating voices of real people, ageing the voice up/down, gender voice shifts, character physicalities & body language, fast voice/accent/body shifts between characters, and training the tour understudy Lucy Bell for 6 months.
JULIA: Australian tour (2023-2024), dir. Sarah Goodes - Dialect & Voice Coach for Justine Clarke in over 15 roles (all real people):
Voices/accents/physicality coached: former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (from 8-51 years old), her Welsh parents, Australian & Welsh neighbours, multiple journalists' voices, politicians, radio hosts and coaching Julia Gillard's verbatim 15 minute 'misogyny speech'.
Coaching included: phonetically transcribing Gillard's dialect and full 'misogyny speech', replicating voices of real people, ageing voice up/down, gender voice shifts, character physicalities & body language, fast voice/accent/body shifts between characters, and training the tour understudy Caroline Craig for 5 months.
ON THE BEACH: dir. Kip Williams - Dialect, Voice & Text Coach (US & Australian accents)
STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE: Australian tour, dir. Kip Williams - Dialect, Voice & Text Coach (support for casts' return seasons - varying regional British accents)
A RAISIN IN THE SUN: dir. Wesley Enoch - Voice Coach (vocal technique & clarity support)
THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL: dir. Jessica Arthur - Voice & Text Coach
TOP COAT: dir. Courtney Stewart - Voice & Dialect Coach (UK & Australian accents)
ALL MY SONS: dir. Kip Williams - Voice & Dialect Coach (support for cast - varying US accents)
TOT MOM: dir. Steven Soderbergh - Dialect Coach (50 varying regional US accents & voices - all real people)
TRUE WEST: dir. Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Pre-production Dialect Coach (Midwest US accent)
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY: co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, dir. Anna D. Shapiro - Dialect & Voice Coach to Understudies (Oklahoma/US Great Plains accent & affected speech due to substances)
THE WHARF REVUE (2014): Dialect coach to Phil Scott (as Anthony Albanese/George Brandis)
MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY
SOLOMON AND MARION: dir. Pamela Rabe - Dialect Coach (Gillian Jones: South African accent)
GHOSTS: dir. Gale Edwards - Pre-production Dialect Coach to Pip Edwards (French accent & language)
BELVOIR STREET THEATRE
THE DROVER'S WIFE: dir. Leticia Cáceres - Dialect, Voice & Text Coach (1890s Australian, London, Scottish & Irish accents)
MORTIDO: dir. Leticia Cáceres - Dialect Coach (Educated & Broad Australian, Greek-Australian, Serbian, German accent, German language & affected speech due to substances)
MY BRILLIANT CAREER: dir. Kate Champion - Dialect Coach (Irish & British accents)
THE WOLVES: dir. Jessica Arthur - Dialect Coach (US accent)
BACK AT THE DOJO: dir. Chris Kohn - Dialect Coach (General American & New Jersey accents and male-to-female transgender voice)
STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
GIRLS & BOYS: dir. Mitchell Butel (Adelaide seasons & Sydney Festival season) - Dialect Coach (Justine Clarke: Modern London)
GRIFFIN THEATRE COMPANY
RICE: co-production with Queensland Theatre, dir. Lee Lewis - Dialect Coach (Indian & Russian)
THE SEA PROJECT: dir. Paige Rattray - Dialect & Voice Coach (Polish accent & language)
BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE
WARU - JOURNEY OF THE SMALL TURTLE: dir. Stephen Page - Voice Consultant
ENSEMBLE THEATRE
Over 19 plays coached including DEATH OF A SALESMAN starring Jacki Weaver; THE QUEEN'S NANNY; TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE; RAIN MAN; LADIES IN LAVENDER; THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED; NAVIGATING FLINDERS; LITTLE NELL; THE RUBY SUNRISE; THE SUNSET LIMITED; ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR; LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS; MY WONDERFUL DAY; BROOKLYN BOY; ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER
Dialects coached include: Received Pronunciation/Standard British, Royal Family's accent, Modern London, Estuary, Cockney, Cornwall, Scottish, General American, Californian, New York, New York Jewish, Bronx, Midwest, Chicago, Southern American, African-American, French, Polish, Russian and more
Languages coached include: French, Yiddish, Polish, Russian
REDLINE PRODUCTIONS/OLD FITZ THEATRE
THE WOLVES: dir. Jessica Arthur - Dialect Coach (US accents)
THE JUDAS KISS: dir. Iain Sinclair - Dialect Coach (1890s RP/British, Cockney & Italian accents and Italian language)
STALKING THE BOGEYMAN: dir. Neil Gooding - Dialect Coach (US accent)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART (NIDA)
Over 20 plays coached including CLOUD NINE dir. Kip Williams; PUNK ROCK dir. Imara Savage; ANOTHER COUNTRY dir. John Bashford; THE WINTER'S TALE dir. Lee Lewis; PERFECT STRANGER dir. Kate Champion; MR BURNS: A POST ELECTRIC PLAY dir. Alexander Berlage; GHOST LIGHTS dir. Katy Alexander (including text from Shakespeare's Hamlet and Puck)
Dialects coached include: Received Pronunciation/Standard British, Modern London, Estuary, Manchester, General American, Southern American, New York, Chicago, Ukraine
SEYMOUR THEATRE CENTRE
STAINLESS STEEL RAT: dir./prod. Wayne Harrison - Dialect Coach (Julian Assange's real voice, General American, Standard British, Swedish and more)
STEEL MAGNOLIAS: Matthew Mgt, dir. Darren Yap - Dialect Coach (varying Southern US accents)
RESIDENT ALIEN: Australian tour - Dialect, Voice & Text Coach (Paul Capsis: Quentin Crisp's real voice & distinct British accent)
VIRAL VENTURES
THE GREAT GATSBY (Immersive Theatre): Aaron Robuck Prod., dir. Beth Daly - Dialect Coach (New England, Chicago & New York accents)
ACTING TRUE, TASMANIA
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE: dir. Lisa Gormley - Dialect Coach (New York & Italian accents)