SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY 

** 11 plays coached for STC under Artistic Directors Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton and Kip Williams

RBG: Of Many, One: Australian premiere and national tours (2022-2024), dir. Priscilla Jackman - Dialect & Voice Coach for one-woman play starring Heather Mitchell in 30 roles (all real people). 

• Roles coached: voices, accents and physicalities of 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 Day O'Connor; 1950s Harvard professors and law students, and more. All accents were of living people from America including New York Brooklyn Jewish, New Jersey Italian, Arkansas and Texas.​

• Coaching included: replicating voices of real people, ageing voice up/down, gender voice shifts, character physicalities and body language, fast voice/accent/body shifts between characters. Also trained the tour understudy Lucy Bell in all roles for 6 months.

• Venues: Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House, Arts Centre Melbourne, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, ​Riverside Theatres, Black Swan Theatre Company - Perth

Julia: Australian premiere and national tours (2023-2025), dir. Sarah Goodes - Dialect & Voice Coach for one-woman play starring Justine Clarke in 10 roles. Coached voices, accents and physicalities:

• Roles coached: former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (from 8-51 years old), her Welsh parents, her Australian and Welsh neighbours, multiple journalists' voices, politicians, radio hosts and replicating 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, and fast voice/accent/body shifts between characters. Also trained the tour understudy Caroline Craig for 5 months.

• Venues: Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Theatre Company, Canberra Theatre Centre, State Theatre Company of South Australia

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: Academy Award winning 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

Julia: dir. Sarah Goodes - for Sydney Theatre Company (as above)

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

Julia: dir. Sarah Goodes - for Sydney Theatre Company (as above at STC)

Girls & Boys dir. Mitchell Butel (Adelaide seasons & Sydney Festival season) - Dialect Coach to Justine Clarke in one-woman play (Modern London accent / fast voice shifts between characters)

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; WRONG TURN AT LUNGFISH

• ​Dialects coached include: Received Pronunciation/Standard British, 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

NEIL GOODING PRODUCTIONS

The 39 Steps: Australian tour (2025), dir. Damien Ryan - Dialect Coach to Lisa McCune, Ian Stenlake, the Umbilical Brothers (David Collins & Shane Dundas) and understudies Berynn Schwerdt and Lib Campbell (1950s British and Scottish variations for over 50 roles)

Shirley Valentine: Australian tour of one-woman play (2025), dir. Lee Lewis - Dialect Coach to Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Liverpool/Scouse, London, Manchester, Yorkshire and Greek accents, female and male character voices, fast voice/dialect-switching)

Stalking The Bogeyman: dir. Neil Gooding - Dialect Coach (US accent)

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)

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART (NIDA)

Over 20 plays coached including CLOUD NINE dir. Kip Williams; PUNK ROCK dir. Imara Savage; THE WINTER'S TALE dir. Lee Lewis; ORLANDO dir. Kate Gaul; ANOTHER COUNTRY dir. John Bashford; PERFECT STRANGER dir. Kate Champion; ELDORADO dir. Imara Savage; SIX dir. Leticia Cáceres; MR BURNS: A POST ELECTRIC PLAY dir. Alexander Berlage; GHOST LIGHTS dir. Katy Alexander (including text from Shakespeare's Hamlet and Puck); THE ILLUSION dir. Kate Whoriskey; WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING dir. Mark Gaal

• Actors coached include: Yerin Ha, Rob Collins, Chika Ikogwe, Melissa Kahraman, Harry Greenwood, Contessa Treffone, Albert Mwangi,  Ryan Panizza, Shaka Cook, Pip Edwards, Joel Jackson

• ​Dialects coached include: Received Pronunciation/Standard British, Modern London, Estuary, Manchester, General American, Southern American, New York, Chicago, Ukraine

SEYMOUR THEATRE CENTRE

Resident Alien: Australian tour - Dialect, Voice & Text Coach (Paul Capsis: Quentin Crisp's real voice & distinct British accent)

Steel Magnolias: Matthew Mgt, dir. Darren Yap - Dialect Coach (varying Southern US accents)

Stainless Steel Rat: dir./prod. Wayne Harrison - Dialect Coach (Julian Assange's real voice, General American, Standard British, Swedish and more)

VIRAL VENTURES

The Great Gatsby (Australian Tour cast - Immersive Theatre): Aaron Robuck Productions, 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)