DIALECT COACH

An expert Dialect Coach based in Sydney Australia, I've coached acclaimed actors including Rose Byrne, Sam Neill, David Wenham, Elizabeth Debicki, Damon Herriman, Yvonne Strahovski and more for international and Australian film, TV and theatre

​about my work


​​I coach professional actors and singers to successfully speak or sing in over 50 dialects and 18 foreign languages and to replicate the voices of living and historical people. 

I empower local and international actors to sound resonant, handle text with dexterity, master English language clarity for their film/TV roles, create animation voices and excel at voice-overs and audiobook narration.

I've been the coach for leading companies including Warner Bros Pictures, Cate Blanchett's film/TV production company, Sydney Theatre Company, Opera Australia and more.
Many performers and productions coached have received standing ovations, praise in the press and won prestigious awards.
READ SOME CLIENT PRAISE: film, tv, theatre & musicals

FILM & TV
​​Yvonne Strahovski, Emmy & Golden Globe nominated actor: "Jennifer White is the consummate professional in all areas of her work. She approaches her coaching with extreme detail and finesse and has an abundant knowledge of all things dialect coaching. I have known Jennifer for many, many years and absolutely trust her to take on any dialect"

Damon Herriman, multi-award winning actor: "​When I was cast in Clint Eastwood's film J. Edgar as a German who'd spent eight years in the Bronx, I knew I'd need a pretty amazing dialect coach to help me pull it off! ... Her attention to detail, her research, her ear for accents, her ability for not only hearing but speaking accents, are all second to none"

THEATRE & MUSICALS
Heather Mitchell, multi-award winning actor, author & board member of Sydney Theatre Company: "Jennifer transformed the way I thought about accent and character. Her detailed observation and knowledge of human behaviour, patterns of speech and character physicality is inspirational"

Hayden Tee, multi-award winning actor (Australia/Broadway/West End): "I have known Jennifer White both professionally and personally for over thirteen years. She is always incredibly helpful on both big commercial productions when we have had detailed rehearsal periods and last minute sessions for auditions. A number of roles I have booked are owed to my work with Jennifer."
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recent work

Play: Julia ​for Sydney Theatre Company
Film: Mortal Kombat 2 (ADR) ​for Warner Bros.
Play: RBG: Of Many, One ​for Sydney Theatre Company

FILM, TV & THEATRE

COACHING CREDITS

full casts or individual actors

SOME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
As Dialect Coach on Cate Blanchett's award-winning Netflix drama series Stateless; the films I Am Woman and Peter Rabbit; long running Australian TV series A Place To Call Home; multiple plays for Sydney Theatre Company; musicals for Opera Australia; as Foreign Languages Coach of National Anthems for Netball World Cup Opening Ceremony at Sydney Olympic Park; and as Presentation & Voice Coach for World Youth Day Opening & Closing Ceremonies attended by 400,000 in person and televised globally to millions

dialects, languages & skills coached

I’ve coached professional actors and singers to speak or sing in over 50 dialects and 18 foreign languages, master impactful delivery & storytelling, narrate voice-overs and audiobooks, and to authentically replicate the voices of living and historical people
DIALECTS & LANGUAGES COACHED
DIALECTS COACHED FOR SCREEN & STAGE INCLUDE:
  • Australia & New Zealand: Standard Australian & variations (Educated, Broad), Greek-Australian mix, Yorkshire-Australian mix, German-Australian mix, Italian-Australian mix, Broad Australian with drug addicted speech, Standard New Zealand, Wellington, Maori
  • England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales: Received Pronunciation (RP), Advanced RP (Period), Standard British (modern & 1950s), London/Estuary, Cockney, North Country (Liverpool, Manchester, Yorkshire, Lancashire), Northeast (Geordie), West Country (Gloucester, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall), Welsh, Irish (Dublin, North Dublin, Belfast), Scottish (Glasgow, Edinburgh)
  • North America: General/Standard American, Californian (Los Angeles), Washington (Seattle), New York variations (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, NY Jewish & NY Latino), New England (Boston, Connecticut, New Hampshire), Midwest (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois), Southern American variations (modern, 1800s Southern, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia & Tennessee replicating Dolly Parton's voice/dialect), African-American, Standard Canadian, Newfoundland (Gander), Puerto Rican, Mexican
  • Europe, Asia & Africa: French, German (modern & 1930s German/Bronx mix), Italian, Spanish, Greek, Swedish, Danish, Scandinavian-British mix, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Russian, Lebanese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Indian, African, South African
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LANGUAGES COACHED FOR SCREEN & STAGE: 
  • French, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Hungarian, Serbian, Polish, Yiddish, Arabic

LANGUAGES COACHED FOR GLOBAL SPORTING EVENTS:
  • Netball World Cup: I was Foreign Languages Coach of National Anthems for the 2015 Netball World Cup Opening Ceremony at Sydney Olympic Park. In this role, I coached Australian choir Vox in the accurate pronunciation for 7 non-English anthems. These were sung/televised live internationally and I supervised the recording studio session for accuracy. 
    • ​National Anthems coached: Malawi (Chichewa language), New Zealand (Maori), Samoa (Samoan), Singapore (Malay), South Africa (Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho & Afrikaans), Sri Lanka (Sinhala) and Wales (Welsh)
  • ​International Rugby World Cup - Australia vs France: I coached leading lady of music theatre Patrice Tipoki (Fantine in Les Misérables) in the accurate pronunciation of the French national anthem La Marseillaise. ​This was sung live at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne in front of 50,000 people and televised internationally
VOICE & PERFORMANCE SKILLS COACHED
STANDARD SKILLS COACHED FOR SCREEN/STAGE & ACTOR-TRAINING INSTITUTIONS:
  • Overview: acting, voice, authentic dialects for stage & screen, dialect transcription & phonetics, impactful delivery, successful storytelling skills, delivery & performance direction, vocal & physical characterisation, script analysis & detailing, story journey & audience impact, foreign languages pronunciation, Shakespeare & heightened language, poetry, voice-overs & narration, vocal warm ups, vocal health & recovery and more
  • A full list of dialects & languages coached are in the first tab above
  • See further details on this page under "Lecturing & Teaching Credits"

SPECIFIC NEEDS COACHED FOR SCREEN/STAGE PRODUCTIONS INCLUDE:
  • Dialects: transcribing scripts phonetically for actors' dialect mastery, line readings in dialects
  • Voice: ageing voice up & down, character & animation voices, transgender voice, safe screaming
  • Languages: English language clarity for a leading Japanese actor & emerging Spanish actor (feature films), transcribing scripts phonetically for actors' language mastery, line readings in languages
  • Performance Craft: live & recorded performance needs, stage & screen craft, microphone craft & recording techniques, vocal direction for the theatre, venue acoustics awareness, film & TV ADR delivery direction

​AS A GUIDE, VOICE WORK INCLUDES:
  • Body work, freedom of movement & alignment, breath empowerment, vocal stamina, resonance & tone, vocal colour, speech clarity, dialects, script work, story journey, rehearsal & performance routines, habit awareness, vocal warm ups, vocal health & recovery and more​
HISTORICAL VOICES COACHED
HISTORICAL VOICES/DIALECTS REPLICATED:

These living and historical voices have been coached/replicated in films and TV series on Netflix and Stan, and sold-out plays including a national tour for Sydney Theatre Company.
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  • For Film & TV: Dolly Parton, Dr Fiona Wood, Governor Gavin Newsom, Don Lewis, Lillian Roxon, John Easterling, Bruno Hauptmann
  • For Theatre: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (from 13 to 87 years), former USA Presidents Clinton/Obama/Trump, USA Supreme Court Justices Nino Scalia and Sandra O'Connor, Harvard Law School students in 1950s, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Julian Assange, Quentin Crisp, Anthony Albanese, George Brandis

film & television credits

​Screen coaching has included: dialects, voice, English language fluency for international actors' dialogue, acting/text work, voice-overs and foreign languages in pre-production, on-set, online/remote coaching, post-production pick up shoots and ADR
FILM CREDITS
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 clarity)
DIRTY BOY: ​DB Films, dir. Doug Rao - Dialect Coach to Susie Porter (US accent)
CARMEN: Goalpost Pictures, dir. Benjamin Millepied - Dialect Coach (Melissa Barrera: Mexican / varying cast: US accents)
SERIOUSLY RED: Dollhouse Pictures, dir. Gracie Otto - Dialect Coach to Krew Boylan (Dolly Parton's voice & Tennessee 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)
I AM WOMAN: Goalpost Pictures, dir. Unjoo Moon - Pre-production & On Set Dialect Coach (Danielle MacDonald: replicate Lillian Roxon's 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 (Fitzy & Wippa: revoice US characters to Australian accents)
TOP END WEDDING: Goalpost Pictures, dir. Wayne Blair - Dialect Coach to Huw Higginson (Australian)
THE NIGHTINGALE: dir. Jennifer Kent - Pre-production Dialect Coach to Michael Sheasby (Irish)
PETER RABBIT: Sony Pictures, dir. Will Gluck - Pre-production & On Set Dialect Coach (Rose Byrne & Domhnall Gleeson: Modern London / Sam Neill: Scottish / varying cast: UK accents)
CARGO: Causeway Films, dir. Ben Howling & Yolanda Ramke - ADR Dialogue Coach (Simone Landers)
JUNGLE: dir. Greg McLean, Dialect Coach to Angie Milliken (Polish accent)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES: Dialect Coach to Travis Jeffery (British)
JASPER JONES: Porchlight Films, dir. Rachel Perkins - ADR Dialogue Coach (Kevin Long)
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)
THE WATER DIVINER: dir. Russell Crowe - Dialect Coach (Damon Herriman: Southern Irish / Benedict Hardie: New Zealand accent)
UNBROKEN: dir. Angelina Jolie - Pre-production Dialect Coach to Travis Jeffery (Scottish 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)
THE HUNTER: Porchlight Films, dir. Daniel Nettheim - ADR Dialect Coach
TELEVISION CREDITS
BALI 2002: Stan, dir. Peter Andrikidis & Katrina Irawati Graham - Dialect Coach to Rachel Griffiths (Dr Fiona Wood's real voice & mixed Australian/Yorkshire accent)
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)
JOE VS. CAROLE: Stan - Dialect Coach to David Wenham (Don Lewis' real Florida accent)
​STATELESS: Dirty Films/Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton/Matchbox Pictures, dir. Emma Freeman & Jocelyn Moorhouse - Dialect Coach (Yvonne Strahovski: German mix / varying cast: German accents)
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)
OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN: HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU: Dialect Coach to Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (John Easterling's real voice & North Carolina accent)
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)
HOUSE OF HANCOCK: CJZ Productions & Channel 9 - Dialect Coach to David Campbell (Canadian)
IT'S A DATE: ABC TV, dir. Peter Helliar - Dialect Coach to Amber Clayton (Swedish accent)
THE OUTLAW MICHAEL HOWE: Cordell Jigsaw Productions, dir. Brendan Cowell - Dialect Coach (Damon Herriman: Yorkshire / Darren Gilshenan: Devonshire)
WE ARE MEN: CBS Television - Dialect Coach to Rebecca Breeds (US accent)
PACKED TO THE RAFTERS (Season 5):  Seven Network - Dialect Coach (Lauren Clair: Modern London)
BIKIE WARS: Screentime/Channel 10, dir. Peter Andrikidis - Dialect Coach (Matt Nable: Scottish)
UNDERBELLY: AFFC/Nine Network - Dialect Coach to Lieschen Pogue (Russian)
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 (Zoe Ventoura: London)

theatre & musicals credits

Stage coaching has included: dialects (spoken & sung), voice, acting/text work, character voices and foreign languages in pre-production, rehearsal rooms, in theatres, for full runs & previews, opening night warm ups, training understudies & new cast, notes sessions (in-person, online & email) and online coaching for tours
THEATRE CREDITS
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY 
  • RBG: OF MANY, ONE: Australian tour of one-woman play (2022-2024), dir. Priscilla Jackman - Dialect & Voice Coach for Heather Mitchell in 30 roles:
    • Voices/accents/physicality coaching: 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 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:
    • Voices/accents/physicality coaching: 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 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 & speech impairments 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 & speech impairments 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 (2024): Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, dir. Francesca Zambello - Dialect Coach (full cast: New York & Puerto Rican accents and Spanish language)
  • WEST SIDE STORY (2019): Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, dir. Francesca Zambello - Dialect Coach (full cast: 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 (varying US accents)
  • 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 (US 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 (US 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 (US accents & Hungarian language)

LYRIC THEATRE, SYDNEY
  • DREAM LOVER: THE BOBBY DARIN MUSICAL: GFO, dir. Simon Phillips - Dialect Coach (David Campbell: replicate Bobby Darin's 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
CABARET CREDITS
DIALECTS, TEXT, PERFORMANCE & FOREIGN LANGUAGES COACH FOR:

  • TIM FREEDMAN: Everybody's Talkin' 'bout Me - The Life of Harry Nilsson
  • MARIKA AUBREY: The Last of The Red Hot Mamas
  • MICHAELA BURGER: A Migrant's Son
  • JOHANNA ALLEN: The Songs That Got Away - The Music of Harold Arlen
  • ELISE MCCANN: Everybody Loves Lucy - The Story of Lucille Ball
  • PHIL SCOTT: Mario - The Story & Music of Mario Lanza
  • HUGH SHERIDAN: Newley Discovered - The Life of Anthony Newley

These multi award-winning cabarets were performed at venues including Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Melbourne Cabaret Festival, Hayes Theatre and at Snapple Theatre, New York

lecturing & teaching credits

From 1999-2021, I was a lecturer at leading performing arts institutions in Australia, training emerging actors, directors and voice coaches in the full time Bachelor and Masters degrees. This included at the renowned National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) for 12 years. Read full details below on this page.

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LECTURING & TEACHING

From 1999-2021, I was a lecturer at leading performing arts institutions in Australia, training emerging actors, directors and voice coaches in the full time Bachelor and Masters degrees. This included at the renowned National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) for 12 years.
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LECTURER: NIDA
 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART (NIDA) - 2009 to 2021
  • Position: Senior Lecturer, Academic Teacher, Production Coach and Guest Tutor for 12 years at NIDA, Australia's leading actor-training school for the Voice and Acting Departments
  • Description: Coached full-time degree students in the Masters of Fine Arts (Voice), Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) and Masters of Fine Arts (Directing), and marked students' assessments and performances to meet academic degree criteria. Coached part-time students in the Diploma of Stage & Screen Performance and Diploma of Music Theatre, and taught for the NIDA Open Program general public short courses
  • Teaching: Group coaching and private tutorials in voice, dialects, acting, storytelling, live & recorded performance, text analysis, script delivery, voice-overs, demo reels, stage & camera craft, microphone craft, theatre voice, film & television voice, radio voice, corporate voice, dialects for screen, phonetics, vocal direction for the theatre, vocal warm ups, agent's day showcase, production coach for 3rd Year Acting's public plays, and supervisor to MFA Voice students​
lecturer: uws
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY, NEPEAN
  • Position: Lecturer for 3 years in the Bachelor of Arts (Acting) degree
  • Description: Coached full-time 1st and 3rd Year students and marked performance assessments to meet academic-degree criteria
  • Teaching: Group coaching in voice, dialects, poetry, script delivery and performance​
GUEST TEACHER
AUSTRALIAN FILM, TELEVISION & RADIO SCHOOL (AFTRS)
  • Position: Invited Guest Lecturer for Bachelor of Arts (Directing) degree
  • Description: Lectured full-time students on directing performers for optimal voice, authenticity and storytelling work in screen productions​ ​​

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS (WAAPA)
  • Secondment: Guest Teacher secondment during my NIDA Voice degree training to full time students in Bachelor of Arts (Acting), Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre) and Bachelor of Arts (Dance) degrees. 
  • Teaching: voice, dialects, poetry and French language support for 3rd Year Acting graduation play

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MUSIC (AIM)
  • ​Position: Part-Time Tutor to the full-time Bachelor of Music (Music Theatre) 
  • Teaching: voice, dialects, phonetics, Shakespeare, voice-overs, text analysis, script delivery, microphone techniques and directing voice-over demo reels

​SCREENWISE FILM & TV SCHOOL
  • Position: Guest Teacher to the part-time screen acting students
  • Teaching: voice, dialects, phonetics and script delivery for camera work

EVENTS & LANGUAGES COACH

global events & foreign languages coaching

I’ve coached presenters to master impactful delivery and presentation skills, and singers to accurately sing the foreign languages for 7 non-English National Anthems ... all televised live to millions globally
PRESENTATION & VOICE COACH: WORLD YOUTH DAY EVENTS
WORLD YOUTH DAY EVENTS COACHING:
  • Position: I worked as the Presentation & Voice Coach for World Youth Day, Sydney in 2008
  • Description: This role saw me coach presentation, voice and voice-overs work for the major events including the Opening Ceremony, Welcome Concert, Evening Vigil with Pope Benedict XVI and the Closing Ceremony. The presenters and speakers coached were from all over the word.
  • Audience Sizes: The events were attended by up to 400,000 people in person and televised live internationally to millions of viewers.
  • Skills Coached: Voice, presentation, voice-overs, script writing/editing, microphone techniques, delivering sponsor advertisements, ad-libbing to a live audience, crowd motivation, and how to correctly pronounce the non-English names of dignitaries, speakers, musicians and guests​​​
LANGUAGES COACH: NETBALL WORLD CUP OPENING CEREMONY
NETBALL WORLD CUP OPENING CEREMONY: NATIONAL ANTHEMS
  • Position: I was the Foreign Languages Coach of National Anthems for the 2015 Netball World Cup Opening Ceremony at Sydney Olympic Park
  • Description: This role saw me coach Australian choir Vox in the correct sung-pronunciation of 7 non-English national anthems. These were sung/televised live internationally at the Opening Ceremony and I supervised the recording studio session for pronunciation accuracy.​
  • Audience Size: The Opening Ceremony was attended by up to 15,000 people in person and televised live internationally to millions of viewers
  • National Anthems and recordings coached:  ​
    • ​​Malawi (Chichewa language), New Zealand (Maori), Samoa (Samoan), Singapore (Malay), South Africa (Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho & Afrikaans), Sri Lanka (Sinhala) and Wales (Welsh)​

Head to the Languages showreel below to enjoy the anthem recordings we produced:
LANGUAGES COACH: INTERNATIONAL RUGBY WORLD CUP MATCH
INTERNATIONAL RUGBY WORLD CUP MATCH, MELBOURNE​
  • Position: Foreign Language Coach for the French National Anthem - Australia versus France World Cup Match
  • Description: I coached leading lady of music theatre Patrice Tipoki in the sung pronunciation of the French National Anthem "La Marseillaise". At the time, Patrice was playing Fantine in the Australian touring production of Les Misérables.
  • Audience Size: The anthem was sung live at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne in front of 50,000 people

languages showreel

events: crowd sizes

Each event was televised live to millions watching globally
CLICK TO READ PHOTO CREDITS ON THIS PAGE
Page Header: Yvonne Strahovski in Stateless: Ben King. Headshot: Jennifer White headshot: Kurt Sneddon. Recent Work: Justine Clarke in Julia and Heather Mitchell in RBG: Of Many, One: Prudence Upton/STC. Mortal Kombat: Warner Bros Pictures photo. The Queen's Nanny: Ensemble Theatre photo. Six The Musical!: Louise Withers & Associates. Opera Australia's West Side Story (2024): Keith Saunders. Coaching Credit Listings: Rose Byrne in Peter Rabbit: Mark Rogers. David Wenham in Pieces of Her: ​ Mark Rogers. Leah Purcell in The Drover's Wife: Brett Boardman/Belvoir. Opera Australia's West Side Story (2019): ​Prudence Upton. Tim Freedman: ​Nicky Ryan. Netball World Cup: Out There Productions website. Events crowd sizes: ABC and SMH.

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