DIALECT COACH
A leading Dialect Coach based in Sydney Australia, I've coached acclaimed actors including Rose Byrne,
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About my work ...I've coached professional actors & singers to speak or sing in over 50 dialects and 18 foreign languages. A full list of accents and languages coached can be viewed at: About I coach for film, television, theatre, musical theatre, cabaret shows, voice overs recordings and internationally or nationally televised live events. I've worked alongside Academy Award winners, been hired by leading film companies including Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures, and by the leading theatre companies of Australia including Sydney Theatre Company under the Artistic Directorship of Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton and for current Artistic Director Kip Williams. Performers and productions coached by me have won multiple screen and stage awards. |
" Not only does she make you feel completely at ease, but her attention to detail, her research,
her ear for accents, her ability for not only hearing but speaking accents - are all second to none.
Could not have done it without her. "
Damon Herriman
Film & Television
Yvonne Strahovski in "Stateless"
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David Wenham in Marvel's "Iron Fist"
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Feature film "I Am Woman"
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I've coached actors in pre-production, on-set, online and in post-production.
Coaching highlights as Dialect or Dialogue Coach include:
Coaching highlights as Dialect or Dialogue Coach include:
STATELESS: Dialect Coach, dir. Emma Freeman & Jocelyn Moorhouse - Dirty Films/Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton, Matchbox Pictures, & ABC Television
I AM WOMAN: Dialect Coach, dir. Unjoo Moon - Goalpost Pictures
WONDER PARK: Dialect Coach: ADR (Australia) - Paramount Pictures
PETER RABBIT: Dialect Coach, dir. Will Gluck - Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures & Animal Logic. Cast including: Domhnall Gleeson, Rose Byrne, Sam Neill and Elizabeth Debicki
TOP END WEDDING: Dialect Coach, dir. Wayne Blair - Goalpost Pictures
A PLACE TO CALL HOME (Season 6): Dialect Coach, dir. Jeremy Sims - Foxtel & Channel 7 Television
MR INBETWEEN: Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman, dir. Nash Edgerton
CARGO: Dialogue Coach, dir. Ben Howling & Yolanda Ramke - Causeway Films
JASPER JONES: Dialogue Coach, dir. Rachel Perkins - Porchlight Films
IRON FIST: Dialect Coach to David Wenham - Marvel/ABC TV/Walt Disney Company
JOE CINQUE'S CONSOLATION: Dialogue Coach, dir. Sotiris Dounoukos - Consolation Productions
J. EDGAR: Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman, dir. Clint Eastwood
THE WATER DIVINER: Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman & Benedict Hardie, dir. Russell Crowe
THE HUNTER: Dialect Coach, director Daniel Nettheim - Porchlight Films
THE OUTLAW MICHAEL HOWE: Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman & Darren Gilshenan, dir. Brendan Cowell - Cordell Jigsaw Productions
BIKIE WARS: Dialect Coach, dir. Peter Andrikidis - Screentime/Channel 10 TV
PACKED TO THE RAFTERS (Seasons 1 & 5): Dialect Coach - Channel 7 TV
I AM WOMAN: Dialect Coach, dir. Unjoo Moon - Goalpost Pictures
WONDER PARK: Dialect Coach: ADR (Australia) - Paramount Pictures
PETER RABBIT: Dialect Coach, dir. Will Gluck - Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures & Animal Logic. Cast including: Domhnall Gleeson, Rose Byrne, Sam Neill and Elizabeth Debicki
TOP END WEDDING: Dialect Coach, dir. Wayne Blair - Goalpost Pictures
A PLACE TO CALL HOME (Season 6): Dialect Coach, dir. Jeremy Sims - Foxtel & Channel 7 Television
MR INBETWEEN: Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman, dir. Nash Edgerton
CARGO: Dialogue Coach, dir. Ben Howling & Yolanda Ramke - Causeway Films
JASPER JONES: Dialogue Coach, dir. Rachel Perkins - Porchlight Films
IRON FIST: Dialect Coach to David Wenham - Marvel/ABC TV/Walt Disney Company
JOE CINQUE'S CONSOLATION: Dialogue Coach, dir. Sotiris Dounoukos - Consolation Productions
J. EDGAR: Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman, dir. Clint Eastwood
THE WATER DIVINER: Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman & Benedict Hardie, dir. Russell Crowe
THE HUNTER: Dialect Coach, director Daniel Nettheim - Porchlight Films
THE OUTLAW MICHAEL HOWE: Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman & Darren Gilshenan, dir. Brendan Cowell - Cordell Jigsaw Productions
BIKIE WARS: Dialect Coach, dir. Peter Andrikidis - Screentime/Channel 10 TV
PACKED TO THE RAFTERS (Seasons 1 & 5): Dialect Coach - Channel 7 TV
Film & Television: Dialects & Languages
Dialects coached for film and television include:
General/Standard American, New York (Bronx & Queens), Californian, Received Pronunciation/Standard British, London (modern), London 1950s, Yorkshire, Devonshire, Southern Irish, Scottish, German (modern), 1930s German/Bronx mixed accent, Australian (educated, broad & Italian/Australian), New Zealand
Languages coached for film and television: French, German
General/Standard American, New York (Bronx & Queens), Californian, Received Pronunciation/Standard British, London (modern), London 1950s, Yorkshire, Devonshire, Southern Irish, Scottish, German (modern), 1930s German/Bronx mixed accent, Australian (educated, broad & Italian/Australian), New Zealand
Languages coached for film and television: French, German
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Theatre
Sydney Theatre Company's "Tot Mom"
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Belvoir St Theatre's "The Drover's Wife"
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Sydney Theatre Company's "All My Sons"
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I've coached actors/singers, full casts and understudies in pre-production,
in the rehearsal room & theatre, during previews, opening night warm ups,
new cast members taking over roles, online when touring and for online notes sessions.
Coaching highlights as Dialect, Voice & Foreign Languages Coach include:
in the rehearsal room & theatre, during previews, opening night warm ups,
new cast members taking over roles, online when touring and for online notes sessions.
Coaching highlights as Dialect, Voice & Foreign Languages Coach include:
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY
* TOT MOM: dir. Steven Soderbergh. Cast including: Essie Davis, Damon Herriman, Wayne Blair, Zoe Carides, Darren Gilshenan and more. 10 actors playing 50 real life American roles
* ALL MY SONS: dir. Kip Williams. Cast including: Robyn Nevin, John Howard, Eryn Jean Norvill and Chris Ryan
* TRUE WEST: dir. Philip Seymour Hoffman (pre-production). Cast: Wayne Blair
* AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY: dir. Anna D. Shapiro, co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company
MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY
* SOLOMON AND MARIAN: dir. Pamela Rabe. Cast: Gillian Jones
* GHOSTS: dir. Gale Edwards (pre-production)
BELVOIR STREET THEATRE
* MY BRILLIANT CAREER: dir. Kate Champion. Cast coached: Tom Conroy & Emma Harvie
* THE DROVER'S WIFE: dir. Leticia Caceres. Cast including: Leah Purcell, Mark Coles Smith, Benedict Hardy & Tony Cogin
* THE WOLVES: dir. Jessica Arthur. Cast including: Brenna Harding, Chika Ikogwe & Cece Peters
* BACK AT THE DOJO: dir. Chris Kohn. Cast including: Luke Mullins, Harry Greenwood & Shari Sebbens
* MORTIDO: dir. Leticia Caceres. Cast including: Colin Friels & Tom Conroy
GRIFFIN THEATRE COMPANY
* RICE: dir. Lee Lewis, co-production with Queensland Theatre Company
* THE SEA PROJECT: dir. Paige Rattray. Cast including: Iain Sinclair, Justin Stewart Cotta & Meredith Penman
ENSEMBLE THEATRE
* 19 plays coached including: DEATH OF A SALESMAN starring Jacki Weaver, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE starring Daniel Mitchell & Glenn Hazeldine, RAIN MAN, LADIES IN LAVENDER, and THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED
RED LINE PRODUCTIONS / OLD FITZ THEATRE
* THE JUDAS KISS: dir. Iain Sinclair. Cast including: Josh Quong Tart
* STALKING THE BOGEYMAN: dir. Neil Gooding
* THE WOLVES: dir. Jessica Arthur. Cast including: Brenna Harding & Cece Peters
INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS
* STEEL MAGNOLIAS: dir. Darren Yap. Cast including: Jacki Weaver, Debra Lawrence & Jennifer Hagan
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART (NIDA)
* 10 plays coached including: CLOUD NINE for dir. Kip Williams, PUNK ROCK for dir. Imara Savage, ANOTHER COUNTRY for dir. John Bashford, THE WINTER'S TALE for dir. Lee Lewis, Tom Waits' WOYZECK for dir. Imara Savage, and more.
* TOT MOM: dir. Steven Soderbergh. Cast including: Essie Davis, Damon Herriman, Wayne Blair, Zoe Carides, Darren Gilshenan and more. 10 actors playing 50 real life American roles
* ALL MY SONS: dir. Kip Williams. Cast including: Robyn Nevin, John Howard, Eryn Jean Norvill and Chris Ryan
* TRUE WEST: dir. Philip Seymour Hoffman (pre-production). Cast: Wayne Blair
* AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY: dir. Anna D. Shapiro, co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company
MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY
* SOLOMON AND MARIAN: dir. Pamela Rabe. Cast: Gillian Jones
* GHOSTS: dir. Gale Edwards (pre-production)
BELVOIR STREET THEATRE
* MY BRILLIANT CAREER: dir. Kate Champion. Cast coached: Tom Conroy & Emma Harvie
* THE DROVER'S WIFE: dir. Leticia Caceres. Cast including: Leah Purcell, Mark Coles Smith, Benedict Hardy & Tony Cogin
* THE WOLVES: dir. Jessica Arthur. Cast including: Brenna Harding, Chika Ikogwe & Cece Peters
* BACK AT THE DOJO: dir. Chris Kohn. Cast including: Luke Mullins, Harry Greenwood & Shari Sebbens
* MORTIDO: dir. Leticia Caceres. Cast including: Colin Friels & Tom Conroy
GRIFFIN THEATRE COMPANY
* RICE: dir. Lee Lewis, co-production with Queensland Theatre Company
* THE SEA PROJECT: dir. Paige Rattray. Cast including: Iain Sinclair, Justin Stewart Cotta & Meredith Penman
ENSEMBLE THEATRE
* 19 plays coached including: DEATH OF A SALESMAN starring Jacki Weaver, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE starring Daniel Mitchell & Glenn Hazeldine, RAIN MAN, LADIES IN LAVENDER, and THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED
RED LINE PRODUCTIONS / OLD FITZ THEATRE
* THE JUDAS KISS: dir. Iain Sinclair. Cast including: Josh Quong Tart
* STALKING THE BOGEYMAN: dir. Neil Gooding
* THE WOLVES: dir. Jessica Arthur. Cast including: Brenna Harding & Cece Peters
INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS
* STEEL MAGNOLIAS: dir. Darren Yap. Cast including: Jacki Weaver, Debra Lawrence & Jennifer Hagan
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART (NIDA)
* 10 plays coached including: CLOUD NINE for dir. Kip Williams, PUNK ROCK for dir. Imara Savage, ANOTHER COUNTRY for dir. John Bashford, THE WINTER'S TALE for dir. Lee Lewis, Tom Waits' WOYZECK for dir. Imara Savage, and more.
Theatre: Dialects & Languages
Dialects coached for theatre include:
General/Standard American, New York variations, New York Jewish, Brooklyn, Californian, Midwest, Southern American, Georgia, Texan, Oklahoman, Received Pronunciation/Standard British, London, Cockney, Manchester, Cornwall, Yorkshire, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Scandinavian/British mix, Indian, South African, Greek/Australian, Upper class Australian, Lower class Australian drug addicted speech, male-to-female transgender voice, and more
Languages coached for theatre include: French, German, Italian, Polish, Serbian, Yiddish
General/Standard American, New York variations, New York Jewish, Brooklyn, Californian, Midwest, Southern American, Georgia, Texan, Oklahoman, Received Pronunciation/Standard British, London, Cockney, Manchester, Cornwall, Yorkshire, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Scandinavian/British mix, Indian, South African, Greek/Australian, Upper class Australian, Lower class Australian drug addicted speech, male-to-female transgender voice, and more
Languages coached for theatre include: French, German, Italian, Polish, Serbian, Yiddish
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Musical Theatre & Cabaret
Australian Tour of "Chicago"
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"Dream Lover: The Bobbin Darin Story"
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Opera Australia's "West Side Story"
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I've coached actors/singers, full casts and understudies in pre-production,
in the rehearsal room & theatre, during previews, opening night warm ups,
new cast members taking over roles, online when touring and for online notes sessions.
Coaching highlights as Dialect, Voice & Foreign Languages Coach include:
in the rehearsal room & theatre, during previews, opening night warm ups,
new cast members taking over roles, online when touring and for online notes sessions.
Coaching highlights as Dialect, Voice & Foreign Languages Coach include:
OPERA AUSTRALIA
* WEST SIDE STORY: dir. Francesca Zambello, associate director & choreographer Julio Monge - Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. Dialect Coach. Cast including: Alexander Lewis, Julie Lea Goodwin, Karli Dinardo, Waldemar Quinones-Villanueva & Mark Hill
* WEST SIDE STORY: Broadway dir. Joey McKneely. Dialect & Spanish Language Coach. Australia/New Zealand/Germany Tour
* MY FAIR LADY: dir. Dame Julie Andrews. Dialect Coach for final round of 'Eliza Doolittle' callbacks
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
* IN THE HEIGHTS: dir. Luke Joslin, Sydney Opera House Concert Hall - Blue Saint Productions. Cast including: Stevie Lopez, Joe Kalou, Monique Montez & Ana Maria Belo
* MIRACLE CITY: dir. Darren Yap. Cast including: Gus Murray, Kellie Rhode, Missy Higgins, Lara Mulcahy & Josie Lane
CAPITOL THEATRE, SYDNEY
* CHICAGO: associate dir. Tânia Nardini - Gordon Frost Organisation. Cast including: Natalie Bassingthwaite, Alinta Chidzey, Casey Donovan, Tom Burlinson & Rodney Dobson
* WIZARD OF OZ: Dialect Coach to Samantha Dodemaide as Dorothy (pre-production) - John Frost
* CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG: dir. Roger Hodgman - TML Enterprises. Cast including: David Hobson, Rachel Beck, Jennifer Vuletic, Alan Brough & Tyler Coppin. Dialect Coach - Australian Tour
* CHICAGO: res. dir. Karen Johnson Mortimer. Cast including: Caroline O'Connor & Sharon Millerchip - Dialect & Hungarian Language Coach, Australian Tour
LYRIC THEATRE, SYDNEY
* DREAM LOVER: THE BOBBY DARIN MUSICAL: dir. Simon Phillips - Gordon Frost Organisation. Cast including: David Campbell, Caroline O'Connor, Hannah Fredericksen, Marnie McQueen & Bert Labonte
* WEST SIDE STORY: Broadway dir./chor. Joey McKneely - Dialect & Spanish Coach, Australian Tour
* THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW: dir. Gale Edwards. Cast including: iOTA, Tamsin Carroll, Paul Capsis, Sharon Millerchip & Michael Cormick - Australian Tour
THEATRE ROYAL, SYDNEY
* GHOST THE MUSICAL: dir. Matthew Warchus. Voice & Dialect Coach (Australia). Cast including: Rob Mills & Jemma Rix
* COMPANY: dir. Gale Edwards. Cast including: David Campbell, Simon Burke, James Millar & Christie Whelan Browne
* TITANIC: dir. John Diedrich. Cast including: Hayden Tee, Alexander Lewis, Katrina Retallick & Belinda Wollaston
HAYES THEATRE COMPANY
* THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY: dir. Neil Gooding. Cast including: Kate Maree Hoolihan & Ian Stenlake
* SHE LOVES ME: dir. Erin James. Cast including: Rowan Witt, Caitlin Berry & Jay James Moody
* ASSASSINS: dir. Dean Bryant, Dialect Coach to David Campbell as John Wilkes Booth
* DOGFIGHT: dir. Neil Gooding. Cast including: Hilary Cole, Luigi Lucente, Toby Francis, Johanna Allen & Rowan Witt
* MIRACLE CITY: dir. Darren Yap. Cast including: Blazey Best, Mike McLeish, Marika Aubrey, Esther Hannaford & Peter Kowitz
* SWEET CHARITY: dir. Dean Bryant. Cast including: Verity Hunt-Ballard & Martin Crewes
CABARETS
* I've worked as the Dialect, Languages, Voice and Text Coach for cabarets for Tim Freedman, Marika Aubrey, Elise McCann, Phil Scott and Hugh Sheridan. Their cabarets have been performed at venues including Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Melbourne Cabaret Festival and at Hayes Theatre Company.
* WEST SIDE STORY: dir. Francesca Zambello, associate director & choreographer Julio Monge - Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. Dialect Coach. Cast including: Alexander Lewis, Julie Lea Goodwin, Karli Dinardo, Waldemar Quinones-Villanueva & Mark Hill
* WEST SIDE STORY: Broadway dir. Joey McKneely. Dialect & Spanish Language Coach. Australia/New Zealand/Germany Tour
* MY FAIR LADY: dir. Dame Julie Andrews. Dialect Coach for final round of 'Eliza Doolittle' callbacks
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
* IN THE HEIGHTS: dir. Luke Joslin, Sydney Opera House Concert Hall - Blue Saint Productions. Cast including: Stevie Lopez, Joe Kalou, Monique Montez & Ana Maria Belo
* MIRACLE CITY: dir. Darren Yap. Cast including: Gus Murray, Kellie Rhode, Missy Higgins, Lara Mulcahy & Josie Lane
CAPITOL THEATRE, SYDNEY
* CHICAGO: associate dir. Tânia Nardini - Gordon Frost Organisation. Cast including: Natalie Bassingthwaite, Alinta Chidzey, Casey Donovan, Tom Burlinson & Rodney Dobson
* WIZARD OF OZ: Dialect Coach to Samantha Dodemaide as Dorothy (pre-production) - John Frost
* CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG: dir. Roger Hodgman - TML Enterprises. Cast including: David Hobson, Rachel Beck, Jennifer Vuletic, Alan Brough & Tyler Coppin. Dialect Coach - Australian Tour
* CHICAGO: res. dir. Karen Johnson Mortimer. Cast including: Caroline O'Connor & Sharon Millerchip - Dialect & Hungarian Language Coach, Australian Tour
LYRIC THEATRE, SYDNEY
* DREAM LOVER: THE BOBBY DARIN MUSICAL: dir. Simon Phillips - Gordon Frost Organisation. Cast including: David Campbell, Caroline O'Connor, Hannah Fredericksen, Marnie McQueen & Bert Labonte
* WEST SIDE STORY: Broadway dir./chor. Joey McKneely - Dialect & Spanish Coach, Australian Tour
* THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW: dir. Gale Edwards. Cast including: iOTA, Tamsin Carroll, Paul Capsis, Sharon Millerchip & Michael Cormick - Australian Tour
THEATRE ROYAL, SYDNEY
* GHOST THE MUSICAL: dir. Matthew Warchus. Voice & Dialect Coach (Australia). Cast including: Rob Mills & Jemma Rix
* COMPANY: dir. Gale Edwards. Cast including: David Campbell, Simon Burke, James Millar & Christie Whelan Browne
* TITANIC: dir. John Diedrich. Cast including: Hayden Tee, Alexander Lewis, Katrina Retallick & Belinda Wollaston
HAYES THEATRE COMPANY
* THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY: dir. Neil Gooding. Cast including: Kate Maree Hoolihan & Ian Stenlake
* SHE LOVES ME: dir. Erin James. Cast including: Rowan Witt, Caitlin Berry & Jay James Moody
* ASSASSINS: dir. Dean Bryant, Dialect Coach to David Campbell as John Wilkes Booth
* DOGFIGHT: dir. Neil Gooding. Cast including: Hilary Cole, Luigi Lucente, Toby Francis, Johanna Allen & Rowan Witt
* MIRACLE CITY: dir. Darren Yap. Cast including: Blazey Best, Mike McLeish, Marika Aubrey, Esther Hannaford & Peter Kowitz
* SWEET CHARITY: dir. Dean Bryant. Cast including: Verity Hunt-Ballard & Martin Crewes
CABARETS
* I've worked as the Dialect, Languages, Voice and Text Coach for cabarets for Tim Freedman, Marika Aubrey, Elise McCann, Phil Scott and Hugh Sheridan. Their cabarets have been performed at venues including Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Melbourne Cabaret Festival and at Hayes Theatre Company.
Musical Theatre & Cabaret: Dialects & Languages
Dialects coached for musical theatre and cabaret include:
General/Standard American, New York variations, Californian, Chicago, Kansas, 1800s Southern American, Oklahoman, Received Pronunciation/Standard British, London, Cockney, Manchester, Yorkshire, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Italian, Puerto Rican, Hungarian, Czech and more
Languages coached for musical theatre and cabaret include: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian
General/Standard American, New York variations, Californian, Chicago, Kansas, 1800s Southern American, Oklahoman, Received Pronunciation/Standard British, London, Cockney, Manchester, Yorkshire, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Italian, Puerto Rican, Hungarian, Czech and more
Languages coached for musical theatre and cabaret include: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian
