I'm a leading Dialect Coach based in Sydney Australia and my coaching credits include on projects directed by Clint Eastwood, Steven Soderbergh, Russell Crowe, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Unjoo Moon, Nash Edgerton, Rachel Perkins, Daniel Nettheim, Anna D. Shapiro, Peter Andrikidis, Gale Edwards, Brendan Cowell,
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I've coached professional actors & singers to speak or sing in over 50 dialects and 18 foreign languages. I've worked alongside Academy Award, Tony Award, Olivier Award and Helpmann Award winners and nominees. I coach for film, television, theatre, musical theatre, cabaret shows, voice overs recordings and internationally or nationally televised live events. |
I've coached for the leading theatre companies in Australia including Sydney Theatre Company (under the Artistic Directorship of Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton and for the current Artistic Director Kip Williams). I've also worked for Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company, Belvoir Street Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company, Ensemble Theatre, the Hayes Theatre Company, and on major musicals touring Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
Performers trained by me have won multiple awards for their performances, secured roles in international and Australian film/TV productions, booked lead roles in theatre and musicals in Australia & on London’s West End, and secured agency representation in America, the UK and Ireland.
Performers have been coached in person or by Skype in Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth) and by Skype throughout the world including: the United States of America (New York, Los Angeles, Indiana), the United Kingdom (London, Ireland/Dublin), New Zealand (Auckland), and while they were on location during a film shoot such as in Bulgaria.
Performers trained by me have won multiple awards for their performances, secured roles in international and Australian film/TV productions, booked lead roles in theatre and musicals in Australia & on London’s West End, and secured agency representation in America, the UK and Ireland.
Performers have been coached in person or by Skype in Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth) and by Skype throughout the world including: the United States of America (New York, Los Angeles, Indiana), the United Kingdom (London, Ireland/Dublin), New Zealand (Auckland), and while they were on location during a film shoot such as in Bulgaria.
Coaching Credits
" 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
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I've coached actors in pre-production, on-set, by Skype and in post-production.
Coaching highlights as Dialect or Dialogue Coach include: * I AM WOMAN: starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Danielle Macdonald and Evan Peters - Dialect Coach, director Unjoo Moon * PETER RABBIT: starring Domhnall Glesson, Rose Byrne, Sam Neill and Elizabeth Debicki - Dialect Coach, director Will Gluck * WONDER PARK: starring Jennifer Garner, Matthew Broderick, Mila Kunis & John Oliver - Dialect Coach: ADR (Australia), producers Paramount Pictures Animation. * TOP END WEDDING: starring Miranda Tapsell - Dialect Coach, director Wayne Blair * CARGO: starring Martin Freeman - Dialogue Coach, directors Ben Howling & Yolanda Ramke * JASPER JONES: starring Toni Collette and Hugo Weaving - Dialogue Coach, director Rachel Perkins * IRON FIST: as Dialect Coach to David Wenham - producers Marvel/ABC TV/Walt Disney Company * J. EDGAR: as Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman - director Clint Eastwood * THE WATER DIVINER: as Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman & Benedict Hardie - director Russell Crowe * THE HUNTER: starring Willem Dafoe - Dialect Coach, director Daniel Nettheim * MR INBETWEEN: as Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman - director Nash Edgerton * THE OUTLAW MICHAEL HOWE: as Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman & Darren Gilshenan - director Brendan Cowell * A PLACE TO CALL HOME (Season 6): Dialect Coach, director Jeremy Sims, producers Foxtel & Channel 7 Television * BIKIE WARS: Dialect Coach, director Peter Andrikidis, producters Screentime & Channel 10 Television * PACKED TO THE RAFTERS (Seasons 1 & 5): Dialect Coach, producer Channel 7 Television Dialects coached for film/television include: General/Standard American, New York (Bronx & Queens), Californian, Received Pronunciation/Standard British, London (modern & 1950s), Yorkshire, Devonshire, Irish, Scottish, a 1930s German/Bronx mixed accent, Australian, New Zealand, Italian/Australian Languages coached for film/television: French, German My full list of film and television credits can be viewed at: IMDB My showreel of film and television coaching examples can be viewed at: Press |
ALL MY SONS
TOT MOM
SOLOMON & MARION
MORTIDO
THE DROVER'S WIFE
With Steven Soderbergh at Sydney Theatre Company
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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, for new cast members taking over roles, and by Skype when touring.
Coaching highlights as Dialect, Voice & Foreign Languages Coach include: SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY: * Tot Mom director Steven Soderbergh (10 actors playing 50 real life American roles); All My Sons director Kip Williams; True West director Philip Seymour Hoffman (pre-production); and August: Osage County director Anna D. Shapiro (co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company) MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY: * Solomon and Marion director Pamela Rabe; Ghosts director Gale Edwards BELVOIR STREET THEATRE: * Mortido starring Colin Friels for director Leticia Caceres; The Drover's Wife starring Leah Purcell for director Leticia Caceres; Back at the Dojo starring Luke Mullins, Harry Greenwood & Shari Sebbens. GRIFFIN THEATRE COMPANY: * Rice director Lee Lewis (co-production with Queensland Theatre Co.); The Sea Project director Paige Rattray ENSEMBLE THEATRE: * 19 plays coached including Death of a Salesman starring Jacki Weaver, Tuesdays with Morrie, Rain Man, Ladies in Lavender and The Little Dog Laughed NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART (NIDA): * 10 plays including Cloud Nine director Kip Williams (Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company), Punk Rock and Tom Waits' Woyzeck director Imara Savage (Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare Company), The Winter's Tale director Lee Lewis (Artistic Director of Griffin Theatre Company), Another Country director John Bashford (Head of Acting at NIDA), and more REDLINE PRODUCTIONS/OLD FITZ THEATRE: * The Judas Kiss starring Josh Quong Tart for director Iain Sinclair, The Wolves starring Brenna Harding for director Jessica Arthur NEIL GOODING PRODUCTIONS: * Stalking the Bogeyman director Neil Gooding INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS: * Steel Magnolias starring Jacki Weaver for director Darren Yap 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, Indian, South African, Indian, 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 My showreel of theatre and musical theatre coaching examples can be viewed at: Press |
DREAM LOVER
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
WEST SIDE STORY
CHICAGO
ROCKY HORROR SHOW: with iOTA
TIM FREEDMAN of The Whitlams
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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, for new cast members taking over roles, and by Skype when touring
Coaching highlights as Dialect, Voice & Foreign Languages Coach include: * WEST SIDE STORY: starring Alexander Lewis & Julie Lea Goodwin, director Francesca Zambello / associate director & choreographer Julio Monge, producers Opera Australia/Handa Opera on Sydney Harbrour * IN THE HEIGHTS: starring Stevie Lopez, Joe Kalou, Monique Montez & Ana Maria Belo, director Luke Joslin, Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, producer Blue Saint Productions * DREAM LOVER: THE BOBBY DARIN MUSICAL: starring David Campbell & Caroline O'Connor, director Simon Phillips * WIZARD OF OZ: Dialect Coach to Samantha Dodemaide as Dorothy (pre-production), producer John Frost * GHOST THE MUSICAL: starring Jemma Rix & Rob Mills, director Matthew Warchus - Voice & Dialect Coach, Australia * MY FAIR LADY: director Dame Julie Andrews, producers Opera Australia - Dialect Coach for final 'Eliza Doolittle' callbacks * CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG: starring David Hobson & Rachel Beck, director Roger Hodgman - Australian Tour * WEST SIDE STORY: Broadway director/choreographer Joey McKneely - Dialect & Spanish Coach, Australian Tour * CHICAGO: starring Caroline O'Connor & Sharon Millerchip - Dialect & Hungarian Language Coach, Australian Tour * THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW: starring iOTA & Paul Capsis, director Gale Edwards - Australian Tour * COMPANY: starring David Campbell & Simon Burke, director Gale Edwards - Theatre Royal, Sydney * TITANIC: starring Hayden Tee, director John Diedrich - Theatre Royal, Sydney * MIRACLE CITY: starring Blazey Best & Mike McLeish, director Darren Yap - Hayes Theatre Company * ASSASSINS: as Dialect Coach to David Campbell, director Dean Bryant - Hayes Theatre Company * SWEET CHARITY: starring Verity Hunt-Ballard & Martin Crewes, director Dean Bryant - Hayes Theatre Company * DOGFIGHT: starring Hilary Cole & Luigi Lucente, director Neil Gooding - Hayes Theatre Company * SHE LOVES ME: starring Rowan Witt & Caitlin Berry, director Erin James - Hayes Theatre Company Dialects coached for musical theatre 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, and more Languages coached for musical theatre include: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian 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. My showreel of theatre and musical theatre coaching examples can be viewed at: Press |
Dialects & Languages
J. EDGAR: 1930s German/Bronx
PETER RABBIT: British & Scottish
WEST SIDE STORY: Puerto Rican
THE SEA PROJECT: Polish
ANTHEMS: 10 languages
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I've coached actors/singers to speak or sing in 50 dialects and 18 foreign languages. I've coached events presenters to correctly pronounce foreign dignitaries and guests' names, and a choir to sing the correct pronunciations of 7 non-English National Anthems.
Dialects Coached include: * AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND: Standard Australian, Educated, Broad, Aboriginal, Greek Australian, New Zealand (Standard, Wellington & Maori) * UNITED KINGDOM: Received Pronunciation (RP), Standard British, London, Cockney, West Country (Gloucester & Somerset), North Country (Liverpool, Manchester, Yorkshire & Lancashire), Northeast (Geordie), Irish (Dublin & Belfast), Scotland (Glasgow & Edinburgh) * NORTH AMERICA: General American/Standard American, Los Angeles, New York variants (Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Jewish, Latino), African-American, Midwest (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois), New England (Boston, New Hampshire), Southern & variants (Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia, Texas), West Coast (California), and Canadian variants * EUROPE & OTHERS: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Puerto Rican, Russian, Swedish, Polish, Ukrainian, Serbian, Arabic, Czech, Indian, African & South African (white) Foreign Languages Coached include: * PRODUCTION COACHING: actors & singers have been coached to speak in the following languages for their roles in film, theatre and musical theatre
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