Working with Actors: An Introduction to Spoken Voice Practice

This practical two-hour workshop is an introduction to the foundations of spoken voice work with actors. You will explore how body, breath and voice connect in performance, try out exercises you can adapt in your own practice, and gain a clearer sense of the specialist demands actors bring to voice work. The session is interactive and includes preparation routines, performance-space work, cooling down, a brief overview of specialist areas such as accent, dialect and text work, some key practitioners to look at, common challenges for actors, and time for Q&A.

This is an introductory session and is not targeted at experienced voice professionals with a good understanding of spoken voice practice.

Who is it for?

• Voice professionals who are new to working with actors
• Singing teachers who support performers and want to integrate spoken voice into their practice
• Speech and language therapists working with performers who want to know more about this side of the work
• Drama teachers who want to know more about voice work
• Performers who are curious about specialising in voice work

By the end of the session, you will have a grounded overview of what actor-focused voice work involves, along with practical starting points for bringing spoken voice exercises into your own teaching or coaching context.

What you’ll take away:

• A clearer understanding of the kind of voice work involved in working with actors
• Ideas for working with and understanding the body-breath-voice connection
• Tools for preparing the body and voice to speak for performance
• Exercises for cooling down
• An understanding of common challenges for actors in voice work
• A reading list of practitioner texts if you want to explore further

🏷️ Price £30 (UK VAT inclusive)
🎥 Recording automatically sent to all who book (even if you cannot attend live)
▶️ Rewatch as many times as you like
📜 Certificate of attendance available