I can help actors to produce any target dialect.  My own experience as a screenwriter and filmmaker means that I understand speech not just technically but also from the perspective of the dramatist, actor and director.

I offer coaching to individual actors for audition or performance, and also coaching services for your whole production, whether in rehearsal or on set/location.

RESEARCH   Especially if the target dialect is relatively uncommon, it's advisable that I research it, with specific attention to the vocabulary, period and social setting of your script.

FOCUS ON SOUNDS   My work with you the actor starts by focusing on those aspects of the target accent which differ from your own accent – not just vowels and consonants, but rhythm, melody and the overall "resonance". It’s important to train not only your mouth (e.g. with mirror work) but also your ears, so that you create an aural image of the sounds you’ll need in performance.

FOCUS ON SCRIPT   We then apply our work with target sounds to your text, building from words to sentences. Some actors prefer to develop the target accent before learning their lines, in which case I can devise substitute sentences using appropriate vocabulary.

BACKUP   It’s useful to reinforce our work together with your own practice.  To assist you in this I can provide: