Dates: April 24th, April 25th
Location: Theatre Deli Studios, 2 Finsbury Avenue, EC2M 2PA
Time: 10.00 - 17.00

After our very popular On Voice session we bring you this two-consecutive-days workshop, with all the best bits from On Voice and more! We can only take a maximum of twelve (because of the size of the room)

Several people have said that they have found that On Voice has helped them with auditions.  But the trouble with the regular sessions is their time limit.  With this one-off two-day event we will be able to go much deeper into the voice exercises and their application to language and text.  This will leave you with a memorable experience!

This listing is for females only so that we can achieve an equal gender split - males should book here for the same class: https://www.actorsguild.co.uk/seminar-info/?id=2015

The format will be the same as for the regular sessions but magnified.  We will do thoroughly immersive group vocal work, including the addressing of any individual issues.  There will be text work, both as a group and working with individuals on speeches, sides, dialogues (sharing the individual work with the group).

Please only sign up for this if you can commit to the whole two days (10am-5pm).

This work seems more necessary than ever. The misconception that voice is unimportant for screen work is resulting in it being given less time in training programmes. The centrality of the voice to the process of acting is undervalued. Partly because it is too much associated with accent work. Also because in a retro way it is thought to be about projection which is less frequently needed these days. But authenticity, truth, expressiveness, connection to language and text, an avenue into finding for yourself the reality of a character - these things will always be important and they're what On Voice is all about.

Quotes from the regular On Voice sessions:

"I really like the set-up and each session has been different and tailored to what the participants would like to cover."

"On a deeper level it has really helped to re-focus me"

"I came out feeling relaxed and connected. I felt like there were some new exercises introduced to me that previously I was not familiar with. I got to work on a monologue I had not shown to anyone in a safe environment"

"I hope to come to more sessions. I find voice work extremely valuable and I'm surprised there are not more voice classes out there. So for me these classes are a great opportunity."

"I liked the fact that each person was treated with a different approach according to their needs. I would recommend these workshops very highly to everybody. I wasn't really sure what to expect, but have used everything we did since then."

William Trotter works with the voice and its relation to language as a creative component both of actor development and of the rehearsal process.  He works one-to-one, on shows, and in workshops.  He has worked with actors of many levels of experience, established names and people at early stages in their careers. His one-to-one clients have worked at the National, Royal Court and West End and leads at Regent’s Park and Apollo Victoria. Theatre work, including at the Arcola, BAC, the Finborough, the Royal Court, Lyric Studio, Menier Chocolate Factory, New Diorama and Riverside Studios, has involved helping actors whose experience has been in films to find voice for stage, pre-rehearsal and pre-performance warm-ups for companies, as well as audibility and vocal strain.  He initiated and leads On Voice, the Actors Guild's regular voice-text limber sessions, and initiated and is developing the Actors Centre Shakespeare Speaking Laboratory.  Workshops led at the Actors Centre have included Finding the Character's Voice, Vocal Truth for Stage and Screen, Multi-Cultural Shakespeare, Working Words and Working Shakespeare's Words. He has led workshops for Escape Artists, Graeae, Mind the Gap, the Magic Circle, The Royal Scottish Conservatoire, for Tamasha Theatre's actor-director laboratory, and for the Theatre Arts Group of Bucharest.  Non-acting work has included work with presenters from China Radio International, ITN Factual, and LBC. Drama schools he has taught at include ArtsEd, Central, Drama Centre, East 15 and LAMDA. He trained at Central and Bristol and Exeter Universities and has been on the training working party of the British Voice Association. www.ukspeech.co.uk