10 am - 1pm & 2 - 3.45 pm
Shaw Theatre, London NW1

How do you tease a good vocal performance from your performers? How can you help them protect their voices against the ravages of long runs or location shoots? How can you help them improve performances on and off mic?

Voice coach and teacher Terry Besson ( Awaydays, Nickelodeon, Band of Brothers, Stones in his Pocket ) spills techniques, tips and tricks that few directors know.

•    Help create and sustain great vocal performances
•    Accents & dialects
•    Vocal transformations
•    Basic techniques for warm-ups
•    Directors’ resources

THE DAY

During the morning session (10.00 – 1 pm) Terry will look at voice basics and what a director needs to know, with some practical work. In the afternoon (2 – 3.45 pm) - accents and dialects, vocal transformation and resources.

Terry Besson has worked with, amongst many others, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Serkis, Jason Isaacs, Damian Lewis, Cathy Tyson, Heath Ledger, Fiona Shaw and Sheila Hancock. He’s a regular teacher at the Actors’ Centre and there are very few leading UK drama schools he hasn’t taught at.

Places for this workshop are limited and on a “first-come” basis

DAY WORKSHOP FEE
     
£45 for current Directors Guild members  (2010 subscription required *)
 & concessions (unwaged / OAP / student, proof required before payment, please)

£65 non-members

£30 Guild Student Members

Date:    Sunday 15th August 2010.
Time:    10.00 am – 3.45 pm (with lunch break)
Venue:  The Shaw Theatre, 100-110 Euston Road, London NW1 2AJ
Map:     http://www.multimap.com/s/gYQ7apDU

Lunch break is from 1-2 pm; food is not provided but there are plenty of good places to eat, including local restaurants and sandwich bars, the Euston & St. Pancras station complexes and the Novotel Hotel adjacent to the Shaw.