Laura

I am a voice and elocution tutor who has worked as a professional actress and voice-over artist. I also enjoy helping people with public speaking. I can coach people towards L.A.M.D.A. exams in Poetry and Prose.

Availability: Weekdays and Weekends

Willing to travel: Home Only

Experience: Drama School Diploma in Acting and Voice
Guildhall and LAMDA Qualifications

I have worked In most fields in the acting profession including film dubbing. I work as a professional Voice Over Artist in commercials for TV and Radio.

My work as a Voice and Elocution teacher is very rewarding. I enjoy witnessing the growing confidence in a person when they learn to centre their voice and use it to portray their true intention. A lot of people who come to me have regional accents that they wish to soften. My foreign students benefit enormously in the work place by improving their pronunciation of the English language. This in turn gives them so much more confidence and increases their prospects professionally. I also have seen great results in students who have received my help in public speaking either in meetings, conferences or weddings, to name but a few. Because of my background in dance, mime and acting I advise on posture, body language and gesture. I believe it can change your whole persona if you can express yourself clearly and eloquently by placing the voice properly, improving diction and being aware of correct posture.

I have also qualified as a Mindfulness and Compassion teacher. It is a subject that is actually connected to the teaching of elocution. I have found so many of my students need to learn techniques to reduce anxiety. Not many of us are good at being kind to ourselves in the way we can be kind to others. In fact the inner voice in our minds can speak very harshly and cruelly to us, in a way we would never speak to a friend. It all adds to lack of confidence and self-esteem. The practices of Mindfulness and Compassion can improve the quality of our lives enormously. We can alter the way we think and therefore create neurological changes in the brain. If you would like to do an 8 week course in Mindfulness and Compassion, please get in touch.