BARBARA HOUSEMAN
voice coach & director
Studio
2021 COURSES At the moment I'm busy engaging in a whole new set of learning and growth which I'm excited to share with you in
the future. This includes Therapeutic Breath Work, working with the Nervous System to bring us into safety, and coaching designed to help us live in integrity with the future we desire rather than the past we've experienced.
I will be offering classes on line next year for performers: Finding Your Voice
Developing Your Voice
Mindfulness for Performance and Life
Demystifying Classical Text - Making it Your Own
For voice teachers:
Developing Your Voice
Developing Your Text Work
Developing Your Pegagogy
For non performers:
Finding Your Voice
For All:
Mindfulness and Self Compassion
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I also have limited availability for 1:1 sessions. If you are interested please email me detailing what work you work like and what is motivating you to do it. Please note that I do not teach accents
Developing Your Voice
This set of simple and effective exercises will give you a clear understanding of the elements involved in developing your voice. Following along on a regular basis, will build a healthy, flexible and expressive voice capable of filling whatever space you are working in, appropriately and truthfully. This class is for you whether you are a professional performer moving between theatre and film, or an individual looking to improve your vocal skills.
Bringing Text To Life
Join Barbara and professional actress, Jade Anouka, as they work through enjoyable and effective exercises that connect deeply and swiftly with the text, whether classical or modern, so the words sound as if they are your own. These principles work on every piece of writing whether it be Shakespeare, modern prose or a presentation to the board of directors. You will discover ways of charting your inner journey and will find the way to express a deep and subtle inner story that engages your audience.
actor testimonials
I first became aware of Barbara Houseman’s work some years ago when I was performing with the RSC. She was part of the great tradition of voice teaching which the company encouraged, pioneered by the brilliant Cis Berry.
More recently I have worked with Barbara as a director and an actor. In both cases she was an enormous inspiration.
KENNETH BRANAGH
Barbara's work starts with voice, passes through the physical and results in a character.
Her teaching helps total performance.
JUDE LAW
Barbara is a passionate teacher and, as an actor new to the stage, there was no better person to be working with…She is an inspiring teacher, and I left every session stimulated with the new discoveries we had made…
I continue to work with her, as I find her a hugely motivating force in my work.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Having returned to the stage for the first time in 14 years I recently enlisted the help of Barbara and found her to be hugely helpful , supportive and inspirational ..
I rate her as one of the best voice coaches I have come across ..
Incisive .. Instinctive ..Specific ..and a great enabler ...I feel very lucky to know her and be able to work with her.
CLIVE OWEN
Barbara was vital to the success of our all-female trilogy at the Donmar. Her unique combination of technical know-how, passion and openness helped each of us with such different experiences, accents and backgrounds to express our own personal connection with Shakespeare’s language while never sacrificing clarity and audibility. The show benefited from the variety of sounds and the actors who had never spoken Shakespeare before could not have had a better start.
HARRIET WALTER
Freedom From Torture
"Freedom from Torture is the only organisation in the UK dedicated solely to the treatment and rehabilitation of survivors of torture. They do amazing work and are very much led by their clients. I had the privilege of working with 9 members of the 'Write to Life Group'. It was a humbling experience and the comments below are testimony to their courage and tenacity. I have been involved with Freedom from Torture recently in a variety of ways and find it to be an excellently run charity doing superb work. What struck me about every client I met was their passionate wish to help others. If you are suffering from charity fatigue and wondering where you can usefully make a donation I can wholeheartedly recommend Freedom from Torture."
Barbara Houseman
