The Voice & Dialect course gives actors tools to use their voice precisely, flexibly and authentically across different performance settings. You’ll learn how to project and articulate on stage without strain and modulate tone, texture and clarity for closeups on screen. 

Strengthening breath control, resonance and vocal agility allows your speech to carry emotional subtext and suit character choices. The course also helps you avoid habitual vocal tension or flatness, so your voice becomes a responsive, expressive instrument in service of truth.

Yes. Students explore a selection of practical accents and dialects relevant to performance work (for example, standard American, British RP or other common regional accents). 

The aim is not to master every dialect but to develop awareness of phonetic patterns, rhythms, vowel and consonant shifts and to acquire tools for adapting accent work when scripts or auditions demand it. By working with accents in a focused way, actors expand their versatility and credibility in diverse roles.

The class uses a mix of breathing and vocal warmups, resonance work, articulation drills, tongue twisters, vowel and consonant shaping, voice projection tasks and pitch variation exercises. 

You’ll also do text and monologue work, layering dialect shifts or character voice demands. Phonetic transcription, listening exercises and comparative recording help you self-monitor your progress. These techniques gradually build freedom, strength, flexibility and clarity in your voice.

Absolutely. While tailored for actors, this course is valuable for anyone who uses their voice in performance, public speaking, presentations, teaching or broadcasting. The same tools that help actors speak with clarity, confidence and authenticity are useful in many professional and personal contexts. Non-actors will benefit from improved vocal control, accent awareness, stronger projection, tonal variety and habitual vocal ease.

Voice & Dialect training is a powerful companion to Meisner and Screen Acting because it brings sensitivity and control to your verbal expression. In Meisner work, where truth and listening are essential, a free and responsive voice lets you respond spontaneously and precisely. 

In Screen Acting, your vocal choices must suit smaller microphones and subtle emotion on camera – strong dialect and voice work help you land character choices without overacting. Many students take Voice & Dialect alongside their regular acting classes to create a more complete, layered craft that unites inner life, physicality and vocal presence.

Enrolment is on a term by term basis, terms are 8 weeks long and there are 4 terms per year.

No prior qualifications are needed!

Classes are held on-site in our Playhouse Theatre at 103 Regent St Redfern.